Holiday decorations
for the
birds!
Ingredients:
• 1 ½ cup shortening/suet/
coconut oil
• ¾ cups nut butter (like
peanut butter)
• 3 ½ cups wild bird seed
• 1 cup quick oats
• ½ cup corn meal (or oats,
bread crumbs, etc.)
• large paper clips
Instructions :
1. Mix all the dry ingredients in
a bowl.
2. Mix the shortening/suet and
nut butter in a microwavable
bowl and melt. (Ask your
adult for help, it will be hot)
3. Pour the liquid mixture over
the dry ingredients and stir.
4. Put the mixture in a
container, such as an ice
cube tray, a pan, etc.
5. Stick a bend paper clip into
the top of each suet cake so
that you can hang them later
6. Freeze for 1-2 hours until
they are hard and ready to
hang. Store them in a cool
place before hanging.
Hey kids! When you're getting ready to give holiday
goodies to your friends and family, don't forget about your
feathered friends, the birds!
In the winter, there is less food for birds to eat, so they'll
really appreciate it if you fill the trees and shrubs around
your house with treat for them!
Outdoor berry garlands and seeded ornaments will last
long after the holidays, in the winter months when birds will
be looking for food.
We've found some bird ornaments you can make. They are
great gifts for a bird-lover, or just for the birds themselves!
Suet Cakes
If you want to give birds a treat this winter, let them eat
cake—suet cake. Many birds require fat for good health in the
winter and really love suet and fatted seed cakes. These seed
cakes are easy to make and freeze in an ice cube tray. Suet
can melt in high temperatures; so make sure to put these out
when the temperature is less than 50 degrees.
Nut butter & shortening
Prepared suet can be formed into
balls or pressed into cookie cutters.
Be aware:
Squirrels
love suet
cakes too!
By Karen Rice • Official Kids Mag
46 • Off icialKidsMag.com • DECEMBER 2019
