Hester from Fun In the Making sent me this recycled craft project. It’s a bird nester — “like a bird feeder, but contains nesting materials.” You can get the instructions and materials list to make this DIY recycled creation at Hester’s how-to post.

You may be wondering what the experts recommend for bird nesting materials. Ah, I thought so! Some of the suggested materials below surprised me a bit. I didn’t realize that birds used human hair to build nests.

Suitable nesting materials for birds from Cornell Lab of Ornithology:

Dead twigs, dead leaves, dry grass, yarn or string—cut into 4- to 8-inch pieces, human or animal hair (especially horse hair), fur (e.g. dog or cat fur), sheep’s wool, feathers, plant fluff or down (e.g. cattail fluff, cottonwood down), kapok, cotton batting or other stuffing material, moss, bark strips, pine needles, thin strips of cloth (about 1 inch wide by 6 inches long) and shredded paper

Have you tried attracting birds to your yard by providing nesting materials?

(Image via Fun in the Making. Used with permission.)

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DIY Bird Nester House

Ever wonder what security envelope patterns from countries around the world look like?

Joseph King’s ongoing flickr project aims to enlighten you.

He’s got a nice collection going, 122 strong. And they are rather fascinating — everything from birds, utensils and leaves to cool swirls.

Go to Joseph’s page to find out how to get your photo added to the pile. What! You don’t take photos of security envelope patterns?

Image via spin spin’s flickr.

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Security Patterns of the World

Jane from Fun in the Making, a green crafting website with sustainable living tips, sent this ghostly project to me.

She collects single-use milk bottles from places like Chic-fil-A and turns them into fun Halloween favors for her parties. Visit Easy Ghost Party Favors for instructions from Jane. You’ll have fun deciding what to put inside your ghosts.

Image via Fun in the Making.

Are you making any Halloween crafts?

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Recycled Ghost Party Favors

I asked for your junk creations and someone finally took me up on it!

Linette from Mother Earth’s Garden, She Knows Parties and Robust Cooking sent me photos of junk creations made by her father-in-law Don.

Don welded spare pieces of metal and nails together to create these fun lawn sculptures that Linette enjoys.

Which one do you like best?

Photos by Linette.

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Your Junk Creation: Yard Art from Scrap Metal

A few rules though: It should be your original creation (not someone else’s idea), and it should be reasonably safe to make and use. The thrill of sharing is your reward. That means you won’t receive a prize, but I can include your website link in the post.

So, please have fun, and send those short junk creation descriptions to peggy.rowland (at) b5media.com.

This lovely tulip paper craft photo via flickr.

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Tell Me About Your Junk Creations