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in Family Life· Frugal Living· HomeMaking

Simple Heart-Shaped Bird Feeder for Your Homeschool Bird Study

A simple, heart-shaped bird feeder. You can make it allergy-friendly. Easy steps and fun to make with your children in honor of the Great Backyard Bird Count! And perfect for a Valentine for your backyard birds.

A simple, heart-shaped bird feeder. You can make it allergy-friendly. Easy steps and fun to make with your children in honor of the Great Backyard Bird Count!

Of course we must make it. And we must make it allergy friendly!

supplies for making an allergy-friendly bird feeder

Recipe for Simple Heart-Shaped Bird Feeder

We gathered our supplies:

  • cardboard from a cereal or other box
  • lard or shortening
  • SunButter (or peanut butter for those non-allergic types)
  • bird seed
  • string
A simple, heart-shaped bird feeder. You can make it allergy-friendly. Easy steps and fun to make with your children in honor of the Great Backyard Bird Count!

We cut out the simple heart shape. I punched a hole with the scissors and Middle Girl added the string.

Then we spread the lard over our cardboard hearts. Spread the love!

A simple, heart-shaped bird feeder. You can make it allergy-friendly. Easy steps and fun to make with your children in honor of the Great Backyard Bird Count!

Before hand I made sure we covered the kitchen counter with tin foil for easy clean up. So, rather than have to clean out a bowl, we mixed up the SunButter and birdseed right on the tin foil. We pretended we were at Cold Stone Creamery adding mix ins to ice cream. But we were mixing up treats for the birds.

completed homemade bird feeders

We spread the SunButter mixture on top of the lard layer. Middle Girl used her hands but I was able to spread it nicely with a knife.

Then we found the perfect spot to hang our feeders.

We do love our birds! This is such a fun activity for Valentine’s Day!

I scanned my Pinterest boards but could not find the source of this heart-shaped feeder inspiration. Or maybe it was the Highlights magazine in the orthodontist’s office? I’d love to give credit if anyone knows of the source. Anyway, we’re grateful for the fun it inspired. And the birds are too.

A simple, heart-shaped bird feeder. You can make it allergy-friendly. Easy steps and fun to make with your children in honor of the Great Backyard Bird Count!

More Resources for Your Homeschool Bird Studies and Valentine’s Day

Great Backyard Bird Count Homeschool Resources: Everything You Need! Are you ready? Enjoy these Great Backyard Bird Count Homeschool Resources as you watch birds in your backyard this February!

  • Homemade Suet Recipe
  • Backyard Birds in Winter: Homeschool Nature Study
  • The Burgess Bird Book for Children – A Wonderful Homeschool Nature Study Resource
  • Your Spring Homeschool Nature Study: Beautiful Birds Nests
  • Cardinals in the Snow Art Lesson
  • Chalk Pastel Bird Study with Nana
  • A Homeschool Mom’s Guide to Fun February Learning
  • Valentine’s Day Activities for Kids You Will Love!

-originally published February 2012 and updated 2024

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Filed Under: Family Life, Frugal Living, HomeMaking Tagged With: bird, feeder, heart, lard, simple, suet, Sunbutter, Valentine

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Tricia faces a daily dose of chaos homeschooling five children. The biggest lesson she’s learned? At the end of the day – when the dishes are put away and the children are tucked in bed – truly what matters is each child’s relationship with the Lord. Raising children is a God-given privilege and, folks, the time is short.

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  1. Barb-Harmony Art Mom says

    February 8, 2012 at 10:37 AM

    I had to laugh when you said that you played Coldstone Creamery….love their cake batter ice cream. LOVE.

    Thanks for sharing your feeder idea. 🙂

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    • Hodgepodgemom says

      February 8, 2012 at 10:33 PM

      Oh we love Coldstone Creamery too! It’s a nice spot to take the older three for a one-on-one treat. (The younger two can’t go because of all the cross-contamination of nuts *sniff*) And it was fun to ‘play’ the mix ins of bird seed and SunButter. This was so quick and easy!

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