How to Make a Gazebo Birdhouse

A birdhouse doesn't have to be a difficult, time-consuming project. You can help your kids create a birdhouse just by using an empty milk container. This a great way to recycle your milk containers, and it's an interesting project for children. They will be thrilled to see birds eating bird seed out of the gazebo birdhouse they made themselves.

Scissors
Half-gallon milk or juice carton
School glue
Construction paper
Hole punch
String
Birdseed

Instructions

- 1
  Cut a large rectangle out of each side of a clean, dry, half-gallon milk or juice carton. The rectangle should leave plenty of space around it to provide a frame for the birdhouse. Leave the top of the carton intact, and use school glue to glue the folding part shut. The top part will mimic the roof of a gazebo.
- 2
  Decorate the birdhouse to look like a real gazebo by cutting green vines, colorful flowers or lattice out of construction paper. Glue the decorations around the frame and on the roof of the birdhouse.
- 3
  Punch holes in the roof of the birdhouse, and thread a sturdy string through them. Tie the string to form a loop, which you can use to hang the birdhouse from a tree.
- 4
  Fill the bottom of the birdhouse with birdseed. Take the house outside, and hang it from a tree branch.

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