{"id":23192,"date":"2012-08-23T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/?p=23192"},"modified":"2012-08-22T20:41:45","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T00:41:45","slug":"hummingbird-feeder-kids-craft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/hummingbird-feeder-kids-craft\/","title":{"rendered":"Hummingbird Feeder Kids Craft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The following is a post from contributing writer\u00a0<a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/wZeT5E\">Lana<\/a> (like banana).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/08\/Cars-Hummingbird-Feeder.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23202\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/08\/Cars-Hummingbird-Feeder.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/08\/Cars-Hummingbird-Feeder.jpg 525w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/08\/Cars-Hummingbird-Feeder-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/08\/Cars-Hummingbird-Feeder-400x600.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is getting close to that time of year that hummingbirds start to migrate south.\u00a0 Last year, we had over 10 birds on our feeder at once.\u00a0 We were able to get a <a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemy5kids.com\/2011\/09\/hummingbirds-migration-2011.html\">cool (<em>very amateur<\/em>) video<\/a> of it.<\/p>\n<p>This year I wanted more feeders, mostly because <a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemy5kids.com\/2012\/04\/how-our-life-changedwe-will-never-be.html\">a freak hailstorm<\/a> killed all our plants that the birds normally feasted on.<\/p>\n<p>So when I saw that our Dollar Store had their feeders marked 40% off &#8211; I bought a few.\u00a0 I wanted the kids to personalize them and thought this would be a fun craft for them to do for really cheap.<\/p>\n<h4>Supplies Needed<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Hummingbird Feeder ($1.40 on clearance at Family Dollar.)<\/li>\n<li>Stickers ($1.00 on clearance at Wal-Mart)<\/li>\n<li>Soap or vinegar<\/li>\n<li>Water<\/li>\n<li>Hummingbird Nectar (We found some at our grocery store for less than $3.00 that lasts for months and has no red dye.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Instructions<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Clean the feeder with soap and water.\u00a0 Vinegar also works well.<a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/08\/Wash-the-hummingbird-feeder.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23206\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/08\/Wash-the-hummingbird-feeder.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/08\/Wash-the-hummingbird-feeder.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/08\/Wash-the-hummingbird-feeder-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Let dry.<\/li>\n<li>Allow the child to place stickers on the hummingbird feeder.<a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/08\/Apply-Stickers-to-feeder.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23200\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/08\/Apply-Stickers-to-feeder.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/08\/Apply-Stickers-to-feeder.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/08\/Apply-Stickers-to-feeder-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fill your hummingbird feeder with nectar and hang.<a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/08\/Kids-Hummingbird-Feeder.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23204\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/08\/Kids-Hummingbird-Feeder.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/08\/Kids-Hummingbird-Feeder.jpg 525w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/08\/Kids-Hummingbird-Feeder-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/08\/Kids-Hummingbird-Feeder-400x600.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Be patient.\u00a0 The birds will come.\u00a0 One way we cheat a little is we spray the leaves in the trees and they will fly toward the water.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I also made one&#8230;I love bling!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/08\/Jeweled-Hummingbird-Feeder.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23203\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/08\/Jeweled-Hummingbird-Feeder.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/08\/Jeweled-Hummingbird-Feeder.jpg 525w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/08\/Jeweled-Hummingbird-Feeder-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/08\/Jeweled-Hummingbird-Feeder-400x600.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then the both of them&#8230;so pretty in the trees.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/08\/Personalize-your-own-feeders.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23205\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/08\/Personalize-your-own-feeders.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/08\/Personalize-your-own-feeders.jpg 525w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/08\/Personalize-your-own-feeders-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Other ideas:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make these for a birthday party craft and favor.<\/li>\n<li>Have a hummingbird cake to celebrate the hummers coming to your feeder.<\/li>\n<li>Make <a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemy5kids.com\/2009\/03\/this-is-for-birds.html\">seed cakes<\/a> for the other kinds of birds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/author\/lana\/\">More posts from Lana<\/a><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\" style=\"margin: 0; 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It is getting close to that time of year that hummingbirds start to migrate south.\u00a0 Last year, we had over 10 birds on our feeder at once.\u00a0 We were able to get a cool (very amateur) video of it. 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