Activity of the Week

Pine Cone Bird Feeder

Ingredients:
A large, open pine cone
Vegetable shortening, lard or suet
Oats or corn meal
Bird seed
A few feet of string

Directions:

Tie a few feet of string to a pine cone.

Cover the pine cone with the mixture below.

Roll the pinecone in birdseed and then suspend it from a tree branch outside.

Mix 1/2 cup Vegetable shortening, lard or suet with 2 1/2 cups cornmeal or uncooked oats until well blended. Optional: add dried fruit (chopped up), chopped nuts, seeds (especially sunflower and millet), and/or suet, which are high-energy bird foods.