January has supplied us with some really BEAUTIFUL weather. To make the most of the sunshine — and to tame Raine’s insatiable need to make crafts — we made bird feeders. A LOT of bird feeders. We started with this one, made from a milk jug:

Then the Texas ruby-red grapefruits came into season and we made quite a few of these:

Finally, we whipped up this gooey concoction for our pine-cone feeder:

The grapefruit feeders were, by far, the most popular. They attracted all sorts of birds.

After watching a few birds attempt to eat from the milk-jug feeder, we realized that it needed a perch for them to stand on while eating. We added this large stick and it soon became a popular feeding spot.

Our pine-cone feeder had a few takers, but the cherries in the tree were far more popular.