Birdhouse gourds ideas

Making Gourd Birdhouses: Birdhouses made from gourds are a fun wintertime craft and make a great project to do with kids. There are several varieties of gourd which make great birdhouses -- You can sometimes buy them at your local farmers' market, or if you're in it f…

Gourds are like pumpkins, except instead of carving them and letting them rot, you let them dry out before you work with them, and they will last for many years. Gourds work well for many craft projects thanks to the unique shapes of their different varieties, but it is best to start with something simple.

A friend, Lauri Orsino, gave Diana several decorative gourds so she decided to be creative. The first gourd had a couple of sections cut from it, creating a bird feeder. Several holes were drille…

Build a Gourd Birdhouse: This gourd Birdhouse was inspired by an Instructable posted by Calischs. https://www.instructables.com/id/Making-Gourd-Birdhouses/ I was able to incorporate several ideas suggested by other Instructable users who commented on the original post. …

Maybe you’ve seen or heard of a gourd house, and it piqued your curiosity. What is a gourd house? What type of birds will a gourd house attract? Why would some birds prefer a gourd house over a traditional bird house? Let’s discuss all things gourd houses. #BirdHouses #GourdHouses #PurpleMartins #MartinHouses

Gourd birdhouse with bee and honeycomb

It's a perfect gourd decor idea for the garden, backyard or kitchen. And the more chickens, the more colorful and cheerful your home looks!

Hi everyone! I've been working pretty hard in my craft room creating a few new gourd birdhouses out of my kettle gourds. I decided I wanted to make a house with a nice thatched roof look so this is my final product. I used the berry gourd ink dye on this gourd and just love it. The color is very pretty but still soft and lets the natural gourd coloring show through. I can't wait to use the other colors expecially the orange for fall! I added a few iridescent matte beads around the roof peak…

Gourd birdhouse

Slvester birdhouse made from bottleneck gourd from Kentucky!

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April 2018 – Gentry Gourds

As a kid, I always loved carving jack o’ lanterns for Halloween. We’d go to a pumpkin patch and spend an hour looking at every angle of every pumpkin until I found one that looked like …

When I saw some gourd seed packets & some painted gourds someone had painted, I said, "I can do that" and my daughter Laurie said, "Gourds, oh gourds". Thus th…

Many cavity-dwelling birds love to nest in gourds. They're safer for nestlings than birdhouses with a ledge or porch, and a variety of bird species inhabit them. Lots of people paint gourds white to attract birds and keep nestlings cool on hot days; others paint them decoratively and elaborately.