Holiday Decorating for Birds

When I was a child we often decorated an outdoor evergreen for the birds. We’d string cranberries or popcorn and drape them around a tree, adding pinecones that we’d rolled in peanut butter and birdseed. It was a fun project that took most of a Saturday to accomplish.

Now, when time often seems to be in short supply, many are looking for a way to decorate for the birds that isn’t quite so time consuming. So today’s post is highlighting some of the work that our custom department has done that does double duty: these decorations will festively adorn houses, lampposts or sheds and will provide for birds as well.

Note that no matter what type of bird decorations you use or where you hang them, it might take the birds a week or two to discover this new food source. My husband once put out a new feeder and was discouraged when the birds didn’t visit it for several days. “I gave a party and no birds came,” he said to me. Eventually, of course, they showed up for the celebration and ate all the refreshments.

No matter what type of decorations and bird parties you are planning, we wish you happy holidays filled with color and flight.