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I just love it that the children of today are growing up with such environmental awareness and an attitude of saving our earth. During an Earth Day celebration this spring, my elementary aged granddaughters designed and produced a lovely and inventive bird shelter out of recycled elements. The challenge was to take recycled items and make something useful out of them. They made this "bird shelter" out of old paper plates. It took four paper plates to make a darling little "bird nest". It has a roof to keep the rain out and sides to protect Momma Bird from the wind. They put a small stick in the middle to hold the roof up. After it was all glued together they sprayed it (with some help from an adult) with several coats of polyurethane to make it waterproof. When it was all dry and sturdy, they added a bit of grass to make a nest in the middle for the baby eggs while the Momma Bird sat on them to hatch them. In the demo, they used ping pong balls to illustrate the eggs. Then for a little bright whimsey, they added colorful feathers to "attract" the momma bird. When it was finished, they put it in a protected place on an outdoor ledge where the squirrels couldn't climb or jump to get it, to wait for a momma to come and make it her home. Such an adorable use of old paper plates and recycling. Now I just hope that a momma bird finds it and wants to make it her happy home.
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