What do I do with empty Folgers coffee containers?

1. Coffee Can Turned Bread Pan. You can turn those old metal coffee cans into great baking pans for bread.
2. Upcycled Coffee Container Birdhouse.
3. Burlap Covered Decorative Coffee Cans.
4. DIY Coffee Can Cubbies.
5. Upcycled Coffee Can Ombre Vase.
6. Coffee Can Wine Rack.
7. DIY Upcycled Kitchen Canisters.
8. DIY Coffee Can Plunger Holder.

How do you make a homemade birdhouse?

1. Cut the board using the birdhouse plans below. Cut the 1×6 board as shown in the images below.
2. Drill the entrance hole for the birdhouse.
3. Step 3: Pre-drill the holes.
4. Step 4: Assemble the sides and floor of the birdhouse.
5. Assemble the roof of the birdhouse.
6. Paint or finish your birdhouse.
7. Hang or mount your birdhouse.

Why won’t birds nest in my birdhouse?

Birds will always look for somewhere safe to build their nests so if your bird house is vulnerable to predators such as cats, squirrels or rodents they will not use it. Position your bird box out of reach of predators and you could include safety features such as baffles to help protect birds using it.

Are you supposed to clean out birdhouses each year?

Most birds don’t reuse their old nests, no matter how clean they are. However, for nest boxes or birdhouses, NestWatch suggests cleaning out the box at the end of the season. This isn’t absolutely necessary; often birds will clean it out themselves, but you can lend them a helping hand.

Can birds eat bread?

Mclean says there are multiple problems with feeding birds’ bread – it’s high in calories and is the equivalent of junk food for them. “It can give them all sorts of problems, problems like angel wing, which is when a bird is unable to fly, its wings basically grow horizontally out of their body.”

How do I waterproof my bird feeder?

If you can’t pick a feeder with a wide lid, add a squirrel baffle to the top of your seed bird feeder. This will keep the moisture of rain, or snow, out of the seed supply. As an added benefit, most baffles are also designed to combat seed-stealing squirrels. They’ll just tumble off of the feeder.

What can you reuse coffee cans for?

Clever Ways to Reuse Empty Coffee Cans

• 01 of 06. Custom Gift Wrap. James Baigrie / Getty Images.
• 02 of 06. Kitchen Compost Bucket. Jenny Dettrick / Getty Images.
• 03 of 06. Toad House. Johner Images / Getty Images.
• 04 of 06. Storage. Swell Media / Getty Images.
• 05 of 06. Tin-Can Lanterns.
• 06 of 06. Paint or Cleaning Bucket.

Are Folgers coffee containers recyclable?

CONTAINERS: Don’t forget that our Folgers® AromaSeal® containers and lids are recyclable. We use the same materials found in most laundry detergent bottles, juice containers, and milk jugs.