Gelatin holds the seeds together – all that’s left will be the twine – no yucky metal or plastic base to deal with!

- Bird seeds (sunflowers, peanuts, shelled and cracked corn, flax, golden millet, safflower, thistle) Find out what the birds in your area prefer and use that!
- Metal cookie cutters – oven safe
- A few pencils or sticks
- Gelatin
- Boiling water
- Twine