Souvenir birdhouse with your own hands. Birdhouse as a work of art: drawings and photos of original projects

Our interest in birdhouses wakes up in the spring along with a drop, bright rays of the sun and sonorous voices of birds. I really want nimble and cheerful birds to settle in our yard. It is pleasant to watch the family chores of birds and listen to their trills. It is no less pleasant to realize that the birds will help protect the garden from pests.

Birdhouses for birds: what are they?

We all observed a considerable number of different birdhouses. You might get the impression that these are just small houses with a hole of different shapes and colors. In fact, birdhouses can be made from a variety of materials and must have specific parameters for different types of birds. There are certain requirements for their design and placement.

Especially for you, we have grouped the existing options into a convenient form for review. Of course, before you start assembling a bird house, you need to see what they are.

Birdhouses made of wood - a classic of the genre

There is no doubt that wood is best suited for making a classic birdhouse. The reason is in the whole complex of its characteristics:

• good thermal insulation;
• acceptable soundproofing;
• sufficient strength;
• environmentally friendly;
• well processed;
• available at cost.

We have prepared for you a photo of 40 types of wooden birdhouses, arranging them in order of increasing complexity and quality of design.

Before you are images of the simplest designs. As you can see, they suit the starlings themselves. Unless they do not suspect that the service life of an untreated house is limited. If appearance does not matter, choose one of these options.

If you spend a little more time, you can make a noticeably prettier bird house. Perhaps you are using some other type of lumber for this purpose. Definitely, it will take a little more skill and effort.

Fantasy played the main role in these constructions. Moisture-proof impregnation and a tin roof will definitely increase the life of crafts. Products are somewhat more complicated than ordinary bird houses.

As you can see in the photo, the birdhouse can be decorated by cutting a hole in the shape of a bird silhouette. At least the roof can be painted. To assemble a bird house, you can use a lining processed with a blowtorch.

The photos above show the application of paints. In principle, one color is enough to decorate the craft. Several bird houses painted in different colors look great.

If you try, the paints will help turn the bird's housing into a fabulous house. The actual design is not complicated. Fantasy and diligence are the main tools of the presented success.

A few more options for successful and simple solutions. Small-section sticks allow you to complement the craft with a fence, trellis, and so on. In the bottom two photos, using a jigsaw helped a lot. The use of wood of different colors and the unusual shape of the bird house ensured the exclusivity of the work.

The photos above say: do not limit your imagination! Of course, to assemble an airplane and a helicopter, you will need parts made on a lathe. However, the locomotive and the tiger are made from ordinary planks using a simple tool. You can repeat!

The two dainty birdhouses in the image above are made with taste and care. It's not easy to repeat this. Creating something similar and your own is even more difficult.

We present four more examples that will serve as a decoration for a site of any level. Of course, wood carving is not for everyone. Note that the two lower options are quite realistic for copying. It will take a lot of time and effort.

Birdhouse made of logs - a separate issue

A great idea is to use an ordinary log for a birdhouse in the country. This is also wood, but untreated. Note that an old tree trunk with a rotten core is the best option. Such housing for birds resembles a hollow and is called a hollow. As you can see, there can be a variety of products in terms of design.

For many, an old log is more accessible than a cut board. Birds don't care what their home looks like. A simple deck or a birch palace will do. You make the choice.

The nest box can be decorated with branches, boards, and mushrooms. Again, this is about the manifestation of fantasy.

In any case, those who decide to make the house more complicated and interesting should definitely link its design with the place and environment where the birdhouse will be located.

Plywood houses for birds are also made

It is believed that plywood is not the best suited for a bird house, as it has an unpleasant and harmful smell of glue. However, the starling in the picture likes the plywood dwelling. Products with a noticeable smell of glue should probably not be used. It can be assumed that over time, the slight smell will pass. Plywood is more expensive than edged board, but is stronger and will last longer.

Here is a factory kit for assembling a bird house. Its main advantages are interesting design and high assembly speed. Thin plywood has reduced heat and sound insulation. Such a bird house is best used in warm regions, and it will not last long.

A few more options for the execution of plywood birdhouses demonstrate the wide decorative possibilities of the material. The use of paints will provide an impeccable external design. Probably, such crafts are best used for decorative purposes.

Here is the simplest plywood bird houses. They are best used in relatively warm regions. They won't last long in this condition.

The use of 20mm plywood and paints greatly improves the position of plywood houses. Experiments with the form of crafts are welcome.

Cardboard birdhouses - this is possible

Cardboard birdhouses are hard to take seriously. As follows from the pictures, such products exist. At the same time, they are made at enterprises for the production of corrugated packaging.

Of course, such a house for birds is inexpensive, it is assembled quickly and even looks decent. Obviously, they will last one season, and in those parts where it will not be soaked by rain. However, we decided to overcome the indicated shortcomings of the material and offer further in the text a scheme for assembling a fairly reliable house for birds made of corrugated cardboard.

Birdhouses from plastic bottles - a fallback option

At first glance, plastic containers are very well suited for a bird's nest: they cost nothing, are durable, and are not afraid of rain. Note that birds do not like to sit in a transparent room with poor heat and sound insulation. In addition, the slippery surfaces of the bottle make it difficult for the bird to move around in the house.

However, these disadvantages can be overcome. Note that the assembly of such a product does not require a hacksaw and a drill and can be performed by a woman or a child. A plastic bottle can be painted, covered with an opaque material and trimmed from the inside with a cloth. It is better to use five-liter eggplants.

To prevent the wind from rocking the light structure, it must be securely attached to the tree, for example with adhesive tape. Obviously, in this situation, a wide scope for decor and decorations opens up. Further down the text, we offer a practical way to use plastic bottles for a birdhouse.

Bird houses from improvised materials

A very interesting house for birds is obtained from a pumpkin. The internal contents of the plant are cleaned with a spoon through the future notch. The craft is dried, decorated and hung on a tree.

Options for "finishing the room" on the outside can be very different. Note that even in the simplest version, the product has a certain decorative value. Often, it is for this purpose that such crafts are made.

A wooden barrel or pebbles and cedar cones, as well as beer cans, are suitable for building a bird house. Almost any material will do, from beer cans to shoes.

At the same time, it is important to observe the conditions for the comfortable living of birds, which we will discuss later in the text.

An old boot is a great home for birds. By the way, the leather version will last a long time. The convenience of living in an old snag with a feathered hollow definitely does not need to be explained. Nothing stops us from adding our human ornaments.

An old bucket is perfect for birds. It is especially convenient to use a piece of plastic pipe for arranging a bird's hut. Very simple and durable. The possibilities for decoration are, as always, endless.

Tenement houses or townhouses for birds

Probably, the apartment buildings were mastered first by birds, and then by people. Options - a great variety. Like people, an apartment building can be beautiful.

These examples are more like townhouses. Probably, next to the "high-rise building" for a large number of birds, you can always observe at least one of them.

At the same time, one should not forget that a cheerful company of birds can harvest your entire garden in one sitting.

Decorative birdhouses

Decorative birdhouses also have a place to be. They are designed to decorate rooms. Often, decorative crafts are placed in the garden.

Birdhouses can be made by kids out of paper, cardboard boxes, plastic bottles and beer cans. Of course, no dimensions in this case should be observed. We have selected for you images of the most characteristic products that will suit the child.

Sizes of birdhouses for birds and other requirements

There are general requirements for bird housing, regardless of what specific birds they are intended for:

1. The bird house must have sufficient thermal insulation, protected from noise, moisture and drafts. To do this, a wooden birdhouse is made of boards with a thickness of at least 20mm. The seams and cracks of the house are sealed with clay, plasticine or tow.
2. The design should not have sharp protrusions that could injure feathered inhabitants. The protruding parts are treated with emery cloth.
3. The configuration of the birdhouse should allow the birds to easily get in and out. In a birdhouse made of planed boards, the front wall is roughened from the inside with a hacksaw and a drill. A birdhouse made of a plastic bottle is trimmed from the inside with a coarse cloth.
4. The bird housing material should not emit unpleasant odors. Laminated chipboard and OSB board contain formaldehyde and are not suitable for birds. For the same reasons, the use of plywood is also discouraged. Do not use inorganic adhesives to assemble the birdhouse. It is better to paint the product with acrylic paints.
5. Do not use too bright colors to decorate the house. Birds distinguish colors much better than people, and in nature they are not used to showing their nest to everyone. It is better not to create a tip for birds of prey and cats. Good paint will significantly extend the life of your product.
6. The design and placement of the birdhouse should provide adequate protection from cats and woodpeckers.
7. The birdhouse should not be too large so as not to provoke the female to lay too many eggs. Large numbers of chicks are difficult to feed and will not survive.

Let us add in more detail a few more essential remarks on the "architecture" of bird houses. To protect against feline organized crime groups (organized criminal groups), the birdhouse should be positioned so that it is impossible to climb into it from nearby branches.

It is better not to make a support under the notch, as the entrance to the bird house is called: the bird has enough branches if the birdhouse is on a tree, and the cats will definitely take advantage of the additional opportunity for criminal purposes. To protect the chicks from attack from above, the overhang of the birdhouse visor is increased to 70-80mm. The greater the angle of the roof, the more difficult it is for cats to do dirty work.

To prevent cat OPG from reaching the birdhouse along the support from below or above, it is wrapped in tin in accordance with the image. The cat slides on the metal and will not reach the chicks. To protect against the claims of the woodpecker, the birdhouse is reinforced with a metal or thick wooden lining, as in the photo. Then he will not be able to expand the notch and get to the eggs.

Quite often, birdhouses are made from coniferous wood. The resin released from the wood can ruin the plumage of birds. It is better to use birch or alder for a bird's nest. As a last resort, you should pick up pine boards without knots.

Different birds have their own characteristics and choose "apartments" for themselves in accordance with their needs. When planning to make a house for certain birds, use its standard GOST dimensions from the table below.

The bird house mentioned in the table under the name "half-hollow" is intended for birds that are used to nesting not in hollows of trees, but in a depression between branches. These birds prefer a certain amount of light, and a slit entrance is suitable for them.

Please note that it is difficult for the wagtail to move along vertical surfaces, and it is better for it to equip a comfortable platform in front of the entrance with a width of 8-12 cm. For small birds, like pikas, they organize two entrances located opposite each other. It is believed that starlings do not settle in green houses.

The choice of location and methods of attaching bird apartments

Ornithologists recommend placing one birdhouse on an area of ​​​​20m2. In practice, one birdhouse is enough in the garden, since a larger number endangers your cherries and even seedlings of tomatoes. If you install several birdhouses, ensure a distance of more than 15 meters between them.

Usually a birdhouse is installed at a height of 2.5-3.5 m from the ground. If there are objects nearby where people often appear that will disturb the birds, increase the height to 4.5-5.5m.

It is necessary to think about the optimal orientation of the bird house relative to the cardinal points. If the entrance to the open space faces south, the house may overheat. It is better to place it in the shade. It is also wrong to turn the notch in the direction of the most frequently blowing winds, since rain will fall through the entrance to the birdhouse. Also, to protect against rain, you should use the wall or roof of the building, the foliage of trees, etc.

Often a birdhouse has a special bar for attaching to a support. It can be fixed to inanimate objects with nails and screws. For fastening to trees, flexible clamps are used. Suitable reliable and durable cords and ropes. In this case, the fasteners should not pinch the tree as the trunk thickens. If the birdhouse you installed is not inhabited by tenants, try rearranging it to another place. Probably, this circumstance will affect the decision of the birds.

Workshops for making birdhouses

Drawings, dimensions and photos of the assembly of a wooden birdhouse with decorations

We invite you to familiarize yourself with the drawings of the three options for the most common birdhouses made of wood. Again, it is better to make them from hardwood or use pine boards without knots with resin. If you check the size table, you can find that for starlings and other birds, the house may have different dimensions than in the drawings. Next, we describe the scheme for assembling a birdhouse with a single-sided lid, guided by which you can independently carry out any of the three projects.

Here is a drawing of a birdhouse from boards, which is the simplest. A feature of this design is a removable cover. In order for it to be securely fixed, an insert 120x120mm is provided, attached to the lid from the inside. If the cover is not going to be removed, the liner is not needed.

The gable cover looks more interesting, but the design is a little more complicated. Pay attention to the accuracy of the connection of the roof parts with the side walls. It is possible that in these places additional sealing with plasticine, clay or hemp will be required. Removable cover design is not provided.

This drawing shows a design with an inclined removable cover. Attention should be paid to the accurate execution of the inclined sections of the side walls. We give a master class for assembling a birdhouse in two stages: first we make a birdhouse according to the description, and then decorate it at our discretion.

This is how the finished birdhouse will look like

Consider the sequence of actions in stages:

1. For the manufacture of a birdhouse, I used a pine board with a section of 160x20mm. The knots are very small, so the resin will not interfere with the birds.
2. For parts with a width of 120mm, I cut the board along this width. A 40mm wide cut was used as a pole for attaching a birdhouse.
   
3. To mark the details, I used a square. Otherwise, gaps in the craft cannot be avoided.
4. I marked the length of the liner under the cover “in place”, it’s more convenient.
5. With special care, he marked out and made an oblique cut on the front and back walls of the product.
6. First, the notch was drilled with a feather drill.
   
7. However, I did not have a feather drill of the required diameter, so I completed the work with a jigsaw.
8. I scratched the front wall from the inside with a hacksaw to make it easier for the birds to get out of the house.
   
9. The result is a set of parts shown in the picture.
10. The notch was cleaned with sandpaper for the convenience of the birds.
11. To assemble the house, I drilled holes with a diameter of 2 mm for screws. On long walls, three screws are enough, on short walls, two.
    
12. I fastened the side walls with 3.5x40mm screws, 3.5x35mm screws came up to assemble the cover.
    
13. The result is a bird house without cracks and gaps. For those who wish to extend the life of crafts with the help of paints and at the same time make a birdhouse a joke, we follow further.
14. First, let's turn the canopy over the entrance into the visor of an impromptu cap. Marking is done with a compass.
    
15. The cut along the arc was made with a jigsaw and processed the sharp edges with an emery cloth.
    
16. I also smoothed out all the sharp edges of the craft with sandpaper. With this work, it is convenient to wrap the emery skin around a wooden bar.
17. Next, I cut out templates for the eyebrows, eyes, lips, and ear of the “Cyclops” from paper. I tried them on crafts and redid those that did not fit in proportions.
    
18. For false ears I used 16mm thick plywood, for the mouth - 10mm. I pressed the corresponding templates to plywood and outlined the contours with a marker.
19. All details of complex shape were cut out with a jigsaw.
    
20. The nose has a geometric shape, so I marked it with a ruler. The cut parts were cleaned with sandpaper.
21. Ears, nose and birdhouse lid painted with brown paint in two layers. I used red for the lips.
22. The body of the “Cyclops head” was painted with yellow acrylic paint. To mark the white of the eye and eyebrow, I attached the appropriate templates to the front wall and circled with a marker. Eyebrow and eyelashes done with a black marker. The white of the eye was painted over with white paint.
23. Ears, nose and mouth secured with screws. Especially for the photo he invited a cheerful bird - a fashion model.

New technologies for assembling a birdhouse from cardboard and bottles for women's and children's hands

Not everyone who wants to build a birdhouse with their own hands has the opportunity to saw boards, drill with a drill and wrap screws. On the other hand, plastic bottles and cardboard boxes are available to everyone. Both materials are poorly suited for creating a bird house.

We came up with the idea that we would get a wonderful result if these improvised materials are used together: plastic protects against moisture, and corrugated cardboard provides thermal insulation. We bring to your attention the original project of a bird house from improvised means, which can be implemented by anyone at home. See how we did it in the picture.

Here is a presentation of a master class for making an apartment for birds from plastic bottles and corrugated cardboard. The drawing in this case is not required, since the dimensions are printed on the parts:

1. First you need two identical five-liter bottles. We cut one of them from the bottom along the line marked with a marker. The cut point extends below the protruding part so that the second container can be inserted into the first.
   
2. Corrugated cardboard is best suited two-layer 6mm thick. The markup should be a rectangle. We cut the cardboard with a clerical knife using a metal ruler.
3. First, we cut out one part 118x118mm and check how it goes inside the cut container. Ideally, if it clings a little to the walls of the jar. If it passes with a large gap or passes into the container with difficulty, you will have to choose other sizes of the square. In the event that the size of the bottom and roof is changed or cardboard is used with a thickness not equal to 6mm, the detail drawings will be different. The height of 300mm will not change, the width of the front and back walls is equal to the size of the bottom and roof, the width of the side wall is equal to the width of the front, minus twice the thickness of the cardboard.
4. We mark the entrance with a marker in accordance with the image. To get a circle, it is convenient to circle the lid of the container with a marker. The hole is cut with a narrow knife.
   
5. We cut out all the details from corrugated cardboard in accordance with the image.
   
6. With a glue gun, apply glue to the bottom of the back wall.
7. We install the bottom liner on the glue. To ensure proper assembly, temporarily install and hold the side wall with your hand. It is necessary to hold the parts before they are fixed with glue.
8. You will get an assembly in the form of the letter "G".
   
9. Apply glue to the end of the bottom.
10. Apply glue to the edge of the side wall.
11. After installing the side wall and curing the glue, you will get an assembly of three parts.
12. Apply glue to the top of the side and back walls.
    
13. Once the roof liner is installed and the adhesive has cured, you will have a four-piece assembly.
14. We apply glue for the second side wall.
15. We install the second side wall and get a box without a lid.
16. We apply glue to the ends of the four parts and install the front wall.
    
17. The base of the craft is ready.
18. At the ends of the craft, we remove the glue that has come out to glue the bottom and roof.
19. We apply glue to the four ends of the walls and the bottom liner.
20. We install the bottom of the birdhouse.
    
21. Now we have a bird house with an insulated and reinforced bottom.
22. This is how the finished cardboard capsule looks after the roof sticker.
    
23. Carefully insert the cardboard insert into the eggplant and mark the notches on the bottle with a marker.
24. Cut out the notch according to the markup.
25. We are preparing corrugated cardboard parts for warming the bird house in accordance with the image.
    
26. Everything worked out for us, and the “insulation” is in place.
27. We move the details into place. If they do not fit well, the parts can be cut or the cardboard can be dented at the edges of the long sides.
28. After adjusting the size of the second bottle and assembling, mark the holes for wire staples on the sides of the birdhouse with a marker. We punch holes at a distance of 20 mm so as not to make a hole through the walls of the product through.
    
29. We make two brackets from copper wire with a diameter of 0.5-1mm in accordance with the holes.
30. Slide the bottom eggplant down and insert staples into it from both sides. We bend the ends of the staples so that they easily go into the upper bottle.
31. We shift the lower eggplant into place and insert the staples into the holes on the upper bottle.
32. Slide the bottom of the plastic container back into place.
    
33. We twist the wire and bend the twist.
    
34. It looks like an almost finished birdhouse. We received impeccable thermal insulation and moisture protection of the bird house.
    
35. We painted the top of the house brown and the bottom yellow. The sharp edge of the plastic may injure the bird. We took a piece of corrugation, cut it along and put it on the edge of the notch. You can color the product at your own discretion. The craft resembles a castle tower, so you can draw a battlement from below.

How easy it is to make a birdhouse from a log

We have already given examples of arranging an original birdhouse made of logs. Birds will definitely like such a project, as it resembles a hollow that is familiar to birds: it has no gaps and merges with the environment. Now consider a master class for assembling such a birdhouse on your own.

Instead of dubious chemical compounds, you can use safe "environmentally friendly" products. To effectively combat caterpillars, beetles and other pests, it is enough to attract starlings to yours. These and some other species of birds are capable of destroying not only insects, but also larvae. The only thing you need is a high-quality, do-it-yourself birdhouse. You will find drawings and dimensions of the structure, manufacturing technologies and useful tips in this article.

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What to make a birdhouse: the best materials

To clarify the dimensions of the birdhouse, a drawing for starlings must be created taking into account the characteristics of habitat in natural conditions. It is recommended to consider the following facts:

• Usually these birds make nests, or use a hollow hollowed out by a woodpecker in a tree. They do not need excessive space, so it is enough to create a small interior space of housing.
• To grow chicks, you will need a lack of drafts, good heat and.
• We should not forget about natural enemies. Sufficiently reliable protection against .
• It is necessary to ensure the convenience of penetration into the birdhouse and free flight.
• Unpleasant odors and vapors harmful to biological organisms should be excluded.
• The design should not have sharp protrusions, defects that could injure the bird.

This photo shows that the birds like the unsightly-looking structure. It is made from natural materials, without varnishes and paints. In terms of its parameters, the housing turned out to be close to natural conditions, which is why the corresponding structures are called “hollow houses”. Manufacturing is not accompanied by unnecessary difficulties. In a suitable block of wood, the core is removed, a hole is cut out for the notch. Boards are nailed from below and from above.

Birdhouse made of wood: in harmony with nature

This material is used most often, since its parameters are well suited for bird housing. However, be aware of the following limitations.

• To get acceptable, it is necessary to use sufficiently thick sheets (from 20 mm or more). Creation of typesetting walls is admissible.
• Moisture-resistant varieties are suitable for outdoor use. These materials are more expensive than standard ones. But products made from them will retain their shape for a long service life.
• Make sure that there are no glues or other chemicals harmful to birds that create unpleasant odors.

Birdhouse out of the box: a turnkey solution

This set contains wooden blanks made using factory techniques. They are distinguished by high quality processing, accurate dimensions. Paints and a special decorative overlay will be useful to create an aesthetic appearance. Assembly instructions will help you perform the necessary steps correctly.

Important! As a rule, such kits do not include tools. They will have to be purchased separately.

This cardboard birdhouse is assembled in just a few minutes. Special cutouts are designed to create connections. The advantages include low cost, speed of installation operations, the possibility of disassembly. To determine the shortcomings of such a model, it is enough to carefully examine the image:

• The absence of an additional layer that protects against moisture.
• Too big for birds.
• Low strength of the connecting nodes.
• Overly modest appearance.

Birdhouse dimensions: what to consider

The questions above are discussed in detail on how to properly make a design using different materials. After a comprehensive analysis, it is not difficult to draw a conclusion about the advantages of natural wood:

• it is an environmentally friendly, inexpensive material;
• it has high strength and good insulation performance;
• it is not too difficult to process it at home with your own hands using the simplest tools.

The last item on this list deserves special attention. Prudent owners make housing attractive to birds of certain species. That is why it is necessary to take into account not only the physiological differences between starlings and tits, their special habits and preferences.

It should be noted right away that it will not work to build such a miniature object according to GOST. Standard reference parameters have not been developed for the birdhouse.

Important! What should be the dimensions of the products, discussed below. The requirements for other parameters are also given there, taking into account the characteristics of the behavior of different birds. You can make individual changes to any drawing. But it is better if they refer only to the aesthetic parameters of products.

Sizes of the birdhouse for starlings

Typical design parameters are shown in the following table:

When the feathered neighbors have mastered a new home, this is removed. After that, the birds will begin to destroy harmful insects.

Sinichnik: drawing and dimensions

The dimensions of the birdhouse for tits are slightly different from the previous version:

Wagtail house: drawing and dimensions

To make the birds comfortable, the following parameters must be considered:

Drawings can be created independently based on the data provided in the table. But we must remember that the legs of the wagtail are better suited for running than for clinging to vertical surfaces. It is difficult for this bird to penetrate into the notch of a standard birdhouse. For her, the design is supplemented with a “threshold”, a special platform with a width of 80 to 120 mm.

How to make a birdhouse step by step

After familiarizing yourself with the theory, you can proceed to practice. This table shows an algorithm that will help you correctly create birdhouses for birds with your own hands. Drawings, consumables, tools must be prepared in advance.

Photo	Action plan and important notes
	For the manufacture of a relatively simple bird house at home with your own hands, such a drawing of a birdhouse with dimensions is suitable.
	In accordance with the data of the design documentation, the dimensions are transferred to.
	Wooden blanks are cut using, or with an electric drive.
	To make it easier for the birds to move, the inner surfaces are roughened. If necessary, special notches are applied in the notch area.
	The hole is made with an electric drill. Use a cutter of the desired size.
	To simplify the assembly process, thin holes are drilled at the marked points, or small indentations are made. Screws are screwed into them. With the help of such fasteners, reliable connections are obtained.
	The assembly is performed sequentially. The workpieces are installed so that in the process of their fastening they do not create additional loads on the structure. For the product from the example, three screws on one connection line are enough. This is not indicated in the photo, but some craftsmen install special inserts in the inner corners. With their help, the shape of the internal space is rounded, making it look like an ordinary hollow.
	In the central part of the lid, a wooden rectangle is fixed with dimensions slightly smaller than the free part of the inner contour of the walls. It is fixed with five screws.
	Check the ease of installation and dismantling of the cover. If necessary, a chisel gives the optimal shape to the details.
	If you create several birdhouses, the garden will be better protected from harmful insects. To extend the service life, the product is impregnated on the outside with specialized compounds.

With the help of this video, you can find out how to make a functional and beautiful birdhouse yourself:

Important! When creating any type of house, it is necessary to seal the gaps. You can use foam for this. Working operations are performed using specialized tools, blades.

How to build a birdhouse with your own hands: step by step instructions

If you buy a ready-made kit, a do-it-yourself birdhouse for birds can be made quickly and accurately. In such kits there are precisely fitted blanks, consumables. Detailed instructions from manufacturers explain how to properly make a birdhouse. But much more interesting are the original designs.

Detailed drawings are not needed for this project. It is only necessary to comply with the above requirements for the size of houses for different types of birds. First you need to find the necessary raw materials. Aspen fits well. In this wood, the core often becomes rotten while maintaining the integrity of the outer layers.
After delivering the log home, it is sawn to the desired size. Remove rotten bark. One of the cuts is made at a slight angle. A roof will subsequently be attached to this end. The slope will automatically remove precipitation. A hole must be made in the workpiece (along the entire length). To speed up the process, use a power tool with a long drill, chisels.
If there is a through hole, even strong wood will not be too difficult to remove.
Further, the sampling of excess material is carried out until uniform walls with a thickness of 20 to 30 mm are formed. Chips and sharp burrs are removed from the inside. The tap hole is drilled using an electric drill equipped with a toothed crown of the appropriate diameter.
A board (20-25 mm) is suitable for the bottom. It is cut so that the excess parts do not protrude beyond the level of the contour of the lower part.
The roof in a stationary version, like the bottom, is fixed with screws. In order not to split the wood, holes are first created with a small diameter drill. How to make a removable version of the roof, described above.

How to decorate a birdhouse with your own hands

Often there are questions, is it possible to paint such structures? The application of impregnations, decorative coatings protects the wood from moisture, harmful bark beetles. This processing allows you to use the same design for many years without repair. But be sure to make sure that the paints do not contain odors that repel birds. On the other hand, they should not be overly bright so as not to attract predators.

With the correct application of original ideas, it will turn out to be an expressive design element from a functional object. How to decorate a bird house is easier to figure out using photos of specific examples.

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Unusual birdhouses (pictured) can be created using relatively complex technologies (1) and improvised materials (2) An unusual option is a good illustration of the widest possibilities of a creative person. Metal linings, like the stones in the previous version, perform certain protective functions. In order not to think about how to paint the walls, you can use ready-made images for decoration, photo printing

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In this article, we will make birdhouses with our own hands - correct, beautiful (simple and unusual) bird houses. I decided to decompose this theme of birdhouses into clear points, so it will be more convenient to navigate through the article. And before I give specific drawings and schemes for assembling birdhouses, and tell you how to make a birdhouse, we will talk about important things– the location and method of fixing your bird house. After all, the model of the house still depends on what methods of fastening you have available, and on whether you will mount your birdhouse on a tree or on special tall structures. And further… before moving on to choosing the design of your future birdhouse, we will deal with the most common mistakes in the manufacture of birdhouses (in order to avoid them in our do-it-yourself house). So here you will find answers to the following questions:

1. How to fix birdhouses on a tree (types of fasteners for bird houses)
2. Where can birdhouses be fixed ( if there are no trees nearby).
3. Major Mistakes when building a bird house.
4. How to help the birds choose your birdhouse.
5. Drawing and assembly diagram classic birdhouse.
6. multi-local, multi-apartment
7. bird houses non-standard forms.
8. birdhouses from non-traditional materials(from boots, canisters, teapots, pots, etc.)

Even more ideas and tips on how to make birdhouses in the article.

After studying this article, you can make a birdhouse yourself for a kindergarten or school competition. Or buy a ready-made set of blanks for a birdhouse- assemble it and decorate according to your author's design.

How to fix a birdhouse

on a tree.

Birdhouses are usually tied to a tree with a rope. To do this, a thick long beam is nailed to the back wall of the house. It is leaned against a tree and wrapped around with a rope many times - wrapping the timber and the tree trunk at the same time.

But in the west, birdhouses are often nailed to a tree (harder to tie, easier to nail, although cruel to an adult tree). To do this, the back wall of the birdhouse is made a little higher in height - so that there is a ledge of the board on top where nails can be driven in.

In the same way, this upper ledge of the rear wall can be made even longer. Long enough to drill a hole in it and hang it on a rope, or an iron hook as in the photo below.

And you can also drive a hook into the roof of the house and hang a birdhouse on a chain or rope on it on a thick and strong tree branch in your country house.

SUPPORT FOR BIRDHOUSE.

In addition to wood, any tall structure made from improvised materials can serve as a support for a birdhouse. It can be a large branch cut from an apple tree. It can be dug into the ground. But it should be understood that on such a support, birdhouses will be too low above the ground, and it will be easy for cats to get to the house (this will alarm the bird). Such a support model is good in cases where there are no cats in the area and you have a quiet nook in the courtyard where even your “human foot” almost never steps.

Therefore, in order to maintain a sense of bird safety, it is necessary to make high support structures for wooden birdhouses. For example, such as in the photo of bird houses below.

Also, the original portal in the form of a pergola can serve as a support-pedestal for the birdhouse. But also for places with infrequent traffic. If people roam back and forth through this portal, the birds will not want to settle. It is better to put such a pergola in a quiet corner of your garden and not often go there. The birds will appreciate the solitude and the wilderness and will choose this place for the safe hatching of their offspring.

But in the photo below we see that the holders for simple wooden birdhouses can be very different from beams with decorative carpentry to ordinary old garden pitchforks stuck into the rammed earth.

Also, a pillar-support for your new do-it-yourself birdhouse can be interestingly decorated with fresh flowers. If you plant a climbing plant near the pole, or hang flower pots as in the photo with birdhouses below.

MAJOR ERRORS

in bird houses.

Very often you can see INCORRECT birdhouses made with mistakes. Such beautiful painted bird houses are certainly cute and beautiful, but the birds do not want to settle in them. And the houses just hang empty on a tree - purely for decorative purposes.

Let me tell you what mistakes the masters make in the manufacture of birdhouses. So that the birdhouse made by your hands is not only beautiful, but also initially correct. Then your homemade birdhouse will please the birds at first sight.

ERROR #1

entry hole too low.

The window-door in the birdhouse should be located at a height of at least 30-40 cm. This height is needed so that the bird has the opportunity to create a nest at the bottom of the house.

By the way, the photo above is an example of another fastener - a metal U-shaped bracket is nailed to the roof of the birdhouse (like an eye for latches).

Look, on the transparent birdhouses from the photo below, we just see that the bird is dragging more branches into the house. And if the window is low, the branches will block the exit from the house and it will be impossible for the bird to get out of it. And the bird itself does not want to sit in the nest, where its head will be at the level with the window, so it will be anxious. It is much safer if the window is high - and the wind does not blow on wet fledglings, and the mother bird feels safe.

By the way, the photo above shows the original birdhouse model, the back wall of which is made of glass with suction cups. Such a house is attached to a window in a large house and you can watch the birds settle in the nest. You just need to comply with the condition - the window. In the place of the window glass where you plan to mount such a birdhouse on suction cups, you must first seal it with a tint film - so that the birds do not suspect third-party observation.

ERROR #2

hole too big.

Starlings will not settle in a house where the door is large enough for the cat's head. Cats love to climb trees in search of nests of defenseless chicks. And such a house with a large hole is an easy prey for them.

The small hole in the birdhouse is not in vain invented. The cat's head and paw should not fit into the hole, but starlings and other birds should easily climb inside. Therefore, when you make a birdhouse with your own hands, make a small hole in it.

Only if you live near a forest belt and make houses for owls flying in the vicinity - then a large hole will certainly be appropriate.

ERROR #3

BRIGHT COLORING of a house for birds.

If you do not live in a blooming jungle, and if the house you have conceived is not designed for parrots with bright plumage, you do not need to paint it in bright colors. Birds trust only natural colors and natural materials. It is good to use such a birdhouse as a designer piece for your living room or work for a competition in a school or kindergarten. But the birds will not live in it.

Mossy aged houses are much nicer for feathered mothers than glossy glamorous smoothly planed apartments.

And if you want your bird house to be original and beautiful, then you should know: you can make a decorative glamorous design in natural shades. Here in the photo below is just an example of such a house, which at the same time looks chic from the aesthetic-human side and does not scare away the birds with bright colors at all.

But the cutest houses for the feathered heart are dwellings, as much as possible disguised as an ordinary hollow on the tree. After all, initially starlings settled in hollows. From time immemorial it has been so - it is inherent in their bird genes: to look for a hollow. So make them an artificial hollow from unhewn bark slab boards(sold as firewood).

Or your house made of planed boards, take it and additionally decorate under a living hollow- wrap (or glue) it with branches, branches and pieces of bark.

Birds love houses made of unplanned wood, with elements of bark and rough branches.

ERROR #4

No slats for birds.

It is inconvenient for birds to climb the smooth boards of a wooden house. It's hard for them, their little claws slip off.

This is especially important for the INSIDE SIDE of the birdhouse walls. It is better to stick the inner front wall with small ladders (so that inside the bird can climb them to the exit window).

Or nail a piece of bark to the inner wall of the birdhouse, or an old grater, in short, any ribbed and rough surface. Or place a short sloping board inside the birdhouse (from the bottom to the window) - so that the bird can climb up this hill to the exit from the house.

And also if your birdhouse is made of a smooth planed board on the outside, make sure that the bird has a footstool.

These can be simple branches or branches that you cut while pruning apple trees in the garden.

It can be river pebbles glued on hot glue from a glue gun. Or, instead of a pebble, you can stick log cabins of branches (cut them into round-saw cuts and glue the house over).

Any old, rusty thing from the barn will work as a footrest for birds - a door hinge, a valve from a water pipe, a faucet, a reel from an old fishing rod, a rake, an aluminum fork, a key. Anything can become a perch stand in a do-it-yourself birdhouse.

Such things will only add originality and creativity to your simple bird house.

THAN ELSE

we can

HELP THE BIRDS.

In addition to hard branches, birds need soft material to build a nest - tufts of dry grass, moss, feathers, rag debris, pieces of paper that they collect everywhere themselves, spending long hours on a shaving search flight.

Why not make the bird's work easier and place a construction warehouse next to the bird's dwelling. Housewarming in your birdhouse will come much earlier if everything you need to create comfort is located next to the house.

You can pick up bunches of grass yourself, tear the cotton wool into pieces and place it in such a way that it is easy for the bird to pull out pieces of material from this construction warehouse. It is not necessary to tie the grass into tight bundles with a thread - the bird will not be able to pull the grass out of the tight bundle. It is necessary to make a storage out of a mesh container.

You can hang a box with rags, cotton and moss nearby. To prevent the wind from blowing the material, the box can be covered with a mesh (metal) or a plastic mesh, which we put on the bottom of the kitchen sink.

Or weave-twist balls from flexible branches and put cotton wool, centipon and pieces of chopped newspaper or toilet paper inside such wicker balls.

Even holders for bird fleece and rags specially made for this purpose are sold. They are installed or hung next to birdhouses.

Material for the construction of birdhouses.

MATERIAL for the house must have the correct characteristics of thickness and texture.

THICKNESS. Boards 2 cm thick. Such a thickness of a wooden board will allow you to better keep the heat of the house. After all, nests are built in the spring, when at night it is still quite cold and even frosty.

TEXTURE. As I said, the boards should be rough (croaker boards with unplaned bark will do). And if you only have smooth planed boards, but pieces of bark on them can be stuffed with carnations, glued on liquid nails (thick adhesive composition from spray cans).

Or create artificial roughness - scratch the inner wall of the birdhouse with a knife - make notches for which the bird will cling. Or nail pieces of bark onto the inner wall, several slats one after another like a ladder, or nail a grater, or a piece of insulation (it is made of foamed mass and it will also be convenient for bird claws to climb on it).

IT IS FORBIDDEN make houses from glue boards (plywood, chipboard, fiberboard - these materials contain glue resins, they emit toxins that birds may not like. I don’t know if it’s true or not, but they say that resin pine boards are also not suitable for a birdhouse, which is from warm In the sun, the tar board heats up and releases smelly resin, and that this is supposedly harmful to the birds.

Now I will give diagrams and drawings of simple houses. But I’ll make a reservation right away that your designs can be completely different in shape and size. You are free not to stick exactly to the drawing from the project below. As you have already understood from the photos above, the houses are very different.

But the logic of size must be preserved ... And this logic is as follows.

What are the dimensions of the correct birdhouse.

Window hole size(called letok) - no more than 5 cm in diameter. So that the crow could not stick its head into the birdhouse and eat the chicks. And the cat's head didn't fit in either.

The height of the notch-window- at least 20 cm from the bottom of the house. So that the wind from the window does not blow on the nest of chicks, and so that the chicks are not near the entrance - because of the danger of meeting with a crow's beak or a cat's clawed paw.

Birdhouse height - at least 35 cm. It can be a little higher, but remember that if you make the ceiling too high, then such a high-ceiling house will be harder for the birds to heat (warm air will go up and the birds below in the nest will freeze).

house width- (that is, the square area of ​​\u200b\u200bhis floor) should also not be very large. A spacious house is not considered cozy and a wide nest requires a longer time for its construction. The bird is tormented by filling such a spacious house with twigs. Therefore, we try to stick to the bottom size of 15 x 15 cm (or 20 x 20). That is, if you are making a wide house, then put dry grass there yourself in advance (the bird will only be happy).

As you can see, these dimensions are dictated by the logic of survival in the wild.. And the right birdhouse is the one in which all these features are observed.

Well, now let's move on to the drawings and diagrams.

Here I have collected ways to make a birdhouse in the form of diagrams and drawings. You can choose your model of the house and figure out what details it can be assembled. And remember, it doesn’t matter if your sizes are slightly different - we make it from improvised material and therefore the sizes will depend on our availability.

Here is another drawing of a birdhouse, although here the dimensions are given in inches. It will be easier for you to convert inches to centimeters if you ask your wife for a measuring tape for patterns - the one with which she measures the girth of her slimming waist during a diet. This measuring tape has centimeters on one side and inches on the other. So you can always see a quick conversion of any inch size to centimeter.

These drawings do not take into account one more CONDITION. In the Soviet birdhouses of our childhood there was always a clear rule: the front front wall (the one with the hole) should be tilted forward. This was done so that the starling could climb such an inclined hill to the exit from the house.

To observe this slope, you need to make 2 side walls from the rear edge straight vertical- and from the front oblique(we see a similar principle of oblique side walls in the photo below). Only in this example, the birdhouse generally has a triangular lateral section. And in Soviet birdhouses there was such a slope, but along with it there was also a normal bottom, so that there was enough space for a nest.

Below we see a drawing of real Soviet birdhouses from our childhood. True dimensions here are given in inches.

But if your house does not have a bevel on the sides, then to facilitate the exit of the bird, you can fill an inclined plank on the front wall from the inside of the house (it will perform the same function as a ladder).

And now let's look at the birdhouses of another unusual shape - a rhombus. Here he is in the photo. The idea is certainly beautiful, the house turned out elegant and decorative. But from a practical point of view, it would be better for the birds if the window expanded closer to the left or right edge - then the inclined plane of the wall would serve as a support for the birds to comfortably climb out.

And in this house that flaw that window too low- there is no place for a nest - it turns out that when a bird puts grass and twigs there, the height of the chicks will coincide with the height of the window - and they will look straight out and any crow will pull it out with its beak and devour it without a twinge of conscience.

A reasonable feathered mother will never choose such a dangerous house for housing - and it will just hang in your garden, and you will wonder why the birds do not settle in the birdhouse.

Here is a drawing of a similar house, but here the entrance hole itself is much higher - it's better. And even better to generally raise it under the very roof of the birdhouse. The bird will approve of this option.

APARTMENTS

bird houses.

And here are the options for simple multi-seat birdhouses. You will see a variety of options. Only here, not all apartments will be occupied, the side houses from the photo below have a too low entrance. I wish the same design - but with higher side turrets (or higher notch holes).

And in this photo, too, the central house will be inhabited - but there is no sidewall (the hole-entrance is too low). Therefore, you can make this design, but be aware that the side parts of the house will only have a decorative function. And the bird family will occupy only the middle apartment.

And here (in the photo below) is a multi-seat version, where all three houses are made according to the rules for the height of the notch and the height of the house. Such birdhouses will be fully populated.

Here is a beautiful option - the houses look in different directions of the world. By the way, it is recommended to fix the house so that the window looks to the south side, or to the east. The main thing is not to the north, the birds also need the sun.

It just seems that such a house is difficult to make. In fact, once you start drawing a drawing of a house, you will understand how simple it is. No more difficult than those designs that you made in your boyhood childhood from the designer.

You can design simple cell houses. In a row, like mailboxes in the entrance. Here's a good one on the left. And on the right photo, not very much - the notch is low. Not suitable for starlings, maybe for other birds, I don’t know ...

And here is another project of a multi-seat birdhouse. Here, each cell (except for the middle one) is a separate house with an exit in its own direction. If this drawing is changed and the height of the house is made larger and the entrance hole is raised to a height of 20 cm, then the starlings will appreciate such a communal apartment.

And here are some more options for beautiful and habitable birdhouses for several bird families at once.

Or you can make a very light and simple model - a birdhouse in the form of a rack shelf, with holes for entrances, as in the photo below. Only one drawback needs to be eliminated - here in the model below the houses are not large enough in height - it is necessary. It is necessary to make the height of the shelves at least 35 cm, and raise the notch by 20 cm from the bottom of each apartment shelf. Then the house will be occupied.

DECORATION OF BIRDHOUSES.

Decorative stylized birdhouses look very nice and can decorate any spring garden.

Bottle caps can serve as a decorating material (and at the same time insulating). Any material at hand can become decorative and finishing when building a house for starlings.

Pieces of laminate or linoleum left after repair can serve as material for the puff "tiled" roof of the house.

Just don't ever stop thinking about the birds. And if, for example, you have chosen a sheet of tin to create the roof of a house, think about how such a roof will rattle in the rain. The bird will go crazy with fear under the drum drops with a booming echo resounding in the house. Then, to such a roof, you need to add a sheet of sound-insulating material (foam or foam rubber).

And on the roof of the house you can set up a whole green garden. If you cut holes in parts of the house, put black soil there and plant plants. Pieces of moss or lawn take root well.

As well as special plants related to soilbloods. That is, those that grow with a carpet covering the soil, in the same way they will grow on your house not up, but in breadth with a carpet. This will add thermal insulation to the house. And most importantly, it will allow the birdhouse to merge with nature - and the birds will feel safe in such a cozy shelter disguised as a natural dugout.

WHERE TO BUY A BIRDHOUSE.

Birdhouses are often sold in hardware stores, they are also in construction stores, in the department everything is for summer cottages.

You can also buy them from individual craftsmen. There is such a well-known site called “Masters Fair” - we go to the site and in the old “site search” we set the word “birdhouse” and immediately pop up all the pictures of birdhouses with prices and addresses of the masters. You place an order and receive it by delivery or mail.

Here I have selected original creative works for myself Masters Dmitry(You can see his profile below).

And the same master has such works for sale. Do you want to buy such an exclusive birdhouse for your dacha. You are welcome to Fair of Masters to the author Dmitry (tik-kem).

And here are the works Sergey from the same Fair of Masters. Also cozy pictures of antiquity, revived in the form of birdhouses.

And on the same site there are a lot of options for ready-made kits for self-assembly of houses. Such sets are nice to buy, assemble - AND THEN DESIGN YOUR OWN INDIVIDUAL DECOR (glue over with twigs, overgrown with moss, turn into a toy house, or a fishing shed, or a cartoon character.

Company Workshop No. 13 on the site Fair of Masters offers a lot of kits for assembling birdhouses, as well as paints and coloring schemes for such houses.

If the house sets of this company are expensive for you, then there are other craftsmen selling the bases for birdhouses at a much more reasonable price. For example Master cat- keeps a good price. You get an excellent solid house and turn on your decorating fantasy to the fullest.

DIY birdhouses

from NON-STANDARD MATERIALS.

Any material at hand can be adapted to a starling house. Previously, before human intervention in bird affairs, starlings found any holes in the natural environment to make a nest there. Therefore, they still do not pay attention to the external form and material - if only it was safe. Boots are boots, you don't have to choose. Moreover, it is very warm there.

On the Internet, such a picture roams - maybe it's a photoshop, or maybe in a deep forest and such a nest turned out to be safe enough for a bird. If the tree is tall and uncomfortable for cats to climb, then the bird will find it a good place to breed.

You can try to arrange any item in your country house as a house for starlings and titmouse. And suddenly he likes it. The ceramic pot holds heat well and does not drum in the rain.

But the iron kettle cools down quickly on a cold night, and during the rain it rattles like a drum, so it’s not suitable.

Houses can be made from old canisters. But just cover them with thick wooden boards - to avoid the roar of rain.

Old wicker baskets with a hole in the side can be turned into an original bird house - just make the notch higher and so that the walls do not blow through, do not be too lazy to insert an inlay made of heat-insulating material inside.

HOUSES for WINTERING of birds.

Many of you will go to Google to look for more interesting drawings for birdhouses, in which case I want to warn you right away. DO NOT CONFUSE BIRDHOUSES (designed for nests and hatching of chicks WITH HOUSES FOR WINTERING OF BIRDS (the purpose of which is to give birds a temporary overnight stay in the cold winter season).

Houses for wintering differ in that…

1. They contain an inlet at the bottom(so that warm air rises and remains in the upper part of the house).
2. In such houses they stuff perches on which the birds can sleep on a harsh winter night, protected from wind and cold.

And in winter, in addition to houses for cold weather, birds need feeders. I already have the same voluminous and detailed article on making a variety of bird feeders with my own hands.

Now, you know everything (or almost everything) about birdhouses and houses for hatching chicks. The birdhouse is basically a simple craft. Anyone can do it.

And if you didn’t find your birdhouse design here, then I have another article on the same topic. Perhaps your future bird house is located there -

Good luck with your work. And let the birds celebrate their feathered housewarming this spring. It's so nice to feel like those who built the house.

In our country, with our salaries, not everyone can afford to build houses. But even if you can’t build a house for your family yet, you have already done a real job if you built it at least for a family of birds. To this little, more will follow. After all, the magic of a house made by your own hands is already working to ensure that your family celebrates housewarming.

Magic is born when we start doing a good deed, with these hands of our own.

Olga Klishevska, specially for the site

To take under the patronage of a family of birds is a noble and pleasant task. And the first step to this is the construction of a bird house. A birdhouse familiar from childhood can be easily made with your own hands, but for each type of bird there are design and placement features that must be taken into account before calling new neighbors to the site.

Classic wooden birdhouse

A birdhouse of the simplest design consists of a square bottom with a side of 13-15 cm, blanks of sides 30-35 cm high with a slope in the upper part are cut end-to-end to fit the bottom, the end and back part should be 2-4 cm wider for fastening.

The difference in the length of the back and front walls of the birdhouse should be calculated so that the slopes are tightly adjacent to the lid. Another piece is cut to size and attached to the inside of the removable roof, providing a tight seal and the ability to open the birdhouse for cleaning.

Another option is a house with a pitched roof. Two identical blanks are overlapped on the trapezoidal front and rear wall. It is not necessary to nail such a roof tightly in order to provide access to annual cleaning and disinfection.

A round inlet is made with an indentation of 5-6 cm from the upper edge and a diameter of 4-5 cm. In the lower part of the building there should be enough space (10-15 cm) for the nest, protected from the wind.

Birdhouse parts are fastened with nails or self-tapping screws and wood glue.

The roof slopes protect against excessive moisture, they should protrude slightly on the sides to protect the walls as well. Joints should neatly, without gaps, adjoin each other. It is necessary to avoid unnecessary decorative elements on the walls and facade, which can become a place of moisture accumulation.

Pine or hardwood boards 2 to 4 cm thick are used as building material. Fiberboard and chipboard are not recommended, since the smells of chemicals contained in their composition can scare away birds.

For the same reason, the inner surfaces of the birdhouse are not treated with varnishes or paints. Outside, it can be sanded and made a waterproof coating.

Wooden birdhouses are a good object for the realization of creative abilities. They can be painted and decorated with decor, but it is better not to use glass and other materials that reflect light. Photos of finished birdhouses of different styles will help you choose the most suitable option.

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In order to cut a birdhouse from a wooden deck, it is more convenient to use a chainsaw. A brief instruction for creating such a birdhouse is as follows.

At the beginning of work, you need to firmly install the deck in a vertical position. The intended cut is divided into three equal parts: the upper one is for the slopes of the roof, the middle one is for the hollow and the perch, and the other third is for the nest.

First, the upper slopes for the roof are cut at an angle of 45 degrees. Then, if possible, the core is removed evenly over the entire height and an entrance hole is cut through. And only after that the birdhouse is cut off from the deck along the bottom line.

Houses for birds from improvised materials

Boots, bags, lamp shades, containers of similar size with necks, dried pumpkin - can become building material for a bird house.

Before you make a birdhouse with your own hands, you need to remember to observe the correct proportions to place the nest.

You also need to consider that the inlet should let the inhabitants through, but not be too large, for the sake of their safety. A homemade house should provide protection from moisture and wind.

Birdhouse installation

The ideal place for a birdhouse is a tree trunk free from branches. A triple-length wooden beam or pole is attached to the back wall, which is fixed by wrapping it with wire.

Then you need to give the birdhouse a slight forward tilt with a small piece of wood placed between the trunk and the house. This will prevent the chicks from falling and make it difficult for enemies (cats and crows) to access them. The entrance, and as it is also called, the letok, should face south or southeast to avoid cold winds.

Another option is fixing on the facade of buildings. But it is not worth hanging or placing a house on the branches, it must be stable and securely fixed. For a comfortable living, you also need a shade that protects from direct sunlight.

You need to fix the bird house at a height of 2.5 to 5 meters, out of the reach of cats and other hunters. It is worth taking care of the absence of steps and branches that will help them get to the nest.

Often, a traditional perch in low-lying birdhouses becomes a support for the penetration of unwanted guests.

DIY birdhouse photo

Do-it-yourself birdhouse for birds: step-by-step instructions with drawings and dimensions, original ideas, photos

When the house for the owners of the site is built, it's time to think about the rest of the inhabitants of the surroundings. Our helpers, the birds, also need housing. What it will be depends on the type of birds that need to be attracted to the garden.

"Building standards" for a birdhouse

When choosing housing, birds are guided not by the beauty and elegance of the building, but by its safety and functionality. Birds are guaranteed to settle in the garden under a number of conditions:

• the birdhouse is made of hardwood;
• the thickness of the walls of the house - at least 2 cm;
• when assembling, glue or materials based on it were not used: plywood, fiberboard, OSB.

Fresh wood of coniferous trees is unsuitable, because it releases resin that sticks feathers together. In addition, birds do not tolerate strong odors, so instead of glue, nails or screws are used to fasten parts.

From an old pine board without resin pockets, you can make a birdhouse

It depends on the parameters of the house which type of birds will choose it. Most birds recognize their future home by the size of the inlet. Notch diameter:

• for starlings - 4.5–5 cm;
• for redstarts - 3.5 cm;
• for tits - 2.8–3.5 cm.

If you cut the entrance too wide, the nest will be easily accessible to predators. And there is also a great chance that squirrels or large birds will settle there.

Squirrels are funny neighbors, if the owners of the site do not mind treating them with their berries and nuts

Try not to exceed the standard dimensions of the birdhouse:

• height - 30–35 cm;
• bottom inside - 12–17 cm.

Otherwise, the birds will hatch too many chicks, some of which will die due to underfeeding. It is better for parents to raise 2-3 healthy cubs.

Every bird has a favorite house design

It is not necessary to make a perch on a birdhouse. Magpies can sit on it and destroy the nest. Thresholds on the house also do not attract birds. Due to the structure of the legs, it is inconvenient for them to stand on a plane.

Birds don't need sills on birdhouses

Gallery: drawings and diagrams of birdhouses

Restless sparrows are the most common inhabitants of gardens. A birdhouse with a flat roof is made in a few hours. birdhouse for redstart - with a square entrance Wagtails and flycatchers often nest in houses with a entrance in the entire width of the wall

birdhouse decoration

The less attention the dwelling attracts, the better for the birds. It is advisable not to paint it and not add bright details. A house made of untreated wood is the best option. In extreme cases, odorless paint is used to match the color of the bark of trees - gray, brown or maroon.

Too brightly colored thin plywood birdhouses are used only for decorative purposes - to decorate the garden, birds are unlikely to settle in them

Another thing is decor with natural materials. Pieces of bark, twigs, moss will decorate and camouflage nesting.

Bark and branches hide the dwelling from the watchful eye of predators.

Gallery: birdhouse decor

A birdhouse decorated with pebbles can scare away birds due to glare Small saw cuts of a tree decorate a house and do not irritate birds A birdhouse in the form of Baba Yaga's house will decorate any tree Wine corks will additionally insulate the walls of the house The birdhouse painted with white paint, we get a fachwrite house housekeeper with cuts, the gaps are closed with moss -mummarly stylize the birdhouse under the village domesticated a birdhouse with children, draw a cartoon -worship on the walls of the characters of the cartoon, often stylize for a fairy -tale household - instead of a gathering, use a taps in the form of the head of the animal deacker in the form of a barrel The tree on the facade is very adorned with a birdhouseGarden designers have figured out how to combine flower pots and a birdhouseIf you don’t know how to draw, draw a birdhouse with lines under the ruler and color

Birdhouse made of wooden boards with a flat roof

Spring is coming soon again and my husband and I decided to make the right birdhouse for our winged friends. Our last house was chosen by squirrels and adapted for a nut warehouse, it turned out to be too big for birds.

Now the choice fell on the simplest design of a birdhouse with a pitched roof.

Tools:

• hammer;
• screwdriver;
• drill and drills;
• jigsaw or saw.

How to make a birdhouse: from boards and logs for different birds

Attracting birds to the site is both useful and enjoyable. It is useful because they destroy pests, it is pleasant to listen to their singing and observe the behavior of birds. Therefore, many come up with the idea - to build a birdhouse with their own hands.

People over 40 years old, while they can remember their school years: at the lessons of labor, the boys made houses for birds. But not only site owners make birdhouses.

Often residents of apartment buildings hang them on trees near the house, on balconies and loggias.

Birdsong wants to be planted in the city

What to do

The answer is unequivocal - from wood, and hardwood: conifers are too resinous. Resin can stain the plumage, leading to the death of the bird. Do not use plywood, chipboard or OSB. Rarely does anyone settle in such birdhouses: glue and binders scare away birds. For the same reason, we assemble and fasten blanks only on nails or screws, we do not use glue.

Most often, birdhouses are made from boards. Thickness of boards - not less than 20 mm. This thickness is sufficient to maintain a stable temperature inside, which is important when hatching chicks. Moreover, the boards are needed unplaned, in any case, the inner surface should be rough. The front part under the notch is also specially scratched: along these notches, chicks and birds rise to the notch.

The wall under the notch is additionally scratched

To prevent cracking of the boards during assembly, we pre-drill holes for the screws. The diameter is slightly smaller than the diameter of the screw.

Sizes of birdhouses for different types of birds

To attract different types of birds, the size of the house should change. The proportions of the “body” itself and the letok change mainly. The task is to create more familiar nesting conditions for this species.

Type of birdsBottom dimensionsHeight of the birdhouseDimensions of the notch Note Starlings 10*10 cm 30-40 cm about 5 cm round-shaped notch is preferable. flycatcher (flycatcher, redstart) 10*8 cm 25-30 cm 30 mm

As you can see from the table, basically only the height changes. The width remains more or less stable. It's not worth making birdhouses anymore. They will stimulate to lay more eggs, and the birds will not be able to fully feed a large number of chicks, as a result, the offspring will be weak and, most likely, will die.

Which birds settle in which birdhouses

If you want to attract wagtails, make a birdhouse laid on its side: it will be 10-12 cm high and 35-40 cm wide, with the same small entrance located approximately in the middle.

Wagtails have weak legs, and they cannot climb the high wall to the entrance. Therefore, such a choice of nesting.

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in the wagtail it is also desirable to make a ladder about 10 cm wide in front of the entrance - so that they can enter on foot.

Birdhouse for wagtails

Some explanation is required for the half-hollow. Some birds are used to nesting not in hollows, but in depressions between branches. In a completely closed artificial nesting place, they rarely settle. If you want to attract, for example, a gray flycatcher, make a small box for it, in which the notch goes the entire width of the front wall.

Half-hollow for the gray flycatcher

Just keep in mind that some types of squirrels also like to settle in such houses.

There is another nesting place that birds often like better - the nest box. This is a birdhouse, hollowed out from a piece of log. Often a dried tree is sawn into logs of a suitable size, turning it into apartments for birds. The height and diameter are selected based on the dimensions that were indicated for an ordinary birdhouse. The bottom and roof in the hollow are made from a piece of board.

Duplyanka - a birdhouse made of logs

Safety

It's a shame and a pity when the nests of birds are ruined. Cats are mainly engaged in this, and even woodpeckers. Therefore, when you make a birdhouse with your own hands, increase the overhang of the roof. In almost all drawings, it is drawn 5 cm long.

In order to protect the birdhouse from the cat, it is necessary to make sure that he cannot reach the notch. To do this, the roof should protrude by at least 7 cm, and it is better to add a couple more - for large specimens.

This ledge will also protect against slanting rain: the chances that the chicks will get wet becomes even less.

Another option is to put nails on the lid. The cat is unlikely to get hurt, but it won’t work to sit comfortably - they won’t give nails.

Make the ledge of the roof bigger so that the cat cannot reach the chicks with its paw

There are several ways to protect chicks from woodpeckers:

• beat the notch with tin:
• drive a few nails around the notch;
• nail an overlay made of wood on the notch area, the fibers of which run horizontally.

All this will prevent the woodpecker from expanding the notch and getting to the eggs or chicks. The last trick - the overlay - will also complicate the task for the cat: it is more difficult to reach the chick through a long entrance.

Measures against enemies: 1 - from woodpeckers, 2.3 - from cats

They are still saved from cats and possible invaders with the help of protective belts. They are made either from tin strips or from “brooms”. You will understand everything by looking at the picture. Please note that the distances must be maintained within an accuracy of 3-4 cm. Then the animals will not be able to jump over the protective belts. There should not be knots, feeders and other possible supports between them and the birdhouse.

Where to hang

Where to hang a birdhouse is also a science. If they gathered to hoist on a tree, then at a height of at least 2.5-3 meters. Near the selected tree there should not be paths or busy meta - a well, a bench, etc.

You also need to choose the right place.

When choosing a place on a tree, keep in mind that there should not be large branches in front of the entrance: the approach should be free. At the same time, you need to deploy it so that the “window” looks south. All this increases the chances that tenants will settle in your birdhouse.

Another point: you need to tie or nail so that the “house” is tilted slightly forward. So it will be easier for the chicks to get out, and less rain will clog.

How to make a birdhouse with your own hands: photo report

We will do the easiest option - with a flat roof. As already mentioned, we take non-planed hardwood boards with a thickness of 20 mm or more. To avoid splinters, it is better to work with gloves.

We cut the blanks according to the drawing. Try to keep the saw cuts even and at a right angle: there should be no gaps. Immediately after hatching, the chicks are without plumage, and the slightest draft can kill them.

Therefore, all edges must be even.

Birdhouse drawing with dimensions

We take long thin nails - diameter 1.5-2 mm, length 4-5 cm and a hammer. We start assembly. We nail the sidewalls to the front part at a right angle. For each - three or four nails.

We start building a birdhouse

Turning the workpiece upside down, take the bottom, insert it, align it. We nail to the sides. From above we cover with a back wall, we also nail. Do not forget about the connection of the back wall with the sidewalls.

Insert the bottom and nail the back wall

Turning the notch up, we nail the bottom also from this side. It remains to assemble the roof. We take the remaining square - a double of the bottom, nail it so that the visor sticking out in front is at least 5 cm (preferably 7-10 cm, as they said before). If the nails stick out, bend them.

We assemble and install the roof

The roof just needs to fit snugly. If something interferes, we earn money with a chisel. That's all, the birdhouse is ready with your own hands.

Birds will adapt without a perch

Often a perch is installed under the entrance. Is she needed or not? If there are enough branches around, it's better not to do it. If there are no branches, you need to either make a perch or a small shelf, although you can do without them. Why? Because cats also rely on them and it is easier for them to reach the chicks with support. How to make a titmouse, see the video

If the feathered people have a choice - to settle in a nest box or a birdhouse made of boards - they will choose a nest box. It is more like the usual "housing" - a hollow, it has no slots on the sides and, therefore, is warmer. They are less noticeable on the tree, which means more chances to grow offspring.

This is a plus from the bird's point of view. Now about the pluses from the point of view of "producers": a fallen tree goes into work, and it is free. If you find a suitable one, it will be enough for a large number of birdhouses.

About the minuses - making hollows is longer and more difficult: you have to manually pick out the core, leaving the walls intact.

From nest to flight

Now about how to find a suitable tree. Aspen is best suited: it usually rots from the inside, and remains hard along the outer edge. Therefore, we go in search of an aspen forest, and there, among the fallen trees, we look for a suitable one: we cut several trunks. It is important to find with a whole edge and a rotten middle - work will go faster.

It is desirable to find such an aspen - with a rotten core, but strong edges

Often such trees have rotten bark, which makes them look unsightly. We clean off the bark, pull the log to the dacha or to the house. There we cut into logs of a suitable size. Dimensions are determined by the diameter.

For a birdhouse, the inner diameter of the nest box should be 22-30 cm, respectively, the outer diameter should be 27-36 cm.

The height of the block of wood also depends on the type of house - a titmouse 20-40 cm high (but they are more likely to settle in low ones), a birdhouse - from 30 to 45 cm. precipitation dripped from the roof. For the manufacture of roofs and bottoms, you will need trimming boards, you can use unedged and slabs.

We take a cut off block of wood and begin to pick the core with a chisel. The task is to dig a through hole. After that, even hard wood is easier to chip. To make the process go faster, you can drill holes with a drill, then break out the jumpers with a chisel.

The task is to dig a through hole

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As a rule, the rotten core ends quickly, then you have to chip off pieces of wood with a chisel and a hammer or mallet. But with a hole in the center, it is much easier - longitudinal pieces are chipped off, work goes at normal speed.

We work with a chisel and a hammer

The walls should remain about 1.5-3 cm. We try to work out the middle more or less smoothly, without large chips. When the walls are selected, we make a notch. If there is a knot, you can hollow it out. Or take a bark and a drill, drill in a suitable place. If there is no crown, we take an ordinary drill, drill holes in a circle, then, using the same chisel, we cut through the remaining jumpers.

Do-it-yourself birdhouse from a log is almost ready

A piece of board 2-2.5 cm thick goes to the bottom. It is nailed or screwed onto self-tapping screws. The protruding parts are cut as close to the walls as possible.

We attach the bottom

It remains to nail the roof. The same board or slab will do. Before screwing in the self-tapping screw, drill holes, otherwise the board may split.

We attach the roof

Actually, you have already made a birdhouse with your own hands, it remains to protect it from woodpecker attacks. If there are knots on the walls, it is advisable to coat them with plasticine (regular, for children). They can also close up the gaps that remain between the bottom and the roof and the walls: it is rarely possible to fit everything clearly.

If you do not want to cover with plasticine, you can caulk with a hemp rope. It is applied to the slot, and driven into it, with a flat screwdriver (actually, there are special blades for caulking, but they are large - this is the time, and for “one-time use” they should be bought ...).

If it "goes" badly, you can knock on the handle with a hammer.

Caulking "seams" with hemp rope

How to decorate a birdhouse

While the birdhouse is new, it looks relatively good, but after a couple of months it will darken. For birds, this is good - it will become less noticeable and they will only benefit from this. But not all homeowners like to look at such an unsightly “decoration”.

To improve the appearance, the birdhouse can be painted, but you need to choose “natural” colors - brown, gray, shades of green.

Do you want your birds to survive? This means that their nest must be masked, and not painted in all the colors of the rainbow, attracting all possible predators.

This is what the wood looks like after a couple of months

Interestingly decorated nest box

Creative can also be safe for birds))

Variants of creative hollows

If such a house is hung on a birch, it will be invisible

unusual shape

And this one is just ideal - no gaps in the floor))

Sinichnik is inhabited

Beautiful decoration and disguise

We hope that now you can not only make a birdhouse with your own hands, but also competently (from the point of view of birds) decorate it.

Dimensional drawings

Some drawings of birdhouses are in the text, we post a few more in this section. Correcting the dimensions for the planned "residents" is probably not a problem. Also note that the layout is given for a board with a thickness of 2 cm. If the thickness is increased or decreased, adjustments are necessary.

Birdhouse with a triangular roof: drawing, dimensions

Birdhouse with a triangular roof: layout by detail

Birdhouse with sloped roof (front wall higher)

How to make a birdhouse with your own hands: 105 photos of simple and beautiful bird houses

Not every person is an inquisitive naturalist, but almost everyone is crazy about the magical singing of birds.

Since ancient times, people have tried to attract these wonderful musicians, and the product called the feeder has become the fruit of these attempts.

Many people are still thinking about making a birdhouse with their own hands, but due to ignorance of the technology for its simple and quick manufacture, they refuse this idea.

This article provides a comprehensive guide that explains step by step how to make a birdhouse with your own hands, without resorting to outside help ...

Material selection

To begin with, you will need to prepare the materials necessary for the construction of the birdhouse, of which the structure will subsequently consist. Ideal for these purposes will be coniferous wood, processed and presented in the form of edged boards.

In order to avoid unnecessary work later, it is recommended to pick up two boards of different widths, about one meter long each. It is better to take a board 200 mm wide on the front and back sides of the future birdhouse, and 150 mm on the flanks. The birdhouse is best fastened with self-tapping screws, but you can get by with nails.

During the construction of a home for birds, both mechanical and electronic devices will come in handy. For obvious reasons, using the latter will make the job faster and more efficient.

You must have the following tools: a jigsaw or a hacksaw, a drill with a 5 mm drill, a screwdriver or a Phillips screwdriver, a hammer, a square and a simple pencil. In one form or another, all these devices, if desired, can be found practically in your house or borrowed from neighbors.

Step-by-step instruction

A wider board should be cut into three parts: 30 cm for the back wall and 25 cm for the gable and top cover. A narrow board should be divided into two parts of a square shape, which will be needed for the construction of the floor and roof (15x15 cm), as well as into two parts of a curly shape for the side walls.

The parts intended to create the side walls should have the top uneven, but cut at a slight angle so that the roof of the birdhouse, laid on top, forms a slope for rainwater.

It is easy to create such an angle, it is enough to retreat 5 cm down from the top of the board 30 cm long and draw a line perpendicular to the length. As a result, you will only have to connect the edge of this line with the opposite corner of the top of the board, and then cut off the excess.

In order not to get confused, all the wooden parts of the future birdhouse must be signed, but it is better to make a preliminary drawing.

Before assembling, make sure that your birdhouse has an inlet. If you forgot about it, then urgently correct the situation.

To do this, you will need to find the middle in the upper part of the front board and measure 50 mm down from it, then draw a horizontal line perpendicular to the longitudinal section.

The intersection point of the vertical and horizontal lines will become the center for the future entry.

Having marked the place where the entrance to the birdhouse will be, proceed to form a round hole at this place, which will be convenient to make with a drill. Dot the perimeter of the future hole with frequent holes made with a drill, and then knock it out with a hammer or squeeze out a wooden circle with your hands (act carefully).

Depending on the place where the object of your art will show off, it can be equipped or not equipped with a special perch for birds. If the birdhouse is located near the window opening of a city apartment, away from dense vegetation, the birds will simply need a perch to rest. But if the feeder is attached to a tree, then the accessory in the form of a perch will be useless for the birds.

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If, suddenly, you come across sanded wood, it is recommended to “spoil” it with notches, at least on the outside of the feeder.

When all the parts are made and ready for assembly, first of all, you will need to alternately combine the front wall with the right, and the back with the left. A hammer with nails or a screwdriver with self-tapping screws will do this task best. When the "corners" are ready, it remains only to fasten them together.

The birdhouse is almost ready. The only thing missing is the bottom and the roof. This is where wooden squares 15 × 15 cm come in handy. The floor of the birdhouse should be carefully inserted into the bottom hole, then securely fixed, and the ceiling must be combined with the roof.

In the resulting design, the roof peak will come forward about 5 cm from the gable, providing protection for birds from the weather and cats scurrying everywhere.

Rules for installing a birdhouse

Separately, mention should be made of the rules for placing a birdhouse. It is usually installed on hills (trees and poles). For these purposes, a relatively long beam or board is attached to the rear surface of the feeder, with the help of which the house is tied with wire to a surface of suitable height.

Those who wish to make a birdhouse with their own hands do not have to wait for spring. Having made it in advance, you will act more reasonably, since in this case your product will lose the smells that scare away birds, human smells and acquire natural aromas that do not disturb birds.

As you can see, making a birdhouse is not such a difficult matter. It is enough just to look at the instruction drawing (the dimensions on it differ from those indicated in the article) and it immediately becomes clear how to make a birdhouse with your own hands.

DIY birdhouse photo

DIY birdhouse

At the moment, there are few hollow trees in big cities, and it is difficult for the birds to find a home for themselves. Let's help them and make a birdhouse with our own hands. Thus, we will save the birds from the cold. In this article we will look at: how to make a birdhouse with your own hands?

Safety

Use linen gloves to keep the splinter out.

Wear safety goggles to keep sawdust out of your eyes.

The working tool (knife, saw) must be sharp. Remember that a blunt tool will easily hurt, it is poorly fixed in the tree and tends to slip off.

Check power tools for proper operation.

Use the ladder when hanging the finished birdhouse.

If you want to paint the birdhouse, use an unscented, water-based paint in non-bright colors. Try to keep the birdhouse invisible to predators.

What to make a birdhouse from?

The best material for making a birdhouse is natural hardwood, for example: oak, aspen, linden, birch.

Also suitable for a birdhouse are fiberboard (fibreboard), chipboard (chipboard), and plywood. You can use thick cardboard, but such a birdhouse will last only a couple of months.

Do not use coniferous wood, as it releases a sticky resin and adversely affects the health of birds.

Master class for making a birdhouse

You will need: raw hardwood boards, nails 4 cm long, impregnation or non-toxic water-based odorless paint (optional), hacksaw or electric jigsaw, tape measure, hammer, pencil, drill with a 5 cm cutter, brush.

Familiarize yourself with the dimensions of the birdhouse indicated in the image and get to work.

Mark the boards using a tape measure.

Cut the boards with a hacksaw or a jigsaw.

Make a tap hole with a drill with a 5 cm cutter.

Stuff pre-nails from the outer sides of the walls at the joints.

Set the perch under the hole using a drill.

Sequentially assemble the birdhouse.

Paint the birdhouse and decorate to your liking (optional).

Hang the birdhouse at a height of 3 meters with a slight tilt forward so that moisture does not get inside.

Birdhouse drawings

We present to your attention the options for drawings of future birdhouses. During the assembly of the birdhouse, do not neglect the safety rules described above.

Drawing No. 1 Birdhouse with a slope to the back wall

Drawing No. 2 Birdhouse with a pitched roof

Drawing No. 3 Birdhouse with a gable roof

Birdhouse assembly sequence

Connect the front wall to the side walls, drive nails along the edges and center of the board. (It should be a U-shaped design).

Assemble the back wall and bottom of the structure in the same way.

Nail a wooden bead to the bottom to round the inside corners.

Do not forget to fix all the elements of the future birdhouse with nails.

Make a removable birdhouse roof to further clean the birdhouse. It should consist of two parts of the main part and the sleeve.

The roof of the birdhouse should protrude beyond the dimensions of the birdhouse itself from the side of the facade, so that precipitation does not get inside the birdhouse.

Install a plank or perch in front of the entrance to the house.

How to fix a birdhouse?

Choose a place to install a birdhouse, it can be a tree, a pole, or the roof of a house.

The height of the birdhouse must be at least 3 meters.

While fixing the birdhouse, tilt it forward so that moisture does not get inside.

It is better to attach a birdhouse to a living tree with a wire or rope.

The birdhouse can be attached to other surfaces using nails and a hammer.

The birdhouse should be in the shade so that direct sunlight does not fall on it, and the bird house does not heat up.

The entrance hole should be directed in the opposite direction from the wind.

Do not install birdhouses nearby - starlings do not like neighbors.

Ideas for birdhouses from improvised materials

A birdhouse made of wine corks is hard not to appreciate! To create such beauty you will need: a ready-made birdhouse, wine corks, a glue gun, a sharp knife.

Glue wine corks horizontally to the walls of the birdhouse, then vertically - in the center where the entrance hole is.

Cut wine corks into thin circles and glue them to the roof of the birdhouse like shingles.

Paint the birdhouse with waterproof paints and it will look stylish, bright and exclusive!

A wicker birdhouse is the most interesting bird house!

Don't rush to throw away your old shoes! After all, even from it you can make a house for birds.

Remove the pulp from the pumpkin, dry it and make a birdhouse!

You can decorate the birdhouse as you like, the main thing is to show your imagination!

Making a birdhouse out of cardboard is not difficult. And for the birds, such a house will last a whole season. Protect the birdhouse from moisture by varnishing the cardboard.

Do not rush to throw away plastic bottles and make a birdhouse. It will not take you much time to create such a birdhouse! Get creative and create a good home for birds of any shape. Create with mood and love, then everything will work out!

Making bird houses with your own hands is an interesting and useful activity. Hang a birdhouse in your garden, in the country and enjoy watching the family of birds!

Do-it-yourself birdhouse: how to make and hang it correctly (ideas, diagrams, photos)

Many people learned to make birdhouses for birds with their own hands at school, and on the Internet you can find many interesting options. But will the birds like them and will they be functional? Indeed, without feathered tenants, these houses do not make sense.

In order for insect fighters to settle in your birdhouse almost immediately after construction and installation, you need to think not only about the aesthetic side of the issue, but also about practical application.

Why do we need birdhouses in the garden

The first birdhouses appeared in Russia more than three hundred years ago - this idea was spied on and brought home by Peter I. However, small birds were considered a good sign before, but they were not specifically settled next to the house. Why do summer residents now install original birdhouses for birds on their plots, made by themselves or purchased in stores?

First, to control insect pests. Only one tit per day is able to collect up to 100 g of insects for its chicks! Can you imagine how much the feathered family will eat in a season? That is why insecticide opponents actively lure small birds into their garden, paying special attention to titmouse, sparrows, flycatchers and wagtails.

Secondly, a birdhouse near the house allows you to practice birdwatching, which is so fashionable now, especially relevant if you have small children in your family. And finally, an unusual birdhouse that you made with your own hands can be a good decoration of the garden, an accent of the landscape and a sign of good taste.

What are birdhouses

There are many divisions of birdhouses according to a variety of parameters. First of all, you need to understand what kind of birds you want to attract to the site, because the size of the product will depend on this. Most often, in our latitudes, titmouses, birdhouses and hollow houses (houses hollowed out in a log) are built.

Standard sizes are:

• for the titmouse - front and rear walls - 15 × 25 cm, side walls - 10 × 25 cm, bottom and liner for the lid (sleeve) - 10 × 10 cm, lid - 15 × 18 cm, taphole diameter - 3-3.5 cm;
• for a birdhouse - front and rear walls - 20 × 30 cm, side walls - 15 × 30 cm, bottom and liner for the lid (sleeve) - 15 × 15 cm, cover - 20 × 25 cm, letok - 4-4.5 cm ;
• for a nest box - a tree trunk with a diameter of 22-30 cm.

Most often, do-it-yourself birdhouses are made of wood, but there are alternative materials. For example, if your task is to decorate a garden, then plastic, metal, colored polycarbonate and even cardboard can be used as the basis for the walls. True, it should be understood that birds are unlikely to want to live in such houses - they prefer eco-housing in the old fashioned way.

The same applies to the appearance of the birdhouse. You will like bright, stylish and unusual designs, but birds will prefer the absence of small decorative details, unpainted wood and the location in the most inconspicuous place.

If you really want to please both the birds and yourself, make an unusual feeder better, and build a simpler birdhouse.

How to make a birdhouse with your own hands: step by step instructions

If you do not know how to make a simple birdhouse with your own hands, use one of the ready-made diagrams with dimensions and drawings. Perhaps the first product will seem simple and not very interesting in appearance, but believe me, the birds will appreciate its functionality, and this is the main thing.

The choice of material for the birdhouse

For birdhouses, simple boards that every summer resident has are perfect. It is not necessary to buy a new, polished material.

Of course, it’s more pleasant to work with him, but often birds prefer to settle in gray birdhouses, that is, in those that are as close as possible to the color of the natural bark of deciduous trees, so the boards that have darkened over time will fit.

By the way, from the inside, the birdhouse must be unplanned (except for the roof), so that the birds can climb the walls, clinging to a tree.

Pressed wood or materials treated with chemicals should not be used for birdhouses.

The thickness of the boards for the birdhouse should be at least 1.5-2 cm, otherwise the heat will be too easy to leave the shelter.

Do-it-yourself drawings and dimensions for a birdhouse

So, to make a birdhouse you will need:

• cardboard or thick paper for drawing;
• boards 1.5-2 cm thick, 20-25 cm wide, with a total length of 2-2.2 m;
• a bar measuring 40 × 60 mm, 2-3 m long;
• 50 self-tapping screws 3.5 × 35 or 3.5 × 41 or the same number of nails;
• screwdriver or hammer;
• hacksaw;
• nozzle for a screwdriver or drill for wood carving with a diameter of 5 cm;
• pencil;
• plasticine.

To make it difficult for predators to destroy the nest, make a birdhouse without a perch - a shallow transverse recess hollowed out under the entrance is enough for birds.

The finished birdhouse can be sent to the garden and fixed in the chosen place.

How to install a birdhouse in the garden

Of course, if this is the first time you have made a beautiful birdhouse with your own hands, then you will want to fix it in the most visible place so that everyone appreciates this creation.

But you should not do this, because the birds are well aware that their housing will be in sight not only of their neighbors, but also of raptors, cats and hooligans.

Therefore, it is better to choose the crown of a tall tree, a shady corner in the garden or another inconspicuous place.

It is necessary to fix the birdhouse at a height of 4-6 m, so that the cats cannot reach it. Tie the pole to the tree with wire or a thick natural rope so that in the fall it is easy to remove the structure and not damage the tree.

Try to make a birdhouse with your own hands from improvised materials this weekend in the country, and this summer (as well as all subsequent ones) you will enjoy the singing of birds and the increased yields on your site.

How to make a birdhouse with your own hands. Drawings and diagrams of birdhouses - Man in the house.Ru

Good day, dear readers Muzhik V Dome.Ru. The long-awaited spring has finally arrived. There are only a few days left before the arrival of our feathered friends. But the birds in the yard of the house or on the site, as you know, are always a joy.

But are we ready to meet them? Are you sure that the birds will want to settle near our house? If not, then get down to business! Today I will tell you how to make a birdhouse with your own hands correctly, what materials are better to use for its manufacture, and I will also give some diagrams and drawings of birdhouses. Let's start.

Making a birdhouse with your own hands is easy!

First of all, you need to decide on the material of the birdhouse. It is desirable that the birdhouse be completely made of natural materials. Some even make birdhouses out of stone, it looks very beautiful and very unusual. It all depends on the imagination and the possibilities! But most often, ordinary dry boards are used for these purposes (with the exception of conifers).

What types of wood are preferred for making a birdhouse? Take birch or oak. The recommended thickness of the board should be at least 20mm so that the birdhouse retains heat well. At the same time, the boards do not need to be sanded, they must necessarily have a rough surface, at least from the inside.

If the board is smooth, you can scratch it properly with a knife - so it will be easier for birds, especially chicks, to get out of the birdhouse. It is highly undesirable to use compressed or glued wood (fiberboard, chipboard, plywood, etc.) for the construction of a birdhouse - it is very short-lived, not to mention toxicity.

You should not decorate the birdhouse with any rustling objects and sparkles, no matter how much you want it, otherwise, instead of a cozy bird house, in which they will gladly settle, you will get the most natural scarecrow.

Keep in mind that you do not need to spoil the starlings too much and make the birdhouse very spacious.

If you nevertheless make it larger than any of the drawings below, then as many as 4-5 chicks will survive in such apartments, as a result, their parents will not be able to feed them properly.

Accordingly, frail offspring will grow up, which will not withstand a difficult flight to warmer climes. In a cramped house, only 2-3 chicks will grow up, but at the same time they will be healthy and strong.

To make a birdhouse, we need the following tools:

• ruler with a pencil;
• nails or screws;
• hammer (screwdriver);
• wood saw,
• drill.

Below is drawing of a birdhouse of classical design(picture 1).

Figure 1 - Classic birdhouse

It is clear that this is the simplest, but far from the only type of birdhouse.

Let's bring one more drawing of the birdhouse "House", which has a slightly different design (Figure 2).

Figure 2 - Birdhouse "House"

This design has a non-removable roof. Naturally, such a design is inconvenient if you plan to inspect and clean the birdhouse every year before the birds arrive. To make the lid removable, a sleeve is nailed to its lower part, which has the same dimensions as the bottom (Figure 1), due to which the lid will hold well.

When making the roof removable, care must be taken that it cannot be blown away by the wind or knocked down by some crow. The easiest way is to screw the lid to the house with wire.

It is most rational to make a flat roof with a slight slope back, and not a gable one, as in the drawing above (Figure 2), which will leak faster than usual.

Fastening the bottom and walls is best done with screws, but nails are also allowed. A plank is stuffed to the back wall, which is attached to a pole or tree.

As you can see, the design of birdhouses is extremely simple.

The drawings show birdhouses made of boards 20mm thick. You can use others, but only then you will have to adjust the dimensions of the roof and bottom of the birdhouse.

You can deviate from the drawings and take your own initiative, you just need to take into account some important notes:

• the total height should be 30–35 cm;
• the size of the bottom of the birdhouse is usually made about 15x15cm;
• the distance from the notch to the bottom should be at least 15–20 cm;
• the inlet (notch) should have a diameter of about 50mm.

The above sizes of birdhouses are ideal for starlings and sparrows. The optimal diameter of the notch for different birds is different.

So, for great tits, redstarts, nuthatches and vertishes, the dimensions of the bottom of the birdhouse should be made smaller - 100x100 mm, height - up to 280 mm, and the diameter of the notch is about 30 - 45 mm; for small tits, pied flycatchers, the bottom should be made about 80x80 mm, the height is about 250 mm, and the diameter of the notch is 30 mm.

Using the example of a classic birdhouse (Figure 1), we will visually consider the process of its assembly. We cut the boards in accordance with the drawing and get to work.

We fasten the front wall of the birdhouse to the side walls with nails or screws.

We attach the back wall and bottom

It remains to make a removable cover ...

We install any perch in front of the entrance to your taste

We nail the sleeve to the lid of the birdhouse. The roof of the birdhouse in this case is made removable in order to be able to clean it. However, it must be wired or screwed on to be secure.

Birdhouse assembly

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You need to try to knock down the bird house as tightly as possible. It is advisable to smear all the cracks with clay or caulk with tow. Nails and sharp split edges should not stick out inside the birdhouse so that the birds do not get hurt. It is not advisable to paint the birdhouse, it is enough to treat it with drying oil. If you still decide to paint it, then it is better to use oil paints in translucent tones.

As you can see, making a birdhouse with your own hands is not at all difficult. In addition, this activity is quite exciting and very useful.

How to make a birdhouse with your own hands?

Many owners of summer cottages or personal plots are faced with such a serious problem as the fight against harmful insects. One of the most effective ways is to attract starlings for these purposes.

They mercilessly exterminate not only beetles and caterpillars, but also their larvae. Extermination reaches such proportions that the garden or vegetable garden is completely cleared of pests literally within a week.

In order to attract these useful birds to the desired site, you need to make a birdhouse with your own hands where they could live permanently.

The result will be much better if starlings live in large numbers. Therefore, birdhouses and bird feeders are made in several copies and evenly hung over the entire area.

In natural conditions, many birds, in addition to nests, use hollows made by woodpeckers in tree trunks for housing. Starlings are also no exception and settle in places where the hollow is small. Thus, future artificial housing doesn't have to be big.

The right choice of material is of great importance. In most cases, in order to make a birdhouse for starlings, hardwood planks. Birch, alder or aspen is best suited for these purposes.

All other materials have certain disadvantages. For example, coniferous trees gradually release large amount of resin, due to which the inside of the boards becomes sticky.

Chipboard and fiberboard sheets allocate toxic substances, and plywood has very poor heat and sound insulation.

Therefore, in order to make a really correct birdhouse, it is necessary to prepare all the materials and tools in advance.

To make a birdhouse you will definitely need:

• Quality hardwood boards in raw form.
• Thin nails (3–4 mm), at least 4 cm long.
• For coating, odorless paint or special impregnation is used.
• From the tools you need to prepare a hacksaw for wood or a jigsaw, a hammer, pliers, a pencil, a ruler or tape measure and a brush.

First of all, need to make a drawing, where to designate all future blanks with dimensions. This will allow you to make the right cutting and reduce wood consumption. This is especially true if several copies are made at once.

After that, the whole scheme is carefully transferred directly to the wooden blanks.

A standard wooden birdhouse includes a set of parts with certain dimensions. This includes side walls - 2 pcs. size 20x35 cm, as well as back and front wall with dimensions 16x35 cm.

Bottom has dimensions of 16x16 cm, and lid- 20x25 cm.

In addition, you need to prepare perch, 4 cm long and 10 mm in diameter. Instead of a perch, a shelf with the most convenient dimensions is sometimes used.

After all the details are marked, the direct manufacture of the birdhouse begins.

First of all, it is necessary to cut out all the blanks, in accordance with the drawing and the markings made. Boards are planed only from the outside, from the inside they remain rough.

A hole (notch) is pre-drilled in the front wall. For this, various tools are used, to choose from, for example, an electric drill with a cutter, a brace, a chisel, a manual or electric jigsaw. The size of the hole should be no more than 5 cm.

Attached to back wall special bar, which serves for the subsequent fastening of the birdhouse in the specified place.

When deciding how to make a birdhouse with your own hands, the correct assembly of the entire structure is of great importance. There are different ways to assemble, the most important thing is that the necessary rigidity and strength.

Birdhouse assembly sequence (one of the options):

First, the front wall is fastened with two side walls. Nails are hammered along the edges and in the center of the board. The result is a U-shaped structure, which must be immediately checked for rigidity and strength. If necessary, additional nails are driven in between the previously hammered ones.

After that, the bottom and back wall are assembled in the same way. In some cases, planks are nailed to the bottom like a plinth so that the inner corners are rounded, as in a real hollow. All parts are fixed with nails and the box of the house is almost ready. The assembled structure is also checked for strength and, if necessary, additionally strengthened with nails.

Before making the birdhouse further, it is necessary to prepare the roof. It must be made removable, for the possibility of subsequent cleaning of the internal space. Its edges protrude beyond the dimensions of the entire structure, especially from the front. Thus, protection against rain water is provided. The roof itself consists of two parts. This includes the main part and the so-called sleeve, which goes inside the birdhouse and holds the entire roof in place. After both parts are adjusted to size, they are fastened together with nails.

It remains to install a perch or plank where the bird sits before entering its house.

Video on how to make a birdhouse:

Before you build a birdhouse, you need to protect yourself from possible injuries. In order not to run into a splinter, it is recommended to wear gloves during work.

All boards at the joints must be tightly fitted together. For this, instead of nails, screws or screws. Slots are caulked or smeared on the inside and outside. When birdhouses for birds are completely made with their own hands, their lower parts are covered with sawdust.

The roofs of the houses are made gable or shed, most often with a slope back. Birds do not like colors that are too bright, so a coating or painting in dark tones is necessary.

In some cases, when the issue of settling birds on the site needs to be resolved very urgently, it is quite possible to make birdhouses from improvised materials.

Of course, they are not as high quality as wood, nevertheless, products made from them are able to stand for at least one season. Therefore, bird houses are quite often made of cardboard, or rather, of very thick corrugated board.

For work, you will need materials: corrugated cardboard, self-adhesive paper with a laminated coating, twine and starch. The most common tools are: a knife for cutting cardboard, scissors, a square, a ruler, a compass and a pencil.

The procedure for assembling a cardboard house:

First, the marking of all blanks is done. After that, the parts are cut in duplicate.

Paste is cooked from starch, since ordinary synthetic glue has an unpleasant odor that repels birds.

Finished parts are glued in pairs, as a result, all the walls are double. They are not as strong as those made of wood, however, they acquire increased strength. A hole is cut in the front wall for the notch, and four small holes are made in the back wall for the twine. With its help, the house will be tied to a tree.

The walls must be glued together end to end, keeping a strict right angle. At the end of the assembly, a box is obtained. During drying, it must be wrapped with threads.

The roof consists of two glued parts. A smaller part is placed inside the structure. On the large outer part, allowances are made on all sides.

The product will last much longer if it is outside cover with laminated paper. The surface is glued completely and, as a result, very beautiful birdhouses are obtained.

In some cases, decorative birdhouses made of paper are used to decorate the interior. They do not fulfill their direct functions and can only be used to store various household trifles.

When the basic materials are completely absent, you can make a birdhouse from ready-made items, for example, from the box.

To do this, you will need an empty container for milk or juice, with a capacity of more than one liter. First, it must be prepared, washed and dried.

After that, a standard notch is cut out. To strengthen the bottom, wood or thick cardboard is used.

At the top of the box, holes are made for the wire on which the house will hang. For gluing the outside, beautiful paper with a protective coating is used.

This option is considered the easiest and most affordable. To do plastic bottle bird house, you will need very few materials.

A hole is cut in the upper part for the notch, and two holes for the wire are made in the lid. To create coziness and comfort, the bottle is glued on the outside with paper or painted.

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Thus, it is not difficult to make a birdhouse with your own hands. In order for it to fully perform its functions, it must be installed correctly.

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After the birdhouse is ready, the question arises, how to hang a birdhouse to make its residents feel comfortable and at ease. There are certain rules that must be followed.

• It is best to install houses in early April.
• The installation height for a dacha or village is from 3 to 4 meters. In cities, birdhouses should be at a height of 8 to 10 meters.
• The inlet is oriented to the side with a minimum amount of winds.
• The house should not be exposed to direct sunlight, especially in the midday heat.
• Nearby branches should be avoided. This will provide additional protection from cats and other predators.
• The position of the birdhouse is strictly vertical. A slight tilt forward is allowed, but in no case back.
• Compliance with free access for annual cleaning.

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