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Pine Needle and Milk Jug Bird Houses
Free instructions for making a bird house using pine needles and milk cartons - submitted by Paula Ordunez.

Materials Needed:

    Pine Needles
  • Yarn or Hot Glue
  • Milk Jug
  • Non-Washable Paint or Permanent Markers
Instructions:
Cut a hole in the side of the milk jug, big enough for a bird.

Paint or color the jug keeping in mind that some of it will be covered by the pine needles.

Select what type of pine needles you are going to work with and how much of the jug you want to cover. You will have to then decide if you want to use hot glue or yarn.

We used yarn on ours and tied it really tightly! My daughter used loose bundles of pine needles and wraped each with yarn tighly, I used full bundles that were not bigger than my jug and wrapped each around the jug and needles tighly.

Put it outside for the birds to enjoy!

- See a larger photo of this craft completed by Paula Ordunez.

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