Gelatin Birdseed Feeders
Make a gelatin birdseed feeder with only a few ingredients! Hang them in a tree and take notes on the types of birds who come along to snack on them!
Pin Recipe
Cost: $2
Equipment
- baking sheet
Materials
- 2 unflavored gelatin packets
- ½ cup boiling water
- 1 ½ cups birdseed or chicken scratch
- cookie cutters
- straw cut into 2" segments
- string
Instructions
- Add the two gelatin packets to ½ c. boiling water, and whisk until dissolved.
- Stir in the birdseed.
- Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper and place cookie cutters on top. Spoon birdseed mixture into cookie cutters.
- Add a straw and press down. This will create an opening when the birdseed has dried for the string.
- Refrigerate for 2 hours.
- Carefully pop each bird seed shape out of the cookie cutters and let dry on the counter for a few more hours (or overnight).
- Attach a string through the hole, and attach to a tree. Watch and wait for a few hours, you’ll see birds come to nibble!
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