How-to: Upcycle a Mesh Produce Bag into a Nesting Materials Buffet for Birds

Wrap the produce bag tightly around the nesting materials–this brings all the materials to the mesh, so that the birds can easily pick and choose–and secure it shut with a rubber band, or, if using that plastic bag has been killing you so far, go ahead and treat yourself by tying it off with a nice piece of twine or yarn, instead.

Notice that my girls have filled one bag with natural materials, such as grass, wool fleece, cornhusks leftover from our corn husk dolls, human hair, cat fur, and small twigs. Their other bag is filled with man-made items, such as polyester batting, thread, yarn, strips from plastic bags, beading wire, and dental floss. Can you guess what their science experiment is?

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