Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Tea cup bird feeder


I saw this great idea on one of the blogs I read about a month ago.


(Sadly, I cannot remember where I originally saw it so if it was your idea please let me know so I can give credit back to you.)


Since I saw it, I have been looking for a tea set at Goodwill.  I finally found this one.  The cup and saucer were $.99 each and the spoon was $.25.



The first thing I did was glue the cup to the saucer.  I used Gorilla glue, which is known to hold anything.





I then glued the spoon to the saucer.  The birds can use the spoon to perch on while enjoying their food.



I bought some plastic conduit at Home Depot for about $.97.  It was 8 feet long and 1/2 inch round.  I didn't want my pole 8 feet long so I just cut it in half.



It doesn't matter what this end looks like, it's going in the ground.



After I made sure the cup and spoon were secured to the saucer.



I added more Gorilla glue to the top piece of the conduit and glued the saucer onto it.




I then put it in a safe place to rest over night.



The next day, I got my oldest son to dig a hole for me.  I wanted to bury the pole about 1/3 of it's length into the ground.



After the hole was deep enough, we pushed the pole into the ground then covered it with the dirt.




I then put water into the cup for the birds to get a drink or bathe in.



I put bird feed on the saucer so they could get a bite to eat.




I think it looks really cute.  I hope the birds enjoy it and my kids don't knock it over with a soccer ball or something.





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4 comments:

  1. Nice job. You should put it on one of those "pinned it, made it" linkys (if you haven't already)!

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  2. cute! :) I LOVE gorilla glue! :)

    thanks for sharing @ catch as catch can!
    gail

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  3. Gail - thank you so much for hosting catch as catch can. I truly enjoy linking up. Thanks for visiting The Turner Five :)

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