Christmas Bird Craft

My Nana saw this in a magazine in a waiting room recently and whipped herself up one. I went to her house this weekend and LOVED it on her coffee table so she got me the stuff to make my own too!

It's super easy to do and doesn't require any crafty bone in your body. I promise.

"Ingredients":

- Greenery

- White stuff to put in the bottom (fake snow, sugar, epsom salt, or normal salt)

- Glass bowl (any shape is fine, my nana's is in a glass urn). 

- Birds

- Little ornaments (for the "eggs")

- Birds nest

So all I did was collect some evergreen-y twigs and pine stuff from a tree in her yard (well okay, she did this for me). Then we used some expired salt the previous owners of this house left. I was never comfortable actually ingesting it so this was a good use. The rest of the stuff can be found at Hobby Lobby (I got my glass bowl from there for $6 on sale). The birds, nest, and ornaments are less than $10.

Then you just pour in your "snow", plunk down some greenery, pop in your nest and eggs, and then perch your birdies wherever you want! 

I liked one of them being perched on the rim of the glass. The kitten keeps knocking it over though.

I put the extra greenery awkwardly on the dresser. I am not crafty enough to make it look nice. Maybe it's my brand/breed of evergreen. My living room looks very christmas-y now. This picture also highlights how dry the coffee table currently is. 

Anyhow, it's easy to do, cheap, and it makes me happy to see it! :)

The funny thing is that Rhoda at Southern Hospitality posted another remake of the very same article my Nana used! I read it a few minutes ago and sent her the link to this page too. That's so funny. Everyone likes bird bowls this year haha! 

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