Bird feeder from a liter bottle. Do it yourself. 200 photos, workshops

 

How to make a bird feeder from a liter bottle

Make such bird feeder ridiculously simple. All you need is an empty liter plastic bottle and five minutes of free time.
To make holes, take a sharp knife, if any X-acto knife, this is such a cylindrical handle with a replaceable blade, also called a hobby knife, a convenient thing and make 3 rectangular cuts around the base about 1.5 cm tall and 2.5 cm wide with a gap between them. It’s very difficult to see the cut out hole in the photo, but turn it there.

Then grab the cap and make two holes large enough for the rope. Pass the cord, apply hot glue to the bottom of the bottle and quickly place it on the plate.
Fill the bottle with seeds and tie it to a tree branch. Wait for the birds to arrive, and they will certainly arrive!

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How to make a do-it-yourself feeder out of the bottle

You need: 3 plastic bottles 1,5, knife and scissors, adhesive tape, drill with a drill 3 mm

How to make a bottle feeder:

1. Cut off the top of two bottles.
2. Use the side seams on the bottle as a guide to remove the top, along the bottom edge. It is necessary to trim a part approximately 15 mm wide and 15 mm wide along the seam on both sides.
3. Cut a hole 5 mm wide so that there are two flaps on both sides.
4. Bend the flaps slightly down and secure on one side.
5. Repeat for the other side. So you will make a convenient bowl with which it will be convenient for birds to take food.
6. Make holes in the side seams about 20 mm from the bulge on the base of the bottle.
7. Insert the scissors into the hole and cut out small slots. The cut parts should be slightly larger in length than the total diameter of the cover.
8. Cut off excess plastic.
9. Carefully insert the bowls into the cut holes. Press them down as far as they go in and make sure that they are firmly held.
10. Put some gravel on the bottom to add weight to the feeder.

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Here is another one plastic bottle feeder example, here, too, you need a bottle of 1.5 liters.

Parts List:

• clear plastic bottle
• Food sticks,
• a plastic container is a little bigger than a bottle,
• wire or cord
• sharp knife
• marker.

Like all similar projects, it’s not particularly difficult, but if step-by-step photos are not enough, detailed instructions on how to make a feeder can be read on the author's website.

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Tasty Feeder

Want to please the birds in your garden? Do special feeding trough with a nice treat. The recipe is very simple, it is melted fat with seeds. Served in a 0.5 liter plastic bottle. Sure you may make a feeder from a liter bottle, but it will take a lot of fat, in this case it’s more practical to take a smaller container. But it will be a great gift for feathered friends ....

Need to cook:

• small pan
• funnel
• knife
• rod
• stove or other heat source
• 0.5 liter plastic bottle
• melted beef or chicken fat (only by no means salted)
• seeds (in this case, sunflower seeds)
• bamboo stick
• rope

Let's get started

1. Take a saucepan and melt the fat in it.
2. Let it cool down a bit before putting it in a bottle.
3. When the fat cools (but remains liquid), fill it in a bottle and add the seeds.
4. Allow the fat to cool while it is liquid, shake the bottle several times so that the seeds are evenly distributed throughout the bottle.
5. Then, to speed up the process, you can put the bottle in the refrigerator.
6. When the fat congeals, punch two holes and insert a bamboo stick groove and groove.
7. Cut a few holes with a knife so that birds can access food.
8. Tie a rope and you can serve dinner.

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Automatic bird bottle feeder from a plastic bottle

Shown here how to make a bird feeder from a liter plastic bottle with a home-made feed dispenser.

Materials

• 1 liter plastic bottle;
• Three planks;
• Nails or screws;
• The wire;
• Saucer;

Tools: saw, drill, hammer, needle-nose pliers.

Assembly

1. First of all, you need to cut the bottom of the bottle.
2. After that, with nails or screws, connect 2 planks, which will be the bottom and back of the feeder.
3. To attach the bottle, I drilled two holes in the back at the back. Fasten a collar (it is possible to use a tape of builders) which will hold a bottle.
4. Place the bottle (upside down) in the holder.
5. Fix the third plank from above, it will serve as a roof.
6. Finally, set the feeder in a suitable place, place a dish under the bottle, and pour the feed into the bottle.

That's all, now your bird feeder will work automatically.

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How to make a glass bottle feeder

Everything can be used, and even empty wine bottles. Look at this example how you can make a feeder from a liter bottle, a couple of boards and a sheet of plywood. Common tools - saw, glue, nails, hammer. In this case, the dimensions of the sawn parts are indicated for 28 cm high bottlesif you have a different bottle, you will need to make adjustments.

On the right you see a photo with the image of the parts that you need to cut. Also on each board you need to make a groove. They will help to tightly and reliably connect the details of the feeder and the appearance will be neat. The deeper the groove, the more stable the entire structure will be.. Before assembly, make sure all parts fit together well. At the initial stage, it is much easier to fix minor problems than when you already start gluing and nailing. The grooves are preferably made with a width of approximately 8 mm and a depth of 6 mm at a distance of 6 mm from the edge.

Parts List Numbered:

1. 2 boards 28 cm long. They should be cut with a bevel of 45 degrees at one end.
2. 2 boards 9 cm long.
3. 1 plank 12 cm
4. 1 plank 15 cm
5. 2 boards of 15 cm. These parts form a roof and should have opposite (parallel) angles of 45 degrees.
6. 1 - plywood 13 x 13 cm
7. plywood sheet 13 × 32 cm Corners are cut at 45 ° by 25 cm on the sides

Assembly I think is not difficult. You can use glue and nails to be more reliable.

Bottle fastened with a clamp or metal tape.

Do not stick the roof, it is more convenient if it is removablejust attach the two parts together so that they fit snugly into the groove.

Fill the bottle with bird seeds and place in the clamp. The feeder can be installed anywhere on a pole, fence or add a rope and attach to a tree branch.

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Bottle holder in bird feeder

Here is another example, how to make a bird feeder with your own hands from a glass bottle. The whole project is designed for a small bottle with a capacity of 350 g, so make sure you adjust the size if you use a larger bottle.

REMEMBERthat these measurements are only informative, so you will need to calculate the dimensions yourself,to suit your needs. Bottle sizes vary greatly, minor adjustments need to be made to bird feeders It turned out neat and functional.

Materials

• A - 1 pc. 35 cm
• B - 2 pcs. 14 cm
• C - 2 pcs. 10 cm vs 7 cm
• D - 2 pcs. 14 cm
• E - 2 pcs. 20 cm vs 14 cm
• F - round bar 1.5 cm thick and 14 cm long
• 1 board 1 × 6 15 cm long
• 1 board 1 × 2 15 cm long
• 50 pieces of nails 3.5 cm long 1 1/4 "nails of legs
• 10 pieces of screws 3.5 cm long 1 1/4 ", glue for wood

Tools

• Protective gloves, glasses
• Miter saw, jigsaw
• Roulette, level, carpentry pencil
• Drill and drill

Below in the gallery you will find bird feeder circuits and photos showing the assembly sequence. There aren’t any particular nuances, but if something is not clear, the link under the gallery will lead you to the author’s site, and there is very detailed instructionsso anyone interested can read.

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Another similar example, only the decor is a bit bigger and the details are simpler to make, the parts are not fastened in grooves, but simply glued and nailed. Also different method of attaching the bottle to the back wall, instead of drilling a board, it is screwed on it metal plateto which the clamp is attached. After attaching it to a tree, use a Phillips screwdriver to lighten and tighten the clamp.

The dimensions are almost the same as in the previous version homemade bird feederssince the stand is made for a bottle 28 cm high.

This bottle feeder is located under the roof of the veranda, so color wallpapers were used for the decor. The sides and base are painted with white acrylic paint.
To fill the bottle with food, unscrew the clamp using a Phillips screwdriver. Then reinsert and tighten.

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And another option, how to make a bottle feeder of wine. The design is the same, but the assembly is simplified. The assembly can be assembled very quickly, of course, if you have materials and several tools at hand!

Material List:

• Pine board 2.5 meters
• Stainless steel hose clamp
• Bottle of wine 0.7 liter
• Hand saw
• Miter saw
• Drill
• Paint
• Nails and hammer

The board must be cut to such a sizeshown in the first photo in the gallery from left to right:

• 2 pcs. 9 cm (side)
• 1 pc 12 cm (back side)
• 1 PC. 15 cm (front)
• 2 pcs. 15 cm (roof) with a cut of 45 °
• 2 pcs. 30 cm (vertical sides) 45 ° cut at the ends
• Also:
  1 - floor board 15 × 15 cm
  1 - board 15 × 34 cm with 45 ° cuts on both sides at the ends

You can read the assembly instructions on the author’s website.

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We go from complex to simple. In this option glass bottle feeders no roof provided. More precisely Roof functions as a partition, which also holds the bottle and is attached to the back wall. In my opinion, it’s even more convenient, you don’t need to constantly unscrew the clamp, the bottle just fits into the hole. It may not be as beautiful as in the previous versions, but more functional. The assembly order is very simple, look at the step-by-step photos and everything will become clear to you. The main nuance, adjust the hole correctlyinto which the bottle is inserted. It is necessary that the end of the neck is at least 3 cm from the bottom of the feed box. Well, the partition itself should be mounted at a height of 15 - 20 cm. Make sure that the wine bottle holder is in the middle of the back. Dimensions of parts and detailed instructions are on the site, a link under the gallery.

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But this is an interesting design, combination of wooden parts and paraconde (a nylon rope with a core, unlike an ordinary rope, does not stretch and is much lighter). According to the author of the project, make such bird feeder very easy, requires only a few simple tools. Although, judging by the instructions, there is still a lot of work to be done.
To make disks with a hole from a pine board, you can use ordinary plates. You can, of course, make your own dimensions, in this project the top board is about 20 cm wide. The middle and bottom boards are about 15 cm wide.
Tip. Wine bottles have a taper. Therefore, be sure to make the hole large enough to completely skip the bottle.

In general, I think the idea is clear, cut out circles, make large holes for the bottle and 4 small holes for the paracond. The author used a carabiner for fastening, but any latch or a curved hook will do. Tie the 4 upper locking assemblies to secure the lower panel. Then connect the 4 threads together, tie one large top knot and cut the excess. If you want, you are likely to find a great decorative site somewhere on the Internet. Detailed instructions on how to make an original bottle feeder can be found on the website.

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Drawing bird feeders from a bottle

How do you like a bottle of wine as a concept for a bird feeder?

Necessary tools

• mitral saw
• clamp
• roulette
• pencil
• Sander
• 2.5 m board
• wood glue
• empty wine bottle

Assembly order

On one of the squares with cropped corners, draw a circle in the center, more than a bottle of wine.

Cut the circle with a jigsaw.

The assembly order is shown in the drawings and step-by-step photos.

The instruction is on the author’s website, a link under the gallery.

Few notes:

• Wherever you hammer nails, use glue.
• Install the support in the frame so that the neck of the bottle is 1.5 cm above the base.
• Screw in the two eyes at the top and use the copper wire to hang the feeder.

Now all you have to do is fill the bottle with seeds, insert it upside down and quickly flip it right side up to ensure feed is fed.

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Bottle and pallets bird feeder

How to combine pallets and a glass bottle to get practical bird feeder?

Very simple. Dismantle the old tray, find an empty liter bottle, and follow this instruction. As you can see, you need to cut out such details as shown in the photo. Set the sizes depending on the bottle; here, in principle, a container of any volume will be suitable, within reasonable limits, of course.

When sawing all the parts, they must be assembled into such a structure as shown in the photo on the right. Wooden parts can be painted with acrylic paint before assembly, although this does not really matter.
Feed tray slightly raisedso that the seeds do not spill out. After the bottle is turned upside down, it releases the feed as the birds empty the tray.

It will turn out great, and the birds will like such a feeder. For detailed information on how to make this project, follow the link below.

Hanging Bottle Feeder

You may not like wine, but you must love birds. Surely guests who drink wine come to you, so try to make wine bottle feeder, do not disappear the same packaging. Here, the author presented one of the ways to implement this idea.

1. First drill two holes in the bottle on each side. Remember to wear safety glasses.
2. Then glue the bottle to the clay plate with epoxy.
3. Wrap the neck of the bottle with copper wire from old home wiring and cover it with epoxy. Make sure you don't stick the cork!
4. Twist the top of the wire to make a hanging loop.

The design is ready. But there is one butwhen it rains, the saucer tends to fill with water. Therefore, you have two options, make a drainage hole in the saucer, which is ineffective or install a feeder under the roof.

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Wine bottle feeder

There are many interesting ways to reuse glass containers, you just have to look at the number of beautiful pictures on the Internet. But not all feeders made in this way are functional. The author of this project came up with his own design, which is quite inexpensive and does not require complex work with glass. In general, here we will consider how to make a bottle feeder of wine.

The idea is very simple, you need a big bottle and a glass stand. Drill holes in the center of the bottom of the bottle and stand. Through them, pass a long piece of wire with a hook. Glue the stand and drill the side holes in the feed bottle. Something like this, but in short, a more detailed description of the process can be found on the author’s website.

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Check out a few more examples of glass bottle bird feeders

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