Monday, January 17, 2011

Dollar Store Christmas: Birdhouse

Frugal Gift 4: Birdhouse





At first I really wanted to make my own birdhouse from scratch from twigs but realized I had NO IDEA how to do that. While cruising the web for a useful tutorial, I was totally inspired by these bird houses over on the Better Homes & Gardens website. Taking their lead, I bought a pre-fab birdhouse in the craft department of Walmart, painted it grey, and covered the walls in twigs using hot glue. I didn't really have sheet metal readily available for the roof, so I made little shingles for the roof by peeling of chunks of bark and gluing them down one at a time. I am really happy with how this turned out.

Cost for rustic-looking birdhouse: $3.50
* Pre-Fab Birdhouse: $2.50 at Walmart
* Paint: On hand
* Hot glue: $1 for a pack of glue sticks @ Dollar Tree
* Twigs & moss: Gathered from branches blown down in a storm

This post is a part of my Dollar Store Christmas round up 2010 series. Full post here.


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2 comments:

  1. Super cool birdhouse! Love the rustic look. I'm visiting from the CSI Project. I have a linky party every Tuesday where bloggers can link up their projects for $10 or less. Stop by sometime!

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  2. Two words - LOVE IT! I have always wanted to make a bird house too, but came across the same problem as you. I will have to make some for my yard this spring. Thanks for the inspiration!!
    Found you at the CSI project.

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Monday, January 17, 2011

Dollar Store Christmas: Birdhouse

Frugal Gift 4: Birdhouse





At first I really wanted to make my own birdhouse from scratch from twigs but realized I had NO IDEA how to do that. While cruising the web for a useful tutorial, I was totally inspired by these bird houses over on the Better Homes & Gardens website. Taking their lead, I bought a pre-fab birdhouse in the craft department of Walmart, painted it grey, and covered the walls in twigs using hot glue. I didn't really have sheet metal readily available for the roof, so I made little shingles for the roof by peeling of chunks of bark and gluing them down one at a time. I am really happy with how this turned out.

Cost for rustic-looking birdhouse: $3.50
* Pre-Fab Birdhouse: $2.50 at Walmart
* Paint: On hand
* Hot glue: $1 for a pack of glue sticks @ Dollar Tree
* Twigs & moss: Gathered from branches blown down in a storm

This post is a part of my Dollar Store Christmas round up 2010 series. Full post here.


I'm sharing this with:
Visit thecsiproject.com

2 comments:

  1. Super cool birdhouse! Love the rustic look. I'm visiting from the CSI Project. I have a linky party every Tuesday where bloggers can link up their projects for $10 or less. Stop by sometime!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Two words - LOVE IT! I have always wanted to make a bird house too, but came across the same problem as you. I will have to make some for my yard this spring. Thanks for the inspiration!!
    Found you at the CSI project.

    ReplyDelete

Comments make me happy! Thanks in advance for sharing your thoughts.

 
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