Tiki Hut Bird Feeders

Homemade Tiki Hut Bird Feeders

Who doesn’t love creating DIY homemade bird feeders. Every year we enjoy making a new one during long winter months. Our most recent favorite has been these tiki hut inspired bird feeders. Did you know tiki huts are also called chickees, bohois, palapas or a thatched roof gazebo. One thing I do know, they are so stinkin’ cute! I mean birds need a place to relax too. Plus in the middle of winter, a tiki hut make us dream of vacations and summer days. Every time we glance at them they remind us to be grateful for the changing seasons and warm summer days will be here soon enough.

Tiki hut homemade bird feeder

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Luckily all the supplies are ones people typically having lying around the house. I would say this activity is an intermediate craft geared toward older children, or with assistance from an adult. If this activity is a little too advance, check out my post here for a classic pinecone bird feeder.

Supplies:

Oranges or Clementines

pine needles

Twine/ Raffia

Bird Seed

Scissors/ Knife

Directions:

Cut orange peels with a knife in half. Remove the inner orange and eat!

Cut 3 pieces of twine into equal lengths 12” each. Knot one end of each twine.

Using the tip of the knife, poke a small hole into the orange and thread the twine through until it hits the knot, leaving extra length.

When you have all three pieces of twine, then cut and bundle them together

TIP: keep extra length 12”- I had limited twine and I ended up cutting it too short at first and had to redo it

Using 3-5 twigs of pine needles. Bunch pine needle branches together around the twine.

Feed the 3 strings up and bind around the branches and strings with a separate rope of twine.

Cut the twig branch off.

Continue wrapping the strings with twine. Making sure to leave extra length to create a loop at the top to hang the bird feeder on the tree.

Fill with birdseed and enjoy watching the birds come to enjoy their own tiki hut!

Making bird feeders always inspires us to start tracking the birds we see during the winter. We use our North American Bird Flashcards to help us learn to identify different birds.

If you need more ideas to keep your kid busy, check below for some fun outdoor winter activities and craft projects. Don’t forget to pin for later and follow us at Discovering Anew!