Birdfeeders
Renee Schwarz
(Reviewer - Rebecca Brown)
2006 Kids Can Press
ISBN: 1553376994

Projects kids can make from recycled household materials to bring birds up close.

Okay, school's out & you're wondering how to keep your rug rats occupied? Grab an armful of Renee Schwarz's books, rummage through your recycling bins, get out your paint boxes, your glue stash, dig through your tool kits & get started on some fun things that will also bring much joy to your summer.

These 9 projects, with bizarre names & equally strange looks, are all made from stuff you've got around your home -- flowerpots, juice cans, Frisbees & ketchup bottles. What Renee Schwarz has come up with can be made in an afternoon, & you don't have to be a Tool Man to make 'em, plus every tool suggested doesn't require power!

No matter where your outside is: on apartment balconies or in backyards, there are birds (& sometimes other critters like squirrels & chipmunks) in your neighborhood, & they're all hungry!

Easily made: your kids can enjoy offering a Fruit Flower, or a Long-nosed Big-eyed Bottle Bug, a Bird Dog or a Fat Cat -- Renee Schwarz has a fun sense of puns -- & watch your fine feathered friends flock to your feeders.

Because construction is required, Birdfeeders is for ages 9-12.

More from Renee Schwarz:
Making Masks
Funky Junk: Cool Stuff to Make With Hardware
Birdhouses
(05/21/06)

Rebecca