How to Make Hummingbird Feeders from Plastic Bottles

Aaron Sinn
Take the large nail and the hammer and hammer the nail into the center of your bottle cap to create a nice hole. This is where the hummingbirds sweet, sweet nectar shall flow from. If you were a hummingbird, you would be very excited about this.

Make a large hole in the center of your deli container. The hole should fit very snugly around the mouth of the bottle. This is where all the sweet, sweet nectar shall flow into, so you want to make sure that it is indeed snug, as we wouldn't want it to fall off and spill all over your yard. If you were a hummingbird, that thought would make you very sad.
Use your exacto knife or box cutter to cut four small, round holes in the four corners of your small deli lid. These holes should be about as large as coffee stirrers. These holes will be the feeding stations for your tiny, feathered, humming friends.

Now would be a fantastic time to turn that deli lid over and to inspect the holes you just made. You want to make sure there are no sharp edges or bits of plastic left over from your cutting escapades. A hummingbird could cut its tongue on such a sharp shard, and that's simply no good. Take the time now to remove any such sharp edges, or cut them smoother.

Decorate the bottle and the container with the red paint. Hummingbirds love red! It also helps to hot glue some small silk flowers onto the outside of the deli container, to help attract more hummingbirds.
Wrap the wire around the body of the bottle. You will want to twist the wire at the tail end into a loop, for hanging purposes.

It might also be good to punch to small holes in the bottom of the bottle (which will be the top when it's hangign upside down) on oposite ends. You can run the wire through the two holes, then bring the loose ends together and wrap them into a loop. Again, this is for hanging purposes. Then, feel free to use hot glue to seal the two holes that the wire is running through, making the bottle air-tight once more.
Now you can fill that sucker (the bottle) up with some home-made nectar (sugar water), and then attach the decorated deli container to the bottle as well.

That's it! You're done, bucko! Now you can hang that bad-boy up in your yard and watch the hummingbirds roll in.

Published by Aaron Sinn

Aaron Sinn is a two-time Emmy award winning writer/producer who runs his own production company as well as manages two comic book series. He has a beautiful wife and a wonderful daughter, with another child...  View profile

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