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1.) You must enter an upcycled bird feeder as your art project.
2.) You may only enter once.
3.) Along with your art you must tell me about what species of bird this feeder is for and what materials have been upcycled (you can make this up).
~You have to actually put a little work into telling me about your birb. You cannot simply put "Robin" and expect that to work.
4.) You must enter artwork done 100% by you.
5.) You may choose whatever medium you wish
~Paint, model clay, pipe cleaners (you do you booboo)
~You must utilize at least three items to upcycle
6.) If you submit something handmade you MUST include your username in the photo.
7.) Please submit all entries in this thread.
8.) Please spoiler your entries so we don’t stretch the page!
9.) Please do not edit your post once posted.
10.) If your preferences are already taken any remaining pets will be raffled off between all participants.
11.) This contest will automatically end at the above stated time, even if I’m not here to close it.


Entry Form

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Here Birdy Birdy!!
Username: techabyte
Art:
Bird: I live in Oklahoma. We have a bird feeder outside already, and I've been able to identify a few of them by their calls and what they look like. The list provided is what I have seen eat the bird food from our other feeder.
Mourning Dove, willow flycatcher, eastern kingbird, to name a few.
My Feeder is made out of: Popsicle sticks from Popsicle we ate. A can from a drink, some rope from the cat tree that we were throwing out, and part of a cardboard egg carton that we were going to also throw out. All were cleaned before use, of course.
Preference List: Crested Owl | Crested Owl Twin | Pass

Here Birdy Birdy!!
Username: Rita Zyon
Art:


Process:


Bird: There are a number of feeders in the yard - some contain seeds, another is for peanuts, and a couple of other ones for suet. They are used to attract different birds. I decided to make a bird feeder that would contain seeds. As my bird feeder is small, I am hoping that it will be good for chickadees. American gold finches and purple finches are also seen in our yard and so I hope that the yellow colour from the pipecleaners will attract them to my feeder. Anything that falls to the ground will be picked up by magpies.

My Feeder is made out of: Water bottle, macaroni pasta lid, leftover popsicle sticks used in school, yellow pipe cleaners, glue, and pink string.

We have a number of bird feeders in the yard that have been bought over the years, but this is our first upcycled bird feeder that I made today. I started off with a water bottle, but had a back-up plastic water jug in case the water bottle didn't work. Initially I had the string under the water bottle cap, but after my brother suggested having a hole through the bottle I did that instead. Next, a hole in the water bottle was made and it was then glued to the macaroni pasta lid.

I wanted to have it look like a bird house which was inspired by other bird feeders in the yard and so glued together some popsicle sticks and then attached them to the water bottle. I had 2 braces made, but forgot to attach the second one until after the 1st half of the roof was attached. Unfortunately, I messed up on the angle and so added other popsicle sticks to the roof to brace it further. I chose yellow pipecleaners to decorate the roof because I read that yellow is an attractive colour for goldfinches which is one of the birds that eat from our feeders. So far, I haven't filled it up very high as I don't know yet how much seed the string can withstand before breaking.

Preference List: Crested owl (A), crested owl twin (B), pelican (E), lilac breasted roller (D), carolina parakeet (C)

Here Birdy Birdy!!
Username: Niyaru Delacroix
Art:

Bird: red winged black bird, purple finch, and northern cardinal all eat sunflower seeds biggrin so the sunflower seeds are going to go into the middle where the plastic little cups are situated; I'm going to add some corn on the outside of the little containers as well since the purple finch and red winged blackbird also enjoy corn!
My Feeder is made out of:a cheerios box, a plastic protein container, measuring cups from various protein powder containers and a soda can box (I used tape, hot glue and ribbon as well)
Preference List: crested owl, crested owl twin

Here Birdy Birdy!!
Username: .Tortured. .Pumpkin.
Art: Spoikered because many and probably very large.

Bird: I was reading up to see which colors would attract birds and discovered that blue and yellow attract finches, bluebirds, blue jays, Canadian jays, chickadees, and more. So I’m excited to see what it will bring.
My Feeder is made out of: Upcycled mugs (one broke, oops!), upcycled plate, copper piping left over from our recent gaswork, a brass fitting also leftover from gaswork (allows ease of removal for filling or weather if needed), epoxy, spray paint.
Preference List: B, A, C, D, E

Here Birdy Birdy!!
Username: Alanna the Pirate Queen
Art:
Supplies: (click the picture for larger image)


Finished: (click the picture for larger image)


Bird: This feeder is ideal for smaller birds like gold and house finches, as well as chickadees, that enjoy a variety of seeds including sunflower mixed with thistle and nyjer. I considered that the bowl might be slippery for them to land on, so I added the wooden pegs for perching (a feature these kinds of birds prefer). Unseen in the picture, I also used hardened glue to create bumpy foot holds along the rim of the bowl.
My Feeder is made out of: I upcycled an old bowl, a used wine bottle, a candle holder, pegs from an old jewelry rack, some wire, and tissue paper. The wine bottle is actually just resting inside of two concentric circles of wire, so refilling the whole thing is as easy as sliding the bottle out and pouring seed back into it. The whole thing functions on gravity and can be adjusted up or down to slow or speed up the seed output.
Preference List: A , B , Reroll