DG4Kids Activities: Bird House

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BIRD HOUSE! Family Night Activities January 2011 Calendar: GOD IS CREATOR KING!

Preparation: Gather materials you need to make a birdhouse or buy a birdhouse kit. We’ve listed 2 options below. You can also follow this link to find a plethora of other ideas! January is a great time to set out bird feeders.

www.artistshelpingchildren.org/birdfeedershousesperchescraftsmakingartscraftsideaskids.html

As you’re making the birdhouse, encourage conversation about the kinds of birds in your area and which ones are still around even in the winter.

Ask each person to share what his/her favorite bird is. Have everyone guess how many birds there are in the world.

Answer: it’s estimated that there are between 8,000 and 10,000 species of birds. Some say that there could be 100 billion birds on the planet! That’s a lot of birds!! Just think, God created them all and He cares for each one. He’s letting us help care for them with this bird feeder!

God sends people to help meet some of our needs too. He has special plans for all of us and all His creation.

Who are some of the people God sends to help you when you need it most? (Mom, Dad, teachers, policemen, friends…)

Close the Family Night with prayer, thanking God for His creativity and His loving care and control over all things. Then go hang up the bird feeder! We would love for you to send us some pictures of your feeders!



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Cut the bottom piece down to 1" high.

Put some glue on all four sides of the bottom piece on the outside.

Push the bottom piece into the bottom of the top piece, making a new base for the milk carton.

Glue pour spout closed.

Paint the outside of the milk carton in a dark color. This will help the spaces you will have between the sticks

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Set aside to dry.

Gather lots of thin, straight sticks. Thicker sticks will go faster but you may need a hand saw or pruning shears

to cut sticks to size. Thinner sticks, as shown above, can be broken to size.

Poke a hole through the middle of the top ridge.

Push string or line through the hole to hang the bird house.

Break or cut sticks to cover the bottom and all sides working around the hole cut in the center front. Glue them

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Cut or brake sticks for the roof. Glue into place.

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