Teacup Birdfeeders

Yesterday, I shared pictures of some of the supplies we were using to make a craft project for Mother’s Day.  I promised to share the final pictures.  So, here they are ---

I found the tutorial for creating these adorable birdfeeders over at Cap Creations.  I had found the top “tea cup”, which I think is actually meant to be a planter, at a local craft shop’s going-out-of-business sale (got it for 50 cents!)  When I saw the tutorial, I knew that this was what I wanted to use it for.  Gracie and I went to a flea market/co-op type place and found the other cups and saucers.  We have a few more here in reserve – just in case we liked the way the project turned out – we could make some more. :)

The original instructions called for copper pipe and copper caps for the stands.  I priced these at Lowe’s (in the plumbing section) and they were over $7 each.  I tend to be rather thrifty, so I knew that wouldn’t cut it if I wanted to make several of these!  So, Brian and I went off to the local hardware store, bought 4 dowel rods and a can of brown spray paint, and I painted them up.  We got rubber caps (like you would use on chair legs) – they had a raised up section, which Brian easily sanded down to make them flat (for gluing on the bottom of the saucers). 

I was going to buy some old spoons, but we had some cheap ones that we had gotten at Wal-mart once and none of us like to use them – so we recycled!

I think the finished product turned out really nice. My mom has already commissioned us to make at least 4 more for her friends – and I think we’ll be making more too – I can see lots of uses for these as summer gifts. 

I love crafts but we don’t always have lots of spare time.  This was a quick Saturday morning craft that was not only simple but adorable!

What do you think?