Springtime is filled with flowers, baby animals, and colorful birds flitting through the sky. And while many people love to watch our fine feathered friends, not everyone wants to put a colorful birdhouse in their yard that clashes with their decor or attracts unwanted visitors like squirrels. The DIY Birdhouse That Blends Into Your Garden Bring on the Birds!
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Luckily, there is a style of birdhouse that will blend into your yard, keep pests away, and is incredibly easy to make — a flowerpot birdhouse!
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To make a flowerpot birdhouse, you will need the following items from your local hardware store:
• Drill with a regular drill bit and a 1 1/4-inch hole-boring drill bit • Two 1 1/4-inch fender washers • 1/4 x 2 1/2-inch carriage bolt • 7-inch-diameter flowerpot (preferably terracotta) • 1/4-inch nut • 6-inch-diameter round wooden plaque • Sandpaper • Outdoor acrylic paint • Sponge brush where people rarely walk. Then, determine how high you want the birdhouse to be, and use the regular drill bit to make a hole. Step 2: Mount your pot. Take your flower pot and align its drainage hole to the hole you drilled in step 1. Then, slide one of the washers over the carriage bolt before pushing the bolt through the drainage hole and into the drilled hole. Slide a washer over the end of the bolt sticking through the other side of the fence or wall, and twist the nut onto the bolt to hold the pot in place. Step 3: Give the house a door. Use your 1 1/4-inch hole-boring drill bit to create a door in the round wooden plaque, about 1 1/2 inch from the bottom. Use the sandpaper to smooth out the edges of this hole for the birds’ safety, and use your outdoor acrylic paint to coat only the outside of the plaque and let it dry. Step 1: Choose your location and drill! Pick a vertical surface like a fence or wall to mount your birdhouse. Try to pick an area
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Once the paint is dry, push the wooden plaque into the pot until it is firmly wedged inside, and you are done! This birdhouse is an excellent way to attract birds to your yard without the obviousness of a stand-alone house. Also, the lack of a perch stops predators from gaining a foothold that can lead them inside. To make the pot more discreet, hang in a corner where shrubs or trees block the birdhouse from view.
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