Starbucks Bird Feeder- Tutorial

Hudson had gotten a paint your own bird feeder for christmas, which we painted and hung and the birds loved.  Unfortunately the novelty outweighed the quality of construction and the poor feeder broke into pieces after about 1 month of service.  By then Hudson was an avid bird watcher (as avid as a 2.5 year old can be) and we had 5 pounds of bird feed on our hands.  This was our solution and you can make one too.

What you'll need-
Glass bottle (I used a starbucks one, removed the labels, cut out the logo and glued it back on upside down)
Tuna can
1 by 4 board
screws
wire

If you use a different glass bottle just adjust your board lengths to accommodate the difference.  For mine we cut the board as shown.

Screw the boards together in an L shape.  Pre-drill your holes so your wood doesn't split and insert screws from the back side.  Drill 4 holes in the back board for your wire, this will hold your bottle in place.  Then screw the tuna can on to the bottom board (make sure you use a small screw so you don't go all the way through the bottom). 

If you screw it to a post (like we did) use a really long screw and leave a bit of slack so you can flip the whole thing upside down to insert the bottle without spilling your birdseed everywhere!

It was so quick and easy we ended up making another one for the second pole on the deck.  Now I just have to drink another frappuccino!

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