bird feeder without peanut butter?

Hi all,

I could google this I guess, but I miss chatting, so I'm asking you lot instead.

I have always made bird feeders using peanut butter and birdseed and various containers/pinecones/sticks etc.

I'm wanting to make some with the kids at school - but obviously peanut butter is a no no in that environment.

Any recipes for an alternative? x

We use lard. Mix it with seeds and put in yoghurt pots, on pine cones etc, then leave it in the fridge to set.

Some I send home with the children and some I put in our garden...then sit and wait for the squirrels to come and pinch them!! :laughing:

I use Lard too.

And add bits of saved bacon rind, chopped up apples and raisins.


A few years ago DD and i made some in cookie cutter shapes using gelatine.

Thanks ladies. Lard it is then - great idea. I won't be able to use bacon rind. I'm hoping the bird seed is nut free - I guess some is - I'll just have to carefully read the ingredients.

Yes, the squirrels nick ours too!

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Originally Posted by Maza

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Yes, the squirrels nick ours too!

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I sat watching a squirrel take the waterproof cover off our rabbit hutch last week! It spent ages pulling at it until the cover fell off. It was putting in so much effort I didn’t have the heart to stop it. I was fascinated to see what it was going to do with it, but in the end it just left the cover on the ground and ran off.