With spring in the air, it’s time to support your feathered neighbors in nest creation. As a kid, we used to make feeders from peanut butter and birdseed, and stuff strawberry carriers with colorful feathers, yarn, and cotton.

Over the next few months, we would see little finches frightfully swirl throughout our grandma’s backyard collecting all the goodies we left out for them. I was excited to inspect the nests that were tucked away in corners, cracks, and tree limbs throughout the yard for the evidence that they had taken part in our free for all.

These dreamcatchers are inspired by my childhood crafts. I took new growth clippings from eucalyptus trees and molded them into hoops. Wrapping them using pipe cleaners and yarn to adorn them.

Finishing them by clipping various lengths of yarn loosely in the center of the dreamcatchers for the birds to easily collect.

Supplies:

• New growth clippings from a tree

• Yarn

• Pipe cleaners

• Childlike wonder

This is my first time crafting them in this manner! So I haven’t experimented with adding additional goodies the birds can utilize. I look forward to seeing your creations.

And yes, it’s for the birds (in the best of ways)!