I have heard Hummingbirds are attracted to bright colors, so I went with the traditional colors that many feeders come in. You will then want to remove the top and bottom part of the cup and spray paint those and your tin flowers red (or whatever color you choose). This step is completely optional, as again, these are used just for decor.
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The next step is to cut out metal flowers from a tin can we had in our recycle bin (we have specific directions on how to make the tin flowers below. To decorate mine, I used my Cricut and cut out some flower shapes on a holographic vinyl to apply to the cup. Decorating the plastic is completely optional, most feeders do not decorate this part so it makes just as much sense to clean it and move on to the rest of the project. Once I was done, the plastic was still a little milky looking, but I was ok with that as I planned to decorate that part too some. I then repeated this step as many times as needed until the picture and colors where gone from the plastic part of the cup.ĭecorate Cup (Optional – and use what you have on hand) I did this by pouring a light coating over part of the picture and letting it sit for about 30 seconds, then scrubbing off with a kleenex. Its best to do this step outdoors where things are well ventilated, as nail polish remover has a strong smell to it. It took me about 20 minutes to get it all removed. This was probably the most time consuming part of the project. To do this I used some nail polish remover we had. I knew the first thing we would need to do was to get rid of the Chuck E Cheese character and colors on the cup. We started with this Chuck E Cheese cup, search your cupboards for similar style plastic cups with straws that you might be able to up-cycle into your bird feeder. How To Make a Homemade Hummingbird Feeder With Supplies Around Your House: Tin Can to cut flower decoration (or any embellishments you want to glue on).Bendable straw, metal straw with a bend in it, or bird feeder tube.
I decided to use this cup we had from a Chuck E Cheese visit, because I thought that the shape mimicked that of traditional hummingbird feeders well. I was planning to use a mason jar at first, but I was cleaning my cabinets out one day recently, and came across all of these cups I had bought for the kids when we were out at restaurants etc (the ones with lids and a straw coming out of them) and realized these could work perfectly! So, I spent a couple of days thinking about what materials I had on hand that I could make my feeder with. Either they were make from recycled materials like water bottles, and I wanted something that was a little more decorative then that – or they were made with specialty materials that I would need to order online (and we all know shipping it slow these days). I wanted to get a beautiful bird feeder out there, that could help attract even more of them.Īs I was researching how to make homemade hummingbird feeders, I was finding two things.
We have a small backyard, but we get some regular hummingbird visitors do to some of the honeysuckle we have back there. We have some very special pictures of my son with hummingbirds, and so they are extra special to us here at our home. I have been wanting to make a homemade hummingbird feeder with my kids, for my house right now. Beautiful Homemade Hummingbird Feeder (With Items You May Have At Home)!
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