This project started as a mission to find an inexpensive hummingbird feeder that looked interesting. I was at a craft show where I was inspired but didn't want to pay the $50 price tag. I thought I could make one that mimicked the one I had seen.
The material I used:
Decorative bottle ( I found mine on clearance at pier 1 imports), copper tubing (menards), rubber stopper (menards), clear tubing (menards), food(menards), cordless drill, knife or scissor.
Time to complete:
The part that takes the most time for me was the problem solving of the rubber stopper and clear tubing. After I figured this out it was a snap. It's a madder of drilling the rubber stopper and feeding the tub threw, and then the assembly and bending of the copper tubing.
1. Of course the hard part for everyone is going to be finding the decorative bottle you want to use. You may. Find the bottle to be the most challenging. I wanted to find a red one, I just to happen to find it on clearance at pier1 imports.
2. Finding the rubber stopper to fit in the bottles opening. I tried cork at first but it absorbed too much liquid and then started to leak. I would redo mend taking the bottle to the store and matching the stopper that way.
3. Bending the copper wire, you have be be careful the tubing is easily to bend but it will also kink, I found that this was ok with me because I didn't have the correct tiles to bend solid copper wire.
I have made 3 of these but, I don't have the desire to make anymore. It's too difficult to sell on this blog.
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