Construction-Free Patio Table Birdfeeder Centerpiece

This Easy Project is for the Birds!

Here’s a project for a patio table birdfeeder centerpiece with a country-style flair. Make it for your own fun and bird watching enjoyment alone, or make it a family project the kids can easily participate in.

Supplies
To make your patio table birdfeeder centerpiece, you will need:

-Metal or glass pie plate
-Approximately 6 inch round wood block or foam craft form covered with aluminum foil
-Peanut Butter
-Bird seed
-1 slice bread
-Cranberries (or another colorful bird berry)
-Toothpicks
-Heart shaped cookie cutter

Instructions
Before you begin assembling your patio table birdfeeder centerpiece, use a large heart-shaped cookie cutter to cut a heart shape from a piece of bread. Leave the bread slice out to dry for a few hours. You want the bread for the birdfeeder to be crusty and stale. If the weather is humid or you are in a rush, toast the bread cutout in the oven at 250 degrees for ten minutes. The bread could also be toasted in a kitchen toaster first, then cut with the cookie cutter.

To begin your patio table birdfeeder centerpiece, cover the top and sides of the round craft form with peanut butter.

Pour a good amount of bird seed onto a separate plate, and press the top of the form into the seed. Cover the sides of the peanut butter covered form by rolling the birdfeeder form in the loose bird seed. Place the covered birdfeeder form in the middle of the pie plate or tin. A dab of peanut butter on the bottom of the birdfeeder form will help hold the form in place.

Gently but firmly press the heart shaped cutout into the peanut butter and seed covered birdfeeder form.

Insert toothpicks into the birdfeeder form (if using foam) at even intervals around the outside of the form. Skewer one cranberry onto each toothpick. The birdfeeder form should somewhat resemble a wreath when you are done. If you used wood as the base for your birdfeeder, simply press the berries into the peanut butter to secure them.