Today's Summer Daily Fun

Milk Carton Bird House

Make a home for some neighborhood birds:

What You Need:

• Milk carton
• Stapler and staples
• Masking tape
• A soft cloth, rag or chamois
• Brown shoe polish
• Scissors or a knife
• Twine

How To Do It:

1. Clean and dry the milk carton thoroughly.
2. Staple the top of the carton shut.
3. Tear off small pieces of masking tape and cover the entire carton with pieces of tape.  Using a soft cloth, rub brown shoe polish all over the tape.  This will give the carton a rough, bark-like finish.
4. Cut a hole about 4" above the bottom of the carton.  The hole should be approximately 1" to 1 1/2" in diameter.  This hole is for the birds to get in and out of the bird house.  Kids:  Get help with this part!
5. Poke a few drainage holes in the bottom of the carton and two ventilation holes in the top of the carton.
6. Poke a hole through the top of the feeder, string a piece of twine through the hole and hang your feeder on a tree.

Tips:

• Use a stick from the yard and poke it through a hole under the bird house "door" to make a perch for the birds.
• Put your bird house near a source of water.  It's good if there is pine straw or some kind of material nearby the birds can use to make a nest inside.
• If it's too late in the summer for birds to make a nest in your bird house, don't despair.  Just set it aside and hang it up next spring!

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