For the Birds

My son saw a bird feeder in the store a few months ago and wanted to buy it.  My husband took the opportunity to plan a father/son bonding craft out of it.  Our son drew what he wanted the bird feeder to look like, then they drafted it together in a computer program called SketchUp.

Next they got to work building it.  The kids all had fun painting it and having small parts to play in the construction.  We mostly have been feeding finches since we hung it in the tree, but the kids love watching the birds use it.

In the month or so that it has been hanging the birds have eaten 2/3 of the seeds.