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2 - liter - pop - bottle - bird - feeder ideas, help!

20 years ago

I was given the plastic "doo-dads" needed for making a feeder out of a plastic pop bottle. I assembled it and am anxious to start feeding the birdies with it, but just can't stand the look of a green 7-UP bottle hanging in the yard. I have many feeders and they are all cute or rustic and I need an idea to spruce this one up. I thought of attaching beads all over it, but not sure how to secure them. Or twigs maybe? I hope someone has an idea for me.

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gardenbug__
20 years ago
I would try to paint it. paint it a cream color and stencil a design onto it, or wrap some vine like honeysuckle around it.
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