You want to make sure the seeds are packed very tightly – it’s part of what makes the feeders stay together well.
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(This recipe made these five feeders, plus a large bird seed “cupcake” too).īecause the mixture gets really sticky, we covered the cookie cutters with a layer of parchment and Grae pressed the seeds down into the moulds. You want to make sure that they’re a little bit overfull, so be generous with the seed. Using a teaspoon, Grae filled each cookie cutter with seed, one by one. Next, we covered a tray in parchment paper and laid out our cookie cutters and moulds. We stirred it for a few minutes, making sure that all of the seeds were evenly coated and that there was no longer excess water at the bottom of the bowl. Then Grae poured the bird seed into our gelatine/water mixture. We used a “wild bird” variety, but I think pretty much any type would work as long as the seeds and bits are not too big – I think a finer blend works best in this case.
Gracen then stirred the mixture very gently until all of the gelatine was dissolved. Then I carefully poured in a little bit of boiling water (this is one of the only jobs I did for the project). We started off by emptying two packets (not boxes – the above photo is misleading) of plain gelatine into a very large mixing bowl. Here’s what we used for the project… Bird seed, gelatine, boiling water, straws cut into 2 inch pieces, some baker’s twine, and some cookie cutters and pancake moulds. Not only do we have trees sprinkled with pretty bird feeders (thus some very happy birds), but Gracen was able to do almost all of the steps on her own at our butcher block and there was no stove required. I’m happy to say, our experiment was a success.
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