Outside Bird Feeders

Greetings readers,
Today the crazy creative twos made bird feeders for our outside art. Our school is a peanut/nut free school so we couldn't use peanut butter but instead used Crisco. We also didn't have bird seed but we had Rice Krispies instead. I put the Crisco on the paper roll with the spoon, then let the children roll the roll with Crisco on it in the Rice Krispies. The older twos loved rolling the roll in the Rice Krispies, Some were hesitant because it had Crisco on it. The younger twos didn't really like touching it. I had to keep telling one of my older twos to quit eating the Rice Krispies because it wasn't for him, it was for the birds. Another older two kept reminding him they were for the birds for our bird feeders. The older two thought it was funny. Eventually after everyone was done the children kept sneaking bites of Rice Krispies. I kept reminding them we were going to eat lunch right after we made our bird feeders. After lunch we took our bird feeders outside and put them in a grassy area where the birds could get them but I don't think the birds wanted to eat because the kids were watching the bird feeders and were being too loud for the birds to come close. A younger two kept calling for the birds to come though. The blog that I got the bird feeder idea was called Classy Clutter: 10 Outdoor Activities for Kids.