Like this bird feeder which uses an old license plate, some spoon holders and sardine tins. You can use old metal plates, wooden spoons, cans, and bottles. It’s really economic, and you get to try different ideas this way. Upcycling is always fun. It does your job and saves on money and time. You are essentially recycling while giving upgrading the object’s purpose. And this bird feeder does the job gorgeously. It looks neat and will be a welcome addition to your outdoors.

Use a staple gun to fix the screen in place on the seat rectangle. At this point I suggest you to hammer all the staples to be sure that none of them is protruding. You can easily buy a grapevine ball from a shop, and it’s not even expensive. You’ll have to pull some twigs apart to fill it with the suet, and leave it to refrigerate. You can hang it around the garden or balcony with jute or a sisal rope, and it will look completely natural. These tea cups are placed in a saucer normally, and glued neatly. The tea cup will hold the bird seed, and the saucer will act a stand for the birds. The cups are then glued to a rod, buried in the ground. So your cups won’t break if you arrange them this way, and they’ll surely attract a lot of hungry birds too.This how-to is more than about just one birdhouse for one bird feeder. This is a small township on the wall designed solely for your winged friends to rest in and to feed. There are different types of feeders and houses in this birdhouse paradise.

This is a repurposed piece of interior décor which looks more at home being a bird feeder. It has enough space for a lot of bird seed to be added and more on top for water. I’m sure the adorable little-winged creatures will like this arrangement very much! What best way to attract birds than to use trees or wooden logs for a feeder? Well, it makes sense if you use a log from your firewood or construction projects instead. The best thing about making a bird feeder yourself, is the fact that you can use recyclable products from your household to make it. It’s a good way to make sure you’re not wasting resources or money. And the vintage look that it gives is just brilliant. There are so many ways you can use a plastic bottle to make a bird feeder apart from the ones suggested above. Like this bird feeder, which uses the same kind of bottles and adds a different twist to it. They made it look like a small cottage!

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Tying a jute rope around the can will insulate the feeder for both summers and winters so that the birds can take shelter in harsh weather. It will be easier to hang the can too. You can get the jute or sisal rope in any utility shop, and for dirt low prices, so it won’t be an expensive project for your garden. Carve the central portion of a dried or a fresh pumpkin and fill it with bird seeds. The birds will love that extra juicy taste coming from the pumpkin, and the idea will be a super duper hit among your guests too. This idea is quite brilliant, and unbelievably cheap. If you don't have bird seeds available in your area, you can use a few of your Cheerios or cereal loops. You can add color to this simple craft by using different colored mesh bags. Using fancy ribbons and laces to hang them can take the boring simplicity away. Watch the birds have fun flying around this simple mesh bag suet feeder. If you have glass jars which have been out of use, or jars which have lost their lids, you can repurpose them into a pretty bird feeder. It will look nice in your garden or your balcony and will attract a lot of birds.

If you’re not interested in using metal, glass or tin cans for your bird feeders, you need not worry. It’s easy to make or bake bird feeder using suet and bird seed. There are quite a lot of ideas around which use baked bird seeds, making it easier to hang them around the garden. They don’t even leave anything behind, so that’s a plus. Try some of these caked bird seed ideas -

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There are so many wine bottle tutorials showing us the variety of bird feeders we can make. Who knew wine bottles could be so useful, well, other than storing wine. This wine bottle is suspended upside down from a frame, and it looks like the bird seed is pouring out of the bottle. These suet baskets look adorable, and so do the little birds who feed on them. These are pretty easy to make and are very crafty to look at. Apart from being convenient feeders for neighborhood birds, these suet baskets also are quite ornamental. This DIY Homemade Bird Feeder adds an organic and natural look to your bird feeder, quite literally. It uses an old tin can, like the ones we saw above. Make sure to blunt the edges of the metal and fold the lid so the birds won’t be hurt. The tray, which is textured to look like wood, means old food can easily be cleared away preventing the spread of disease. Teapots can be painted in very pretty colors, be it pastel, polka dots, or earthy colors. You can hang them around trees by their handles. It will surely add a new charm to the garden.