These Heart-Shaped Bird Feeder Hearts are an easy DIY way to share Valentine’s Day or any winter day with your feathered friends!
Valentine’s Day falls in the cold and snowy winter, so share some of that holiday love with the feathered friends in your yard by making this Valentine Bird Feeder Hearts DIY Craft.
They are fun to make and use only a few simple supplies. They make a fun and unique Valentine’s Day gift for a bird lover or anyone who appreciates a homemade, useful gift.
DIY Valentine Bird Feeder Hearts
Supplies:
3/4 cup + 2 Tbsp Bird Seed
1 envelope unflavored gelatin
1/3 cup water
Heart Cookie Cutter
Drinking straw, cut into a length of 1″
Cord or string for hanging
How to Make Bird Seed Hearts:
Boil the water. Add in the gelatin and stir until dissolved. Mix in the bird seed.
Lay the cookie cutter on a baking sheet. (I covered it with wax paper, but I don’t think it’s necessary.) Start filling with the bird seed mixture. Place the drinking straw where you would like the hanger to go and pack seed mixture around it. Finish filling cookie cutter and press down with your fingers.
Set outside or in the refrigerator to cool. Once it is set, remove from cookie cutter. Remove straw. Allow to dry overnight.
Thread cord through hole to hang from tree. To hang ours, I used a thin piece of flannel cut from old pajamas.
Pamela says
We cut up some cranberries and put them in the mixture, adds some color and berries for the birds!
Lisa McDaniel says
This is a great idea….My daughter has a peanut allergy, and she has always been excluded from those DIY bird feeders held together by peanut butter. This is a great alternative!
Beth Ann says
I love these! So I added them to a link up for Valentine’s day. Thanks for sharing! I LOVE THEM!
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Chrysa says
Thanks for sharing!
Vickie Couturier says
that is so cute my grandchildren would lvoe to make this for the birds
Lolli @ Better in Bulk says
I love the addition of gelatin! My kids LOVE hanging food out in the tree in our front yard for the birds. We’ll have to try this!
Emily says
That is so cool! My mom would love this!!
Jody says
These are so fun to make!! I have a post for these too from last winter, the heart shape is so cute!
mel says
I love this idea! How creative is it!!!
Little Miss Kate says
Love this idea! I have never seen one made using gelatin before.
M.Clark says
These are cute, even the birds get to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Thank you for sharing this great craft idea.