25 DIY Bird Feeders You Can Easily Create for Your Garden

Give your little bird friends some nice treat every time they visit your garden with these DIY bird feeders!

DIY Bird Feeders You Can Easily Create for Your Garden

I love birds! I often hear them chirping in the morning, and at night when they’re returning home from traveling. Their chirping is music to my ears!

This is why I deeply believe that these little friends deserve some treats. So, yes, let’s make them a bird feeder!

Now there are lots of DIY bird feeders. And I must say they’re adorable. They not just help feed these little creatures, but they also look good hanging on trees!

So, if you also like to make your own bird feeder, well, here’s a roundup of what I found searching the net. Just pick the one that you like best.

Happy bird feeding!

1. Colorful Bird Feeder

You don’t need tools to create this really colorful bird feeder. So yes, it’s super easy to do! You only need glue, paint and craft supplies.

2. Wine Bottle Bird Feeder

Give new life to your wine bottle by turning it into a bird feeder. Indeed, this is one of the many ways you can repurpose a glass bottle.

DIY bird feeders - from wine bottle
Image from Momma Young at Home

3. Teacup Bird Feeder

Get one of those adorable teacups and convert it into a hanging bird feeder.

Here’s another with a candle sconce.

teacup bird feeder
Image from DIY Show off

4. Coffee Mug Bird Feeder

If you can use a teacup as a bird feeder, you can also use an ordinary coffee mug! Get a coffee mug and its matching plate, and make it a bird feeder, just like with the teacup.

5. Glass Shade Bird Feeder

Add a modern touch of decor to your yard with this glass shade bird feeder. It really looks awesome in the garden!

6. Plastic Bottle Bird Feeder

There are many ways you can repurpose a plastic bottle and this is one of those. Get an empty plastic bottle and use that as a bird feeder.

plastic bottle bird feeder
Image from Mom Home Guide

Here’s another from plastic bottle!

plastic bottle bird feeder
Image from DIY n Crafts

7. Craft Sticks Bird Feeder

Your kids can help you do this. I bet they’ll like this project! With a few of their craft sticks, you can already make a bird feeder. I’m sure your kids will love hanging out in the garden even more because of this!

You can make it colorful, by the way.

craft sticks bird feeder
Image from Made with Happy

Now this one has a roof! Oh, it’s so cute!

craft sticks bird feeder
Image from My Journey to Green

8. Terra Cotta Bird Feeder

I thought this is just for plants. Turns out I was wrong! You can turn a terra cotta into a bird feeder!

DIY bird feeders - using a terra cotta
Image from DIY Joy

9. Milk or Juice Carton Bird Feeder

Repurpose your milk or juice carton. Turn it into a bird feeder. And of course, decorate it and have fun with it with your kids!

milk carton or juice carton bird feeder
Image from Audubon Vermont

Here’s another! Oh I love those designs and colors!

milk carton or juice carton bird feeder
Image from One Crazy Mom

10. Milk Jug Bird Feeder

Milk cartons or juice cartons may be small. Well, here’s a big version! Just use a milk jug.

11. Empty Paper Towel Roll Bird Feeder

This is one of my favorite recycling ideas for a paper towel roll. These bird feeders are so handy and very easy to hang on a tree.

12. Mason Jar Bird Feeder

If you’ve got an extra mason jar, you can also use that as a bird feeder. Just make sure it hangs strong, so it doesn’t fall on the ground and break.

DIY bird feeders - using a mason jar
Image from Let’s DIY It All

13. Bundt Cake Pan Bird Feeder

If you love baking, you may have an extra cake pan in your collection that you don’t use anymore. You can turn that into a bird feeder instead! You can put lots of bird food in there!

14. Orange Bird Feeder

Don’t throw away those orange peels yet. Use that as a little container for bird seeds.

orange bird feeder
Image from Mud & Bloom

Here’s another, including the entire orange fruit!

15. Cardboard Bird Feeder

Here’s one of the many ways you can repurpose a cardboard. Use it as a birdfeeder.

DIY bird feeders - using a cardboard
Image from Barley & Birch

16. Cookie Cutter Shaped Bird Feeder

Use a cookie cutter to make various shapes for your bird feeder. And enjoy your different shapes!

17. Bird Feeder Wreath

Honestly, it looks like a doughnut. I can’t help but feel hungry when I see this one. And I bet, those birds won’t be able to resist this too!

18. Steel Bowl Bird Feeder

If you’ve got some extra bowls in the kitchen that are not being used anymore, this is one way to make use of it again.

using a steel bowl
Image from IKEA Hackers

19. Pot Lids Bird Feeder

Repurpose your pot lids into a bird feeder!

using pot lids
Image from Sadie Seasongoods

20. Apple Birdseed Birdfeeder

If there’s an orange birdfeeder, there’s also an apple!

21. Log Birdfeeder

Take out a nearby log and you can use that too as a birdfeeder.

using a log
Image from Pretty Handy Girl

22. Plastic Coffee Can Bird Feeder

You’ve got those plastic coffee cans? Repurpose and turn into a bird feeder. You can also give your little birds a shelter with it!

23. Plastic Dish Bird Feeder

If you’ve got a plastic dish that you’re not using anymore, this is one way to give new life to it!

using a plastic dish
Image from DIY Candy

24. Scrap Wood Bird Feeder

Get yourself a bunch of wood scraps and that’s it, make it a bird feeder!

25. Pumpkin Bird Feeder

This is perfect for the fall season. Make a bird feeder from a pumpkin!

Which are your favorite DIY bird feeders?

I like the one using milk carton the most and the one using craft sticks. What about you? Have you picked your favorite already?

As you can see there are many ways you can make bird feeders. And you just repurpose things that you already have at home. That’s another aspect I like about this DIY bird feeders.

So, which one did you like most? Create it now and start making those little birds happy in your garden!

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Give your bird friends a treat when they visit your gardens with these DIY bird feeders! You can simply repurpose things you already have at home for this.

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