Craft a bird feeder for your doll's outdoor play...

       Our doll's bird feeder is eighteen inches tall. It stands outside for photographing, but there is a garden next to our large dollhouse where it will be placed eventually. 

       A bird feeder like this may be any size really. Just make one with the materials you have on hand! You can purchase tiny mushroom birds at a hobby shop to display on the feeder if you like.

Left the bird feeder not yet complete. Right it's all painted.

Supply List:

• cardboard tube
• tiny bit of birdseed
• aluminum kitchen foil
• masking tape
• decorative faux wood paper
• birch bark
• tissue paper
• gravel or small rocks for weight
• green acrylic paint
• white school glue
• extra cardboard
• square wooden dowel
• Mod Podge
• recycled water bottle

Step-by-Step Instructions: 

1. Clean out the water bottle and cut off the lower half of it for use. Approximately three inches from the bottom. 
2. Score the top edges of the bottle so that these may be shaped down into a roundish base using masking tape.
3. Fill the empty parts of the bottle using gravel or sand. 
4. Insert a narrow cardboard tube, nestling it around the gravel, inside the bottle opening. 
5. Use the masking tape to firmly attach these two parts.
6. Insert a square wooden dowel far down the cardboard tube. 
7. Stuff the openings inside the tube with kitchen foil. 
8. Using a cut square of cardboard, cut away a hole in its center to slip it onto the square dowel. The cardboard should then rest on top of the tube making a platform for the bird feeder. 
9. For the sides of the feeder, cut narrow strips and firmly attach with masking tape.
10. Fill this small platform with real bird seed and then flood it with white school glue. Let it dry overnight.
11. Cut the roof of the feeder from scrap cardboard and attach it over the end of the square dowel using glue and masking tape. 
12. After all of the parts are firmly dry and attached, wrap the surfaces with bark, faux wooden papers and tissues for texture.
13. Paint the tissue green. 
14. Brush on Mod Podge to keep the surfaces looking good.

More Doll Gardening Crafts:

• Build a workspace for dolls who love to garden
• Make your doll a watering can too!