Since we have been stuck inside for the past couple of weeks with all of this snow and freezing cold weather, my 3 year-old was concerned about what the birds and squirrels were eating. So we decided to make Cereal Bird Feeders!
What you will need:
4 Cups Cereal
3/4 Cup Flour
1/2 Cup water
3 T. Corn Syrup
Cookie Cutters
Put the cereal, flour, water and corn syrup in a mixing bowl, and mix with an electric mixer until everything is combined and cereal is broken down into small pieces.
Grease a plate and place the cookie cutters on the plate. Then stuff the cereal mixture into cookie cutters. (My 3 year-old chose our Easter cookie cutters, so that's what we used.) Then take a pencil or pen and make a hole at the top, so that a string can go through.
We were able to make 6 bird feeders. Let the bird feeders dry over night, so they can become hardened and more stable.
Then place a string through the hole, and hang outside!
This was a fun, inexpensive project that my kids enjoyed!! It took a couple of days for the birds and squirrels to realize what was hanging from our trees in the backyard, but we woke up this morning to a bunch of empty string hanging from our tree, so I guess they figured it out!! I love using up what we already have in our house and turning it into a fun, family activity! ENJOY!!
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