Birdseed wreath and ornaments

I love to feed the birds!

And I don't like to throw away our Christmas tree right

after it is taken down.

When it is done decorating our home for the holidays

I put it outside with treats for the birds

in a place where I can watch it from the windows of our house.

The branches are alive with busy little

fluttering wings and beaks hungrily

sampling the tasty delights set before them

in the sheltering branches of the Christmas Tree!

This year, in addition to smaller 'ornaments'

I made a wreath, using a recycled plastic

food tray for the form. It worked wonderfully well

with the addition of a 'salsa' container for the

center hole.

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Below ~
A little chickadee feasting

at his new found feeder hanging on the gate!

(I wrapped bailing twine around the seed wreath

hoping it might help hold it together longer

and to give the little birds something to

grasp onto with their feet.)

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Find the recipe for the wreath/ornaments and more pictures on my January 2009 post!

These are so fun to make with children.

It is a good lesson for them to learn about stewardship and caring for God's creations.

If you don't have a tree to hang the ornaments on, they look great strung on a cord under

the overhang of your house or shed, or even the clothesline!

(It is best if it is hung where the birds can eat safely out of the reach of cats.)

The little birds will enchant you for hours

with their antics and songs.

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"The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field; which indeed is the least of all seeds; but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof."

Matthew 13:31 & 32