Using a small milk carton:
Poke a hole in the upper section of the cleaned carton; make the hole at least large enough for a big wooden match stick to pass through. Afterwards, you can begin decorating your feeder.
- 3 dimensional paper flowers from red paper or tissue
- thick red ribbons to hang down from below or red paper fringe
- pasted on pictures such as hummingbirds, flowers, etc
- Red paper chains
- Paint some flowers on the sides
- use colorful pipe cleaners to hang the feeder
Using a small bottle:
You may use any tiny bottle with a small mouth as a hummingbird feeder. Suggestions: vanilla bottle, medicine bottle.
Tie a bright red ribbon around the mouth of the bottle and hang it from a branch with colorful pipe cleaners.
The Syrup:
Mix one part of regular white cane sugar with four parts of regular tap water and pour into feeder.