Pinecone Bird Treat

I did a quick, fun, (and messy) little craft with Sophie and Nathaniel today: Pinecone bird feeders.🐦 We have abundance of pinecones due to the large trees that line our property and I love a project that gets the kids outside.

Using plastic knives to spread peanut butter🥜 onto the pinecones was a little tricky for Nathaniel, but they both loved doing it. Make sure you tie some ribbon or string on the pinecones before applying the peanut butter! Then you just roll them well in the bird seed and tie them onto branches. We chose my lilac bushes, hoping that the squirrels won't eat them all before the birds find them. (The thin bramches arent as easy for the squirrels to climb on, but they're perfect for little birds)

It was hard to get good picture of the cones hanging up, but they actually look pretty cute; like little natural ornaments. 🎄 The kids used the leftover peanut butter and seed to spread into some pinecones to stick in the bigger trees or lay around the yard for the squirrels.🐿 They really enjoyed it, and they keep checking to see if any of the treats have been discovered yet.😊

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