How to Make Edible Cookies for Birds

Many people enjoy watching birds of all different shapes and sizes come to the feeder to eat. With winter just around the corner, many of these birds rely on birdfeeders as a source of food.These cookies will be a treat all the birds will enjoy.

Things You'll Need

  • Large cookie cutter of any shape
  • Stale bread
  • Peanut butter
  • Knife
  • Birdseed
  • String
  • Plastic drinking straw
  • Scissors
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Instructions

    • 1

      Use the cookie cutter to cut out a shape from the stale bread. Repeat until you have the amount of cookies you want to make.

    • 2

      Use the knife to spread peanut butter onto the cut-out shapes.

    • 3

      Sprinkle the birdseed over the peanut butter-covered cookies until well coated.

    • 4

      Pick up the cookies one by one and shake them off to let any loose birdseed fall off.

    • 5

      With a straw, make a hole at the top of each of the cookies.

    • 6

      Put the cookies on a cookie sheet and let them dry overnight so they become hard.

    • 7

      Once the cookies are dry, cut off a piece of the string with the scissors. Pull the string through the hole of the cookie and secure it with a knot. Repeat and do the same with the other cookies.

    • 8

      The edible cookies are now ready to be hung outside to be enjoyed by those feathered friends.