How to make a pumpkin bird feeder

Learn how to grow pumpkins.

This simple design will attract a variety of garden birds, which can nibble at the exposed pumpkin flesh as they dine on the seeds.

You Will Need

• Pumpkin
• Sharp knife
• Wire
• Bird seed
• Tablespoon

Step 1

Cut the pumpkin in half and use a tablespoon to scoop out as much flesh as possible, creating a deep pit in one half. Use the flesh in soups or stews.

Step 2

Pierce a hole in the pumpkin half, at the opposite end from the pit. Gently loop the wire through and use this to hang your pumpkins from a tree branch.

Step 3

Holding the pumpkin half in one hand, gently tip a quantity of mixed bird seed into the pit. Gently release the pumpkin so it hangs freely but doesn't swing.