How to Make a Milk Jug Bird Feeder

This is a great project to teach your children about recycling and birds. We put one of these Milk Jug Bird Feeders out and within a day the birds were enjoying it. 

Bird eating from Milk Jug Bird Feeder #1

CJ did the research on the best way to make a Milk Jug Bird Feeder. This is how he did it.

Gather the supplies.

• A gallon sized milk jug, rinsed out and dried
• A marker
• A knife 
• Twine, string, ribbon, or para-cord. (He used para-cord not shown in the picture.)

Project Supplies

Mark the hole with a marker. (There was an outline on his jug that made the job easy!)

Mark the holes

Following his mark, he cut out a hole on each side of the milk jug.

Cutting holes

Once the holes were cut out, he used the knife to dull the sharp edges of the holes.

Dulling sharp edges of holes

With the marker, he marked drainage holes on the bottom of the milk jug before using the knife to make the holes.

Marking drainage holes

He put a hole in the lid of the milk jug with the knife for the para-cord to go through so the Milk Jug Bird Feeder will hang evenly.

Adding hole to lid

He pushed the para-cord through the hole in the lid.

Pushing para-cord through lid

He tied a knot so that the para-cord will stay.

Knot in para-cord

He hung the Milk Jug Bird Feeder from a branch and filled it with bird seed.

CJ hanging bird feeder from a branch

Now the birds can enjoy Milk Jug Bird Feeder #2!

To see photos of a Black-Capped Chickadee using the Milk Jug Bird Feeder click here.

To learn how to make a Cookie Cutter Bird Feeder click here. This is another fun DIY project to do with the kids.