How to Make the World’s Easiest Bird’s Nest (and Vintage Eggs)

 

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It’s beyond simple.

Easier than buying nests from the dollar store (which I did with my Butterfly Branch Centerpiece).

 

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How to Make the World’s Easiest Bird’s Nest

1) Buy a bag of Spanish moss (I got mine at the dollar store)

2) Pull off a handful and form it into a ball

 

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3) Push the middle of the ball in with your fist and shape the nest til it’s just to your liking

 

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4) Insert mama bird and some doorknob “eggs”

 

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5) Exclaim, “Wow, that was the world’s easiest bird’s nest!”

 

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The sun was shining yesterday and the thermometer read 57 so I’m thinking spring.

 

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What’s your favorite simple spring decorating tip?

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  1. I have two big bags of Spanish moss in the freezer (to kill the creepy crawlers) that I “borrowed” from the neighbor’s tree. Planning on making mini nests for a shelf project for our daughter. Printed lots of fun graphics with bird sayings, etc.- she’s having 3rd baby in July…. retiring from Navy after 20 years in Aug. This is a great Easter project too. No shortage of sm here.

  2. I got you beat–I just collect mine from our autumn clematis after they’ve been abandoned. Put it in a ziploc bag for a few days so that any bugs get smothered, and voila!

  3. That is such a fun idea! I am totally filing this under…..”Why didn’t I think of that?” LOL!

    And I LOVE those door knobs! They would look great with my first aid kit!

    🙂 me

  4. I found my Spanish Moss when I cleaned my craft room. I KNEW I had some. LOL.
    Love that bird, my gramma had a set and they remind me of her when I see them at your place 🙂

  5. Love love birds and nests–as a matter of fact my Etsy store is Feather My Nest Decor and I have a few homemade bird things there! Really cute and easy–love the alabaster bird–I have a set when I got married, they were so pretty

  6. Now that’s fast and beautiful! It’s almost as fast as the christmas ball that I found on the side of the road and plopped into a statue in the garden. A one minute gazing ball! I’m so ready for spring. Mother Nature has been messing with us folks in Michigan. A few days ago it was 47 degrees and today it is 9 degrees. Last night it was -15 with the wind chill! I’m so ready for spring! I often wonder how all the birds at my feeder survive these cold winters because I’m a wimp.

  7. Awesome tip and tutorial, Kelly … beautiful bird and eggs, too! I love splashing eggs, birds and bunnies around for Spring … just wish the weather wasn’t freeeeeezing outside today!

  8. What a cute idea! I love the door knob eggs,….very clever! I have a few old door knobs so now I know just what I am going to use them for!!!!
    ~Des

  9. A great idea! I don’t have any porcelain doorknobs laying around but there is a dollar store nearby where I can maybe get some Spanish moss, and I’ve got a pair of birds that look much like the mama bird you used in your nest vignette. Maybe I can do something to jazz up some of my cheap colored plastic eggs from last Easter/spring’s display 🙂 Visiting from Savvy Southern Style.

  10. Such a great idea, one of those “why didn’t I think of that”. Love it, so easy and so cute. This project is definitely something to chirp about!

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