After our nature walk this week the hubby, kids and I, and my Dad all piled around a table and had a ball making Bagel Bird Feeders.  I found the idea in a book I just bought called Attracting Birds, Butterflies and Other Backyard Wildlife, by David Mizejewski, a Naturalist with NWF and host of the show on Animal Planet called Backyard Habitat (love this show!).  It's a fantastic book, lots of great ideas!

First, we took cinnamon raisin bagels and halved them and tied a piece of yarn around them for hanging.

Then we covered the bagels (all over) with peanut butter.

Next, we put birdseed in a cookie sheet and coated the bagels with it.

We used sandwich sized storage bags to store them in until ready to use.

This project was obviously a little messy, but well worth it, we had a lot of fun!  And the birds are pretty happy we went to the trouble too!  This is a picture of one hanging on my Dad's bird feeders.