How to make a birdhouse out of the box?

Spring is just around the corner, the time comes when the birds return home - you can start building birdhouses.

When talking about how to make a birdhouse from recycled materials, they mean that you need to use those that are safe for birds. Be sure to take into account the following points:

• used recyclable materials do not emit toxic fumes, and the material has not previously been treated with chemicals;
• when exposed to weather conditions, the container will not deteriorate;
• whether the box will be warm or overheated by direct sunlight.

For work, you will need ordinary consumables that are easy to find in any home. You can involve children in the creative process, use colored adhesive paper to make the house bright and memorable. Materials required for a decorative bird house:

• box;
• patterned or brightly colored paper;
• small chips or ice cream sticks;
• glue;
• scissors.

There is nothing difficult in making a cardboard house with your own hands from a 2 liter milk carton and even from a shoe box. The process is as follows.

• First, you need to lift one top of the box so that the edges stand in the form of a gable roof.
• Having cut a circle in one of the walls, you can make the entrance square or even rectangular, large or miniature, it all depends on the idea, the main thing is that the birds can easily get inside for food.
• From colored adhesive paper, cut as many pieces along the contour as necessary to completely cover the box. There are no boundaries of imagination, you can use pieces of different colors or plain material. It is advisable to choose a paper that has a smooth surface, more like a film, then the birdhouse is not afraid of rain.
• As a roof, chips or ice cream sticks are glued. They can be painted in different colors, but it is better to use an acrylic material for this, as it lasts longer.

• Enamel paint is applied to the milk box to act as additional protection against precipitation.
• They take scissors or a knife, cut out a hole - make sure that it is large enough for the bird to enter and not cling to the edges with its wings.
• Using paints, glue, paper or felt, decorate the house using imagination.
• A door is cut in the back of the birdhouse so that not only can the interior be cleaned, but also food can be added.
• A handful of straw, grass or thin branches is placed inside the house so that the bird can make a nest for itself.

This is one of the ideas for how to make a house out of recycled materials. Some people use shoe boxes and any other cardboard, for example, left over from New Year's gifts.

How to make a birdhouse out of the box with your own hands, see below.