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18th
Feb
DIY Project Birdseed Favors
by Polkadot Bride
This afternoon, we have Mel’s sweet birdseed favors! Mel originally found these for sale on Etsy by a US seller, but knew they wouldn’t clear customs into Australia so she set out to make them herself!
I made these to use as wedding favours for my upcoming wedding. They’re super easy to make and super cheap!
What you’ll need:
Silicon molds (I used heart shaped cupcake molds)
Edible gelatine powder
Wild birdseed (Find a mix for your local birds – I used a mix for Aussie parrots)
Metal bowl
Twine and Scissors
What to do:
Boil up some water – put about 100mL in a metal bowl and sprinkle in 25g of gelatin and stir until it’s completely dissolved.
Let it cool for a few minutes (don’t let it set – if it does just heat it over the stove again) then mix through 400g of birdseed.
Press a heaped teaspoon of the mix in the mold and flatten.
Place a knotted loop of twine on so the loop sticks out the top and cover with more birdseed mix and press in to push out all the air bubbles.
Place in the fridge overnight to set, then carefully push out of the molds and hang in a dry place so the gelatin completely dries out and hardens. Whalla!
To display, hang some on a branch in a pot and bag the rest in little stamped muslin bags. Perfect!
Mel also made this sweet little sign for the favor table
Thank you for sharing your favors on Polka Dot Bride Mel! You can check out Mel’s blog The Crafty DIY Bride for more treats and her Etsy store Paper & Ribbons! Mel will be back to visit us again soon!
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these are adorable! and the sweet bags to put them in, just gorgeous
LOVE your blog – what great ideas!!
Great idea. Thank you for your blog!
What a lovely idea! ~and personalized to the birds in the area…. love it! The sweet bags give it a sort of vintage feel too.
This is such a great idea, that peaple will actually use!
I had a question on my blog about the muslin bags:
The muslin bags were found online in this Etsy store:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/CelestialGifts
The seller is really lovely and will do a custom listing for however many you need.
I stamped the bags myself using brown ink and stamps from the “short and sweet” set by Stampin Up!
I love this idea! Would be great for Christmas Party favors too, to give the birds a little treat in the winter.
[...] {heart} these DIY birdfeeders from Polkadot [...]
I tried this and after a few days they started to grow mold on them. Has anyone else had this problem?
You have to let them dry out completely, hanging somewhere dry and warm. Once they’re dry store in an airtight container. I let mine dry for about 2 days hanging in my lounge room. A few months on and they’re still perfect.
I just have to say… THANK YOU! I have been looking for a recipe for these since I spotted them on etsy for MY wedding as well and nothing seemed to be working. This appears to be exactly what we’re looking for, I’m so glad you were willing to share your recipe and where you got the bags.
I actually have 35 seed hearts left over already bagged up – if anyone’s interested:
http://unofficialfiction.blogspot.com/2010/05/for-sale-birdseed-favours.html
-Mel
This is great! I am planning a wedding in the summer and I just love this idea! thank you so much for sharing!
thanks so much for posting this!
but is the gelatin really safe for our feathered friends? i’d hate to feed them bad things
Where did you get the little thank you bags?
Hi Leah – I purchased the muslin bags from a store on Etsy:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/CelestialGifts