| Christmas wreaths rival Christmas trees as | | | | String a few popped kernels of popcorn |
| the two most popular Christmas decorations. | | | | together then roll them in peanut butter and |
| Most wreaths are hung as a holiday greeting | | | | birdseed, a treat loved by blue jays. Take a |
| and welcome to neighbors and friends on the | | | | large needle and string clusters of three or |
| main entry door of the house appearing soon | | | | four whole, raw, unsalted peanuts in the |
| after the pumpkins and corn stalks of the | | | | shell and tie to the wreath. Make sure you |
| fall harvest season have been removed. | | | | use a natural thread like raffia. You can do |
| Decorations for Christmas wreaths vary from | | | | the same thing with bundles of fresh grapes. |
| the traditional - pinecones, red berries, | | | | Slice apples, pears or oranges and hang them |
| deer moss to unique decorations like small | | | | on the wreath. It's best to leave the strings |
| handmade crafts made from fabric. | | | | of peanuts, or fruit short, a couple inches |
| | | | long at most, so they are easy for the birds |
| Bird lovers like to decorate their Christmas | | | | to handle. |
| wreaths with their favorite small stuffed | | | | |
| birds surrounded with holly berries that | | | | Transforming your Christmas wreath into a |
| birds love. Christmas wreaths can be made | | | | wonderful source of food for your birds also |
| just for the birds or you can recycle your | | | | provides you with the wonderful pastime of |
| Christmas wreath after the season and provide | | | | watching the birds as you sit and enjoy your |
| the birds with needed food during the cold | | | | morning coffee. It's a fun activity to share |
| winter months. | | | | with the children in your life. Teach them |
| | | | the value of recycling, the wonders of nature |
| If you take your wreath down in January or | | | | right outside the door and the joy of |
| February you can transform it into a wreath | | | | watching birds. |
| just for the birds. Roll the pinecones first | | | | |
| in peanut butter and then in birdseed. Wrap | | | | Once the birds have eaten everything on the |
| some floral wire around the base of each | | | | Christmas wreath you can always put more |
| pinecone and attach it to the wreath. If you | | | | goodies on or if it's a balsam fir Christmas |
| have purchased a Christmas wreath from a | | | | wreath, you can recycle the balsam needles. |
| company like, Acadia Wreath Company, the | | | | Make a fragrant draft stopper by sewing the |
| pinecones already have picks on the base to | | | | balsam needles into a long muslin bag or make |
| attach to the wreath. | | | | a balsam sachet. |
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