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Feeding the Birds
Age Group:
2 to 5 years old
Materials Needed:
- Cardboard tube from paper towel
- String or ribbon
- Peanut butter
- Bird seed
Activity:
- Punch four evenly spaced holes approximately one inch from one end of the paper towel cardboard tube. Cut two pieces of string or ribbon and thread them through the holes (one piece through the north to the south hole and one piece through the east to the west hole). Gather the four ends together. Make the ends even and tie them together.
- Cover the tube with peanut butter and then roll it in bird seed.
- Hang the tube outside during the winter and watch which birds it attracts.


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