Friday, 13 January 2012

Taking Care Of The Birds.......


The ingredients -  tree cones, lard & bird seed


the fun begins


spread on the lard


roll cones in the bird seed


hang the bird feeders up





watching for the birds


bird seed molds


Recipe for bird seed molds
3/4 cup flour, 1/2 cup water, 1 envelope unflavoured gelatin,
3 T. corn syrup ( I didn't add)
Mix together then add bird seed.
Spray molds with nonstick spray. Press seed mixture into molds.  Put straw all the way through, leave 2-3 hours. Remove straw, lay on wax paper, allow another 2-3 hours or overnight.  Hang in tree by twine through straw hole.

"In order to see birds, it is necessary to become part of the silence"  Robert Lynd

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4 comments:

  1. Suzi13 January 2012 at 23:16

    What a great way to help the children help the birds - cold winters day and you're providing them a safe way to "snack".
    Did the little ones end up spotting any birds?
    Also..thanks for the recipe - I'm collecting things like that for my grandparenting days!
    Suzi

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  2. Dale14 January 2012 at 12:26

    Thanks for bringing a bird seed mold to kindergarten! The kids have it hanging in our classroom tree for when Paisley's bird, Rainbow, comes to visit again :)

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  3. Sarah Coggins28 February 2012 at 05:09

    Thanks for the sharing the mold idea! I just bought bird seed over the weekend with plans to try the pine cone idea with my 2.5yo son. The bag of seed is BIG so we'll definitely try the molds too. :)

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  4. AtypicalPW23 September 2012 at 16:07

    We've done the pine cone idea with peanut better instead of lard and the birds LOVE it!

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