How to make a birdhouse from boards with your own hands. How to make a birdhouse from improvised materials

With the onset of spring, a fairly large number of birds return to gardens and parks after wintering in the southern regions, including starlings, robins, and flycatchers. The main task of birds at this time of the year is breeding, which implies the need to create nests. In the conditions of noisy and large cities, it is very difficult for birds to find a suitable place to carry out this mission. One of the options for helping a person in this case will be the creation of birdhouses made of wood with their own hands, which will also act as original decorations for adjacent territories.

To make a reliable and durable birdhouse that can attract the attention of birds, it is advisable to use natural materials. The best option would be dry and unplaned boards made of oak or linden, the thickness of which is about 20–30 mm. A material of this size will provide winged residents with a sufficient level of sound insulation, and will also allow them to keep warm. If the selected boards have a smooth surface, one of the sides should be covered with notches, and also treated with coarse-grained emery. This will help in the future young chicks to freely get out when the time comes to stand on the wing.

It is advisable to refuse the wood of coniferous trees, as it has a pungent odor and resinousness, which repels some species of birds.

You should not use any types of plywood for the manufacture of birdhouses, because due to its thinness it will not be able to provide the birds with the required conditions. In addition, fiberboard, OSB and chipboard, containing harmful compounds and emitting phenol vapors, are very dangerous materials. And when using MDF, the design you created will quickly deteriorate from moisture.

For the manufacture of birdhouses, it is allowed to choose a variety of decks of deciduous trees, the length of which should be 25–40 cm with a diameter of 15 cm or more. Their houses are ideal for most birds that prefer to nest in hollows. It is best to give preference to aspen wood, which is soft, which will greatly facilitate the processing process. In such a cozy and environmentally friendly dwelling, the number of dead chicks will be minimized.

As for the tools, to create a house you will need the following:

wood saw or electric jigsaw;

drill or electric drill with a cutter;

hammer;

screwdriver;

nails or screws;

ruler or tape measure;

pencil;

compass;

brush.

Safety

Getting to work, it is advisable to free the workplace from foreign objects, as well as wear comfortable overalls.

When preparing the necessary carpentry tools, you should pay attention to the degree of sharpening and the reliability of fastening to the handles.

In the process of work, sharp tools are supposed to be placed with the blade down.

It is not necessary to carry out the processing of material located on the knee with a hand saw. It must be laid on special linings.

If a working tool suddenly fell out of your hands, in no case should you catch it on the fly.

When working with a hammer, it is necessary to take care of the presence of a convenient shock platform.

When handling a drill, it is advisable to hold it with both hands and not exert excessive pressure on the tool in order to avoid jamming.

There should be no nails in the processed material.

After completion of work, it is necessary to clean the device from contamination with a sweep.

Options for birdhouses made of wood (with drawings, photos and videos)

Before proceeding with the creation of a birdhouse, it is necessary to determine in advance for whom it will be intended. The fact is that each species of bird makes its own requirements for a nesting place. The main types of birdhouses are as follows:

titmice, differing in size, as well as the diameter of the notch;

half-hollows intended for nesting of flycatchers;

houses for pikas, equipped with two entrances;

wagtails, which have a small ladder or platform in front of the entrance.

The main design of the birdhouse is a cavity with a blank bottom and a removable top, as well as with a bird-friendly entrance equipped with a landing area. The size of such a wooden dwelling depends on the type of its inhabitants.

Classic starling house

A drawing of a classic birdhouse for starlings is shown in the diagram below.

A classic birdhouse is made according to this drawing

Before starting the assembly of such a structure, it is necessary to transfer the contours of all parts to pre-prepared wooden materials. On the front wall of the future bird house, you need to draw a notch, using a compass. Then cut out the parts using a jigsaw, and then use a milling cutter or drill to create a tap hole of the desired size.

The dwelling for starlings is distinguished by its size, which allows these rather big birds to feel comfortable. The height of the house for them should be from 30 to 35 cm, while the size of the bottom is supposed to be no more than 15x15 cm, since excessive space is not needed. A notch with a diameter of 50 mm must be placed at a distance of 15–20 cm from the bottom. This will provide additional security for the chicks.

Such a neat birdhouse will not only serve as a home for birds, but also decorate the garden.

Assembly algorithm:

We prepare all the necessary details.

To begin with, we place two side parts of the future birdhouse in front of us and fasten the front wall, as shown in Figure 1.

It is desirable to fasten these parts of the structure with screws or nails, which will provide it with the necessary strength.

Then, in a similar way, we attach the back wall to the resulting workpiece, as well as the bottom, focusing on Figure 2.

Next, the back wall and bottom are fixed to the workpiece.

As a result of the manipulations, we will get the workpiece shown in Figure 3.

An almost finished design without a lid looks like this

Before moving on to attaching the roof, we attach a small perch in front of the notch hole, as shown in Figure 4.

You can choose a perch for a birdhouse to your taste

Starting to make a removable roof, we draw 4 lines on its inner side, three of which we mark at a distance of 2 cm from the edges, and the fourth - at a distance of 5 cm. Then we install a sleeve on the depicted square and nail it to the cover with four nails (Figure 5) .

To install the roof, you need to provide it with a sleeve

The result is a nice design, made according to all the rules.

The end result of the work done

We process the finished birdhouse with water-based paint to protect its surface.

When connecting the parts of the birdhouse to each other, you need to take care of the absence of gaps. To do this, it is recommended to smear the joints with clay or caulk with tow. In addition, you should pay attention to the protruding nails inside the structure. They must be bent so that they do not injure the birds.

Video: How to make a home for starlings with your own hands?

Sinichnik

The house intended for tits should be 50 cm deep and 14 cm wide. The optimal diameter of its notch is 3 cm. If tit tits become the inhabitants of the titmouse, the hole should be made no more than 2.5 cm - this will save future chicks from being attacked by larger birds.

It is advisable to pour sawdust on the bottom of the house, and paint the inner walls in dark colors using an ordinary pencil. When scaring away unexpected guests, tits use the “monster eye” demonstration technique, which is played by white spots on their head. The dark space surrounding the bird will help it cope with this task most effectively.

The resulting house should be hung at a height of no more than 2-4 meters. It is attached to hardwood trees with a dense crown.

Such titmouses will certainly appreciate their potential feathered inhabitants.

A feature of this type of birdhouse is the presence of a platform at the very entrance about 10 cm wide. The length of the horizontal wall of the structure should be from 25 to 30 cm, and the width should be 14 cm at a height of 10–12 cm. the optimal width of which is no more than 4 cm.

Such houses can be placed not only on a tree, but also under the roof, as well as on the top of the fence.

The wagtail is slightly different from the usual birdhouse species.

duplyanka

The special attention of most species of birds is attracted by nest boxes made from different types of wood. Such natural birdhouses can often be found in forests and parks, and not only small birds, but also owls and owls become their inhabitants. The design of the nest box is very simple, due to which this type of bird houses is especially popular. To create such a dwelling, you will need a log of a suitable size, an ax or an electric saw.

You can make a hollow, guided by the presented drawing

Step-by-step instructions for making a hollow:

To create a hollow, you need to choose a suitable log. Using an electric saw, you should carefully cut off two round pieces on both sides.

Then the prepared log must be cut lengthwise into two equal parts, and cuts should be applied across the resulting blanks.

With the help of an ax it is supposed to remove the core of the log. In this case, the wall thickness should be equal to 5–6 cm.

Having placed the saw along the workpiece, you need to carefully plan it, moving from one edge to the other. This is required for each of the two parts.

In this case, you can leave the extreme sector. It will become the bottom or roof of the future bird house.

To create a notch, you need to use a compass, marking with it a circle with a diameter of 3.5–5 cm.

Then it is supposed to make a hole with a drill and cut out a notch with a hand jigsaw, guiding the tool along the indicated contour.

To assemble parts, you can use ordinary nails or wooden cotter pins with a diameter of 10 mm, planted on PVA glue.

To protect the roof of the hollow from moisture, it is desirable to cover it with roofing material.

Video: Making a hollow

The nuances of the design of birdhouses

By making a birdhouse, you can provide it with an original design. Beautifully designed bird houses will decorate your garden, but when decorating them, you should follow the measure. The birdhouse itself should not attract the special attention of predators, and also scare away potential residents with too bright design.

When working on the design of a bird house, it is dangerous to abuse decorative rustling and shiny elements. They will only scare away the birds.

In addition, bird houses need additional protection from unexpected guests who can climb a tree and extract chicks from the nest. A variety of overlays on the tree trunk will help to avoid this - for example, made from dry branches, wire, metal sheets.

When to hang wooden bird houses?

Traditionally, birdhouses are installed in spring for migratory birds returning to their native lands after wintering in hot countries, and in autumn, for wintering in the same place. Spring guests usually return with the onset of March, so if your birdhouse is hung on Folk Bird Day (March 9), it will certainly be populated by long-awaited residents.

When choosing the most suitable place, you should pay attention to the location of the cardinal points. The letok of the house should be oriented to the southeast, this will allow the starlings to be the first to meet the rays of the morning sun. The best place for a bird's dwelling will be trees with a dense crown and sufficient height. However, wagtails will like a house attached under the roof of a house or a shed more, and tits will be happy to settle on an open balcony or under the ceiling of a veranda.

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There are indispensable attributes of a good garden: well-groomed fruit trees, trimmed shrubs, luxurious flower beds. And if you have all this, but there is a feeling that something is missing, listen. Does the sound of birds please your ears? No? And what about without them! How to lure flooded singers to the site, and at the same time protect it from insects dangerous for planting? Today we will discuss how to make a birdhouse with your own hands from wood. Drawings, materials, decor and installation, as well as many creative ideas on this topic in our material.

The little singer is also a diligent helper in the garden

First of all, let's deal with the concept of "birdhouse". This is a housing for small birds, made of wood or improvised materials, having a notch, a perch, a roof from the sun and rain, and, most importantly, a place for a cozy nest. Titmouse, fussy sparrows, flycatchers, wagtails and, of course, starlings can live in such an apartment.

What can you make a birdhouse with your own hands? Moreover, to build it in such a way that this house would not only attract birds, but also become a landmark and decoration of the garden? What are the dimensions of the birdhouse, drawing and design ideas?

The best materials for making a birdhouse

Basket

You can weave a birdhouse out of jute rope or use a ready-made small basket. It is necessary to fix the roof on it to protect the nest from the sun and rain and carefully cut out the notch so as not to damage the bearing axis of the weaving.

To give the product strength and shape, treat it with acrylic varnish and leave to dry, stuffed with polyethylene. The polyethylene film will easily separate from the walls after the product dries. Acrylic water varnish is safe for birds.

branches

After autumn pruning of trees and grapes, leave thin branches. You will have something to do in winter - this material can be used to make apartments for titmouse and sparrows.

Important! Using self-tapping screws, make sure that their sharp tips do not protrude into the nest. Otherwise, they will hurt the birds.

Tree

Wood is an ideal material for making a birdhouse. It is closest to the natural living conditions of birds. You can make a house from boards or from a log. An old stump, thick bark, trimmings of commercial wood are suitable for a birdhouse.

dried pumpkin

Place large bottle gourds in a dry, dark place for the winter. In the spring you will receive a dry vessel in which seeds will rattle. A hole is cut out in the pumpkin and the dry insides are scooped out with a spoon through it.

Advice! Dry pumpkin is a rather fragile material, it is better to use not a drill, but a dremel with a small drill to cut a notch. You can use dental drills for this purpose, they will carefully cut out a notch of any shape and size. If you cover the surface of a dried pumpkin with stain, and then use the same tool to make shallow patterns on the surface, you will get not just a birdhouse, but a real work of art.

Birds will love this home. They will enthusiastically clean it of the remnants of dry pulp and bring you chicks to the delight. The photo shows examples of such bird houses:

What materials should be discarded

First of all, consider materials that are not very suitable for this purpose:

Material	Image	Description
Plastic		Transparent plastic will not allow the birds to feel in privacy and security. The sun's rays will penetrate the nest, and the chicks will be in full view of possible predators. In addition, plastic is poorly breathable and, when heated in the sun, can release toxic substances. This material is more suitable for making a feeder.
Juice and milk packages		Sparrows and titmouse, although they are small birds, will not be able to arrange a nest in a liter package of juice, there is too little space. They will fit in a two-liter box, but they will not hatch chicks. The masonry will die from the fact that there is foil inside the package. It will retain the heat of the sun, and the eggs will overheat, and the birds may die with them. So, although the temptation to use these improvised materials is great, it is better to abandon this idea.
Chipboard, plywood and fiberboard		It may seem strange, but these materials are also not the best choice. The fact is that formaldehyde resins are used in the manufacture of sheets. These are toxic compounds that can be detrimental to the health of the bird family. Plywood and fiberboard do not hold heat well, and chipboard is too heavy and rough material for a small house.

Features of manufacturing from different materials

Wooden birdhouse

What you need to know to make a bird house out of wood with your own hands? Even if there is no experience in carpentry, it does not matter. A student can cope with such a simple design.

The following tools will come in handy for the job:

• ruler and pencil for marking;
• saw, planer, hammer or screwdriver;
• fasteners: self-tapping screws or ordinary small nails;
• drill and drill for making a hole (letka);
• sandpaper, tow, wood glue.

Important! For the manufacture of a bird's nest, it is undesirable to use resinous coniferous wood. The resin will cause the inside walls of the birdhouse to become sticky. The resin will stain the feathers and down of the chicks, and the inhabitants of the house can be seriously injured from this.

The best material for work is oak, birch, linden or aspen wood.

For your information! The inner walls of the house do not need to be sanded to smoothness. Small roughness will help the birds get out of the nest.

To make a birdhouse, you will need drawings with dimensions. Usually an apartment for small birds has standard dimensions in centimeters: 30 (height) x 15 (width). The diameter of the hole for the notch is five to six centimeters.

Birdhouse, drawing and dimensions

For your information! For each type of bird there are separate requirements for the size and design of the house. If you want titmouse or wagtails to settle in the garden, find the appropriate drawings.

A few tips for working with wood:

• Put on gloves, they will save your hands from accidental splinters and soften the blow with a hammer if your hand trembles.

• Before work, sharpen the planer and hacksaw. Blunt tools will not only make the job harder, but they will also prevent you from carefully fitting parts.
• Never saw or drill anything on your lap. Firstly, it is inconvenient, and secondly, it is fraught with serious injuries.
• If you do not know how to make a birdhouse out of boards, choose a simple option - a hollow. For this purpose, you will need a simple log of the desired diameter and height.

A drill with a pen attachment will help facilitate the work. For the bottom, a cut of the same log is used. Letok can also be made with a drill. In the photo examples of such work:

Birdhouse made of cardboard

Cardboard bird houses are a product for one season, no more, and they are more of a decorative function. For this purpose, it is better to use thick corrugated cardboard, such as on postal parcels.

The whole job will take a maximum of half an hour, and this process will be a fun and rewarding activity for children with their parents.

Advice! To seal the walls of the house, they should be made milky or even triple. To do this, the blanks are glued together with wallpaper paste or PVA.

A notch in a cardboard house can be made square, so it is easier to cut out the cardboard. The side of the square is six centimeters. Holes are made on the back wall for a rope on which the house will be hung. Outside, the house can be wrapped with jute rope and coated with acrylic varnish. This technique will allow the structure to last the season, despite the atmospheric humidity.

The film can also be pasted over the walls. The film should be positioned so that there is a centimeter overlap. So water will not get into the joints.

Below is a template with dimensions for a cardboard birdhouse:

More details on how to make a cardboard nest with your own hands on the video:

Paper birdhouse

Paper birdhouses are purely decorative items. They can be used for Easter decoration at home or as gift wrapping. As a material, you can use scrap paper, stationery cardboard and colored sheets.

Master class on how to make paper birdhouses with your own hands:

Birdhouse from a bottle

Plastic is not the best material for making bird housing, but if there are no other options, take a five-liter bottle of drinking water for work.

In a plastic bottle, a round hole should be cut. Sharp edges should be burnt gently. They will melt a little, and it will be easier for the bird to hold on to the edge of the notch. A long bolt is suitable for making a perch. It is fixed with a screw and washer. The metal should not heat up in the sun, it must be carefully wrapped with a harsh thread or rope.

To make the inhabitants of the house feel comfortable, it should be painted on the outside with water-based paint. In two or even three layers, so that the light does not penetrate inside.

Advice! Use light paint for this purpose, so the bottle will heat up less on hot days.

Two holes should be made in the bottle cap and a rope should be threaded through them for fastening.

Another mounting option is through the holes on the side of the bottle opposite the entrance. If you make four holes and thread two ropes, you can firmly tie the house to the tree trunk. It will not be swayed by the wind, as in the first method of fastening.

Advice! For good ventilation in the plastic bird housing that you make with your own hands, perforation of the walls will be required. Small holes on the side walls are made with a red-hot knitting needle. Do not make too many holes, a dozen on each side is enough.

If the starlings like your design, they themselves will bring material for the nest. You can make it easier for them by putting dry grass, pieces of cloth or small twigs inside.

Ideas on how to make birdhouses from plastic bottles, photo:

Plywood birdhouse

Birdhouses made of plywood are very common in garden plots. The multilayer structure of plywood makes the bird housing reliable and durable.

Advice! For work it is better to use moisture resistant plywood. Such a design will safely survive more than one season.

To build a nest with your own hands, you will need wood glue, self-tapping screws and a jigsaw. How to make wall mounts? For this purpose, a frame is first made of small bars.

For the manufacture of structures of complex shape, you can make your own drawings. The main thing is to observe the minimum dimensions necessary for a bird's dwelling.

To attach the house to the tree, you need to screw the rail to the back wall. It is better to do this in advance, before the final assembly of the parts.

Advice! If you care about your garden trees, do not nail the birdhouse. It is better to fasten it with a thick wire, placing rubber or other dense material under it. This way you will not cut the bark and keep the plant healthy.

Birdhouse out of the box

A simple and easy-to-implement idea is a bird house out of the box.

There are many tutorials online on how to make a nest out of a box with your own hands.The algorithm for building a birdhouse out of the box is simple. A notch is cut out in the lid, a perch is made from a long bolt. The installation site of the perch needs to be strengthened. This can be done with two pieces of durable plastic. They should be fixed from the outside and inside. So that the birds do not break off the edges of the cardboard notch ahead of time, they need to be strengthened with tape or make a frame out of a plastic cover. After all these manipulations, the front of the house is firmly glued to the box. To strengthen the back wall, use a suitable piece of plywood: it can be glued with PVA glue.

Birdhouse options from the box in the photo:

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You probably also, like many garden owners, want to know what you can do with your own hands for garden decor, because decorative decorations in the store are so expensive. In this review, we will tell and show what can be created from improvised materials.

Birdhouse dimensions

A lot has been said about the materials for the birdhouse. It's time to talk about drawings and dimensions. How to make a drawing?

We make the bottom of the nest with a side of fifteen centimeters. Such an area will appeal to starlings. In a small cozy house for birds, the height of the walls is from thirty to forty centimeters. The standard diameter of the hole in the birdhouse for the notch according to GOST is six centimeters. Before the entrance, you need to provide a perch with a length of at least five centimeters.

The house must be built with a roof, it will protect the bird family from the rain. The view at the roof can be any, but its edges should go beyond the level of the walls by at least five centimeters. Moreover, the roof should also protrude above the entrance to protect it from oblique rain.

In the photo there are examples of what the drawings of houses built with their own hands should be:

Now about how to build a home for different types of birds.

Sizes of the birdhouse for starlings

Starlings are not capricious birds. They willingly settle in small hollows, in cracks under the roof and even in burrows. So a do-it-yourself house for starlings is luxury housing. In gratitude for such an apartment, the little singer will diligently delight your ears with flooded singing and watch over your garden trees, saving them from leaf-eating insects. In a week, he is able to detect and eat about one and a half thousand beetle larvae, as well as caterpillars and other insects.

Drawing of a house for starlings:

Important! Particular attention should be paid to the size of the hole in the birdhouse and its location relative to the bottom. Too large a hole is undesirable, as the bird will feel uncomfortable. The optimal diameter of the hole in the birdhouse for the starling is five centimeters, the height relative to the bottom is fifteen centimeters.

So that the chicks do not freeze on cool days, there should be no cracks and drafts in the house. The inside of the nest should not be slippery; birds cling to the roughness with their paws.A perch for starlings is not a mandatory attribute. They'll do just fine without it.

Advice! It is better to make the roof of the house removable. So at the end of the season, you can clean up the birdhouse and prepare it for the arrival of new residents.

A birdhouse made of wood can last a decade and a half, and with proper care and periodic repairs, even longer. Bird dwellings should be periodically painted for safety, and in natural tones, avoiding bright colors.

Advice! In early spring, to draw the attention of birds to your site, hang a feeder. Birds will be happy to settle next to the free canteen.

Sinichnik: drawing and dimensions of the correct structures

How to make a house for yellow-breasted titmouse? The shape of the house is the same as that of the birdhouse. The difference is only in size. The dimensions of the birdhouse for tits are slightly smaller, about a couple of centimeters in all respects.

Drawings options for a small titmouse:

For your information! Sparrows, flycatchers and tiny redstarts can nest in a small titmouse. Larger feathered sizes of the house will not attract.

Apartments for birds should be located at a distance of at least fifteen meters from each other. If it is reduced, the birds will prefer other places to settle.

Important! The house is fixed in such a way that it has a light pendant towards the notch. The slanting rain will not fall into the nest, and it will be easier for the chicks to make their first flight.

Wagtail house: drawing and dimensions, manufacturing features

The wagtail is an invaluable helper in the garden. She runs around the plantings and collects May beetles, caterpillars and other pests. With such a garden nurse, the harvest will at least double.

Consider how to make a house for birds with your own hands. The wagguzonic differs from the usual birdhouse in shape and size. Instead of a perch, it has a balcony, and the house itself is stretched in length and less in height.

Wagtail drawing:

Previously, children made such houses at labor lessons. It's not difficult at all. For the floor, you need to prepare a board 12 by 40 centimeters, for the walls - two pieces 14 by 30, one 12 by 140 and another 8x12. The roof should be wider than the bottom, 50 by 22 centimeters. It remains to fasten the wooden parts with self-tapping screws, and the wagtail is ready.

For your information! Wagtails arrive in early spring, when the ice begins to drift. By this time, you need to place the house on outbuildings at a height of three meters.

How to make a birdhouse

Anyone can make a bird house. This task can be done with children. The manufacture of a birdhouse is carried out according to different schemes and using almost any materials that can be found at home.

The simplest drawing of a birdhouse with dimensions is with a sloping roof. We make such a bird house from scraps of industrial wood. In the photo are examples of such beautiful houses:

Work algorithm:

• on the board it is necessary to mark all the details of the future construction;
• saw all the details and process the outer walls of the house with a planer;
• in the front part of the birdhouse, a round or square notch is cut out no lower than five centimeters from the roof level. Such a gap will be sufficient for the bird, but will prevent the cat from destroying the nest without hindrance;
• to assemble parts of the house, carpentry PVA or small self-tapping screws are used. The back wall is fixed last. All connections must be free of gaps;
• it is better to make the roof open, so that in the off-season it is possible to carry out cleaning in the house. One part of the roof is fixed on a rubber band, and the simplest lock is installed on the second so that cats or a gust of strong wind do not overturn the small roof.

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

The video described in detail how to make a birdhouse with your own hands. This simple design will brighten up any area. You can give such a house to friends and neighbors, or donate to a kindergarten. It is possible to buy sets of birdhouses with your own hands, such sets are sold in garden supply stores. Each kit comes with detailed drawings and assembly diagrams that detail how to make a bird house.

Birds are indispensable helpers in the fight against pests of green spaces. The best way to call for their help and attract them to your site is to make a birdhouse with your own hands. By giving the birds comfortable houses, the owner of the suburban area provides himself with peace of mind for the harvest and a good mood from a pleasant neighborhood. The birdhouse will be in demand in any case: swifts, nigella, flycatchers, tits and sparrows also settle in comfortable apartments with pleasure.

Thinking about how to make a birdhouse with your own hands, you should first of all worry about preparing material for building a house.

The material for the manufacture of a birdhouse can be hardwood boards, for example: aspen, maple, oak, birch, alder

Coniferous woods are absolutely not suitable for building a birdhouse, because they are able to release resin, which makes the inner surface of the birdhouse sticky.

For the construction of a birdhouse, it is also not advisable to use chipboard and fiberboard, which emit toxins that are harmful to birds. Plywood is far from the best choice: the material does not transmit sounds well, the sufficient audibility of which is necessary for birds in case of danger, and does not retain heat well, making it difficult for birds to nurse their helpless chicks. The inner surface of the wooden boards should be slightly rough. It is possible to give irregularities to a smooth surface by applying horizontal notches with a chisel, which will make it easier for birds and their chicks to get out of the house.

Before making a birdhouse, you should decide on the size of the future structure. The standard dimensions of the birdhouse are: 13-15 cm bottom width and 30 cm birdhouse height, and the diameter of the notch is 3.8-5 cm. parents?!

Numerous offspring are much more difficult to go out and feed. Weakened from insufficient food, the chicks grow up sickly and unable to withstand long-distance flights in autumn to warmer climes. In a compact house, capable of accommodating only two or three chicks, the offspring grow up healthy, able to further maintain the power of the population of the species.

Ornithologists say that the interior space of bird houses should not be too spacious, but at the same time too cramped.

The simplest version of a wooden bird house

The configuration of the birdhouse depends on where it will be attached. If the house is suspended under the roof of the house, to a balcony or a pole, then the design should provide for the presence of additional perches in the form of a thin stick or a triangular shelf, necessary for the “walk” of feathered owners.

When deciding how to make a birdhouse out of wood, which will be placed in natural conditions and hung on a tree, you can do without arranging a “walking” perch. On the branches adjacent to the nesting place, the starling will rest, delighting others with pleasant tints of its singing.

When making the simplest bird house, you can use the given drawing of a birdhouse with dimensions, which even a schoolboy can figure out

To build a compact and convenient house for the bird family, you will need:

• edged unplaned boards;
• two bars (for hanging a birdhouse on a tree);
• screws or nails;
• steel wire d=1mm (for hanging the house);
• wood glue.

Of the tools you will need:

• a simple pencil with a ruler;
• (with middle tooth);
• drill, drill for wood;
• hammer;
• chisel.

The work is carried out in several stages:

Stage # 1 - preparation of wooden elements

With a simple pencil on the boards, according to the drawing, the dimensions of all wooden elements are marked: the bottom, walls, roof and perches.

As a result, you should get 7 blanks

The bottom is made in the form of a square with a side of 13 cm. The height difference between the front and rear walls is 4 cm, this allows you to create a roof slope angle. For the same purpose, bevels are provided on the upper cut of the side walls. To equip the roof, two parts of different sizes should be prepared: the first part is shaped like the configuration of the bottom of the house, the second is a large rectangle to create a canopy.

Some craftsmen believe that a more successful option in arranging a house is a forward-tilted roof, which is formed due to a shorter front wall.

Stage # 2 - cutting out structural details

Sawing elements should be performed sequentially so that the paired parts have the same dimensions. To add beauty to the product, the outer surface of the boards can be further trimmed.

Using a drill or chisel, a hole is made for the summer of birds d = 3.8 cm (can be increased to 5 cm)

A round hole in the entrance to the house is more preferable than a rectangular one, since in nature a round hollow is closer to the birds, they are more likely to settle in a house with a round entrance. The location of the hole 5 cm from the top edge allows you to protect the chicks from the grasping paws of cats.

Stage # 3 - birdhouse assembly

The side walls and front facade of the structure are first fastened together with wood glue. As the glue dries, the parts are fixed with nails or self-tapping screws. By the same principle, the side ends of the bottom are connected to the front and side walls. Lastly, the back wall of the birdhouse is glued and clogged. There shouldn't be any cracks.

Roof parts are fastened together. It is not worth fixing the roof to the house itself.

Stage # 4 - installation of a bird "apartment"

The finished birdhouse can be nailed or tied with wire. For additional protection and to make it easier for the chicks to exit on a slightly angled surface, the structure should be slightly tilted forward.

When placing a birdhouse on a tree, it is preferable to use wire to hang the structure, which, unlike nails, will not hurt the tree. Additional protection for the bark of a tree can be made by wooden blocks, which will be a kind of lining that takes on the tension of the wire.

The house should “look” towards the east or southeast. The optimal placement height is from 3 to 5 meters

Decorative birdhouses

When planning how to build a birdhouse with your own hands, you want to get not only a functional design that is convenient for birds, but an attractive house that will become a bright touch in the design of the site.

There is a misconception that starlings do not occupy houses painted with bright oil paint. But as practice shows, the bird family feels very comfortable in such colorful apartments.

The material on how to build a decorative windmill for the garden may also be useful:

The houses decorated with decorative details look interesting. Some craftsmen create real palaces for birds with balconies and fences.

Fantasizing about how to build a birdhouse that will become a real decoration of landscape design, you can take the simplest version of the house as the basic basis for the design, which is only complemented by original decor elements and played up with color schemes.

Birds can populate the “apartment” prepared by them far from immediately. It can take a year or more to develop a new home. Do not worry and be patient: your good deeds will certainly be rewarded over time.

Birds are indispensable helpers in the fight against harmful insects. But in order to "negotiate" with the birds on the provision of all possible assistance, you need to attract them to your site. And for this we will comprehend the basics of building a birdhouse. By the way, the ability to build such bird houses is also useful for introducing the child to taking care of the world around him. So, if the age and development of the motor skills of the baby's hands allow - take him as an apprentice. In the article you will find different ideas for making bird houses out of wood.

What you can do: birdhouse, titmouse and other houses

Much is known about the benefits of birds on the farm, but some figures are still impressive: during the season, a small starling destroys up to a thousand larvae of the May bug. This allows you to keep the root crops safe and sound.

If your main goal is to attract birds to the site, then, depending on the planned result, the birds must be of a specific species. But even if the birdhouse is built simply as a feeder, you must consider that not only starlings populate hanging apartments. So first you should familiarize yourself with the types of these dwellings, and at the same time with some engineering features of their construction.

Dimensions for drawings of wooden houses for different birds

The shape, size and some other nuances will depend on which birds you are building a house for.

• nesting. A house with a vertical wall at the back, a long roof slope that joins this wall at an angle of 30-40 degrees, and triangular sidewalls, as well as through entrances. Such structures are built no higher than 1–1.5 m from the ground and are intended for pikas.
• Wagtail. This house should be located horizontally at a height of 3-5 m from the ground, since the birds do not fit in a classic birdhouse, the bottom of which varies between 14-16 cm, and the walls - from 20 to 30 cm.
• Sinichnik. This is a habitat for small birds. Height 30 cm, dimensions 10 x 10 cm, notch 3–4 cm.
• duplyanka. A kind of "tourist" house for different birds 2 m from the ground, which can be made of logs with two plugs at the top, bottom and an inlet in the middle. Outer deck diameter - from 15 cm
• Poluduplyanka. Built for flycatchers. It looks like a smaller copy of a birdhouse - 12 x 12 cm and 15 cm high. This house must be equipped with a wide rectangular notch and a sloping roof overhanging it.
• birdhouse. It has a square bottom 14 x 14 cm and sides in the shape of a rectangular trapezoid. Moreover, the back board should be higher than the front one so that the roof rests on them at an angle. It may also have a gable roof.
  

Photo gallery: types of wooden houses for different birds

Gable birdhouse Single-pitched birdhouse Sinichnik House for small birds Owl nest Nest for small birds duplyanka

Materials and tools

To make a classic birdhouse you need:

• boards, preferably pine, or a log of suitable width;
• self-tapping screws, nails of different sizes;
• acrylic weather-resistant paints - if you will paint the product;
• putty for wood processing - if necessary, seal cracks.

As for the tools, you need:

• hand saw or jigsaw;
• drill with a cutter for cutting a notch;
• screwdriver;
• screwdriver;
• hammer;
• pencil, ruler, protractor, compass.

Safety

When designing a birdhouse, you will have to deal with piercing and cutting objects. So without observing the safety rules can not do.

We list the main ones:

• Taking on the solution of the housing problem for birds, you need to be focused, attentive and not be distracted by extraneous matters.
• Work should be at a comfortable and sturdy table so that all tools and materials can be placed on it.
• If you decide to trim the tree before marking, then do it with glasses so that the sawdust does not get into your eyes, and with gloves so that you do not have to remove splinters.
• After assembly, make sure that there are no notches left in the birdhouse, otherwise the feathered guests may be injured. For the same purpose, it is necessary to bend or grind off the protruding ends of nails or screws with a file.

Birdhouses with a step-by-step description of manufacturing

Consider options for bird houses from traditional to original.

The first attempts to build houses for birds were made in the last millennium by the Indians. Gradually, this innovation moved to Europe, from where it came to Russia through the efforts of Peter I, who appreciated all sorts of funny little things.

Classic birdhouse with a gable roof

Materials and tools:

• 2 rectangular parts for sidewalls 15 cm wide and 22 cm high;
• 3 parts 19X37 cm for the front and rear walls;
• 2 parts 15x15 cm as a floor and one part of the roof;
• stick for sixth;
• detail for the roof 15x17 cm;
• nails, hammer;
• glue for fixing the pole;
• drill with a nozzle for cutting round holes 5 cm in diameter;
• ruler, pencil.

Instruction:

1. We draw all the details on the board and cut them out.
2. Don't forget to cut an inlet in the middle of the front wall with a diameter of 5 cm at a distance of 19.5 cm from the bottom.
3. On the front and back parts we make a 15 cm bevel under the roof with an angle of 90 degrees.
4. We connect the facade and walls.
   

   If necessary, we bend the protruding parts of the nails so that they are tightly pressed against the walls and, for sealing, we process the joints with hot wax or a special putty for wood.

5. We fasten parts of the roof to the back wall and facade, joining them well with each other (it is worth puttingtying the seam). Only so that the roof can be raised and the birdhouse cleaned. To do this, it is better to use self-tapping screws that can be unscrewed and then screwed back in.
6. Once again, we check if there are any protruding nails or self-tapping screws inside the birdhouse. We fix the bottom.
7. We glue the six.

Attention! The same model can be made with an easily removable bottom. To do this, we fasten it not on screws, but on long wooden "studs". By the way, the rest of the parts can be mounted on carpentry glue.

Birdhouse made of rectangular parts

A simplified variation of the classic birdhouse, which a schoolboy will be able to make on his own, assumes that all the details of the house are cut out in the form of rectangles.

Instruction:

1. Cutting out the details. Please note that all vertical parts are the same, and the bottom is equal in length to the width of one vertical part + two board thicknesses, and in length is equal to the width of the facade. The roof has the shape of a square with sides equal to the length of the bottom.
2. In the front part we cut out a notch with a diameter of 5 cm and a small hole for the hearth.
3. We connect the vertical parts with nails or self-tapping screws.
4. We attach the bottom and roof. We glue the stick-six.
5. We nail the birdhouse to a long narrow board, for which we will fasten it to a tree.

Video: a boy makes a birdhouse with a flat roof with his own hands

The original version without a diagram - a bird house from a deck

Materials and tools:

• a deck of a suitable size;
• chainsaw;
• drill for sampling wood.

Instruction:

Video: log birdhouse - folk way

Light house made of wood and a tube

Materials and tools:

• tube;
• a small board with a width not less than the diameter of the tube, a length of at least two diameters;
• jigsaw;
• pencil, compass;
• drill and screws or hammer and nails, long and short.

Instruction:

1. Cut off about ¼ of the tube.
2. Measure the inside diameter of the hole.
3. We make 2 circles of this diameter from the board.
4. We fix the first circle on the tree with screws or nails.
5. In the second, we cut out a round hole-notch.
6. We drill a hole for the pole in it just below, insert the pole.
7. We place the facade in a tube. With small nails we nail it around the circumference, slightly “drown” in depth so that the house has a canopy.
8. We put the workpiece on the second circle fixed on the tree and also nail it with carnations.

If you do not want to damage the tree, then you can try not to cut the back wall out of the board, but simply leave the bottom of the tube and then, threading a belt tape or wire into its hole for the handle, fasten it to the trunk.

Photo gallery: bird houses made of other materials

Birdhouses from plastic bottles can be painted with acrylic paints so that the house is not transparent, but even then there is no guarantee that birds will settle there Birdhouses can be made from the most unusual things, for example, from a propane tank Birdhouse boots can be decorated with a bright pattern This model can only be a feeder, birds will not feel comfortable in a transparent house The disadvantages of cardboard "apartments" are their extreme impracticality, as well as low weight, which creates problems in rainy or windy weather.

Tricks to protect the birdhouse from ruin

The main enemy of bird houses is a cat. If the danger in your area is relevant, then you can do the following:

• we don’t make a pole for approaching, otherwise the baleen-striped ones can cling to it with their paw and destroy nests;
• we build a visor that strongly protrudes beyond the boundaries of the front wall so that the cat cannot put its paw inside while sitting on the roof;
• do not place housing on horizontal branches.

During the off-season, it is necessary to periodically inspect the birdhouse: white bats can live in such houses.

Two ways to fix the finished bird house

As for the placement of the birdhouse, there are two options for attaching it to a tree:

• nail;
• wrap with wire.

The second method is preferable, as it protects the tree from damage. For additional protection of the tree bark, you can put some kind of elastic material between the trunk or branch and the winding. Such a kind of gasket will take on all the tension of the wire.

If you are attaching the birdhouse with wire, it is better to insert small pads between the wire and the trunk, for example, from automobile rubber, so as not to damage the tree

Remember that the new place of residence for the birds should be placed at a slight angle so that the house is slightly tilted forward: this way it will be more convenient for the birds to fly in.

Making a birdhouse with your own hands is not so difficult. It will take only a few hours, and the benefits for the birds and the economy will be huge. In the hot season, such structures will be a good "invitation" for birds that help fight pests in plots and fields. In addition, the design of birdhouses is a great way to join yourself and introduce your child to taking care of the world around them.

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Indispensable helpers in the fight against all sorts of pests of green spaces are invariably birds. To attract them to the personal plot, you should make a house for them. If you give the birds a comfortable home, then there will be no need to worry about the safety of the crop. Although it is customary to call a birdhouse a birdhouse, not only starlings, but also other birds can live in it. Sparrows, flycatchers, tits, nigella and swifts settle in such apartments.

The location and size of the bird house must be chosen in accordance with the characteristics of different birds. For example, it is more convenient for titmouses when the height of the birdhouse is about 30 cm, and the bottom is 12 cm, while the diameter of the notch is 3–3.5 cm. As for wagtails, these birds do not have the necessary paw tenacity, so a small ladder. Such a house is suspended under the roof of buildings, at a height of 3 to 5 m. The pika bird feels comfortable in a house with two through holes located on the right and left. The presence of additional letok allows the bird to hide from predators.

Selection of materials

Thinking about how to make a bird house, you should first take care of preparing the necessary material for the construction.

Coniferous woods are not suitable for building a birdhouse, because they release resins, as a result of which the interior space in it will become sticky.

Materials that emit toxins are also unacceptable for the construction of a bird house, among them the material of fiberboard and chipboard. Plywood is also not an option, because it practically does not let in sounds, and feathered friends need very good audibility to avoid danger. In addition, plywood does not retain heat well, so it will be difficult for the birds to hatch. The best material for a birdhouse is larch wood. The inner surface of the boards must remain rough. This will make it easier for the birds to get out. On a smooth surface, you can make horizontal notches with a chisel.

Drawing and dimensions of a wooden structure

The drawing of the product can be made directly on the boards. They need to be laid out on the table. For marking you will need a pencil and a square. With special care, you should draw the boards for the front and rear walls, as well as for the side surfaces. For these purposes, boards of different widths are needed. At the end, you should get 7 blanks with predefined parameters:

• 2 side parts 15 cm wide, made of edged boards;
• 3 parts for the facade, back wall and cover, with a typical size of 30 × 20 cm;
• 2 pieces measuring 15x15 cm, used for the bottom of the roof and the bottom of the birdhouse.

To simplify the connection of parts, they need to be cut out as accurately as possible, and then signed with a pencil.

The typical size of a bird house is 20 cm wide, 15–20 cm deep and 30 cm high. Spacious bird apartments are not always the best idea. Of course, more chicks will shelter in a large house, but it is not always possible for feathered parents to feed a brood consisting of many individuals! If the chicks are not properly cared for and fed poorly, they will not be able to make long flights and will grow up sickly. And, on the contrary, in a compact house it is possible to shelter only 3 chicks, but they will grow up healthy and able to maintain the power of the population of their species.

Blueprints

Assembly sequence

Initially, the front wall is connected to the side. Nails should be hammered along the edges and center of the board. You should get a U-shaped design. Before further connection, it is important to check the reliability and rigidity of the elements that are already connected. For hardening, you can hammer in a few more nails between those that were hammered earlier.

In order not to drive a splinter into the skin, it is better to work with a tree with gloves.

By the same method, the back wall and the bottom of the structure are assembled. To round the inner corners, you can nail a wooden bead to the bottom. All elements are fixed with nails. If necessary, you can strengthen the structure with additional nails. Now you need to prepare the roof, which must be removable. This will allow you to clean the bird's home if necessary. The edges of the roof should protrude beyond the dimensions of the birdhouse itself. This is especially important to do from the side of the facade. So you protect the bird house from rainwater and other precipitation.

The roof should consist of two parts - the sleeve and the main part. The roof is held in place by a second piece. It needs to be adjusted to size and connect the two parts with nails. Now a plank or perch is being installed on which the birds will sit before entering their comfortable home.

When coloring a finished birdhouse, it is better to use soft colors. Dirty green and brownish tones are perfect. In this case, it will be harder for predators to find the bird house.

Economy version of the birdhouse

In some cases, you can make a temporary birdhouse using materials at hand, such as cardboard. Although this type of construction cannot be compared with its wooden counterpart, it may well become a haven for birds for the season. The raw material used is thick corrugated cardboard. The following materials are needed for work: corrugated cardboard, starch, self-adhesive paper with a laminated coating and twine. Tools: scissors, ruler, cardboard cutter, pencil, square, compasses.

First, all blanks are marked, they must all be duplicated. From starch it is necessary to cook a paste. Finished parts must be glued in pairs. All walls will be double, which increases their strength. A hole is cut in the front wall for the notch. 4 small holes are made in the back wall, designed for twine, thanks to which the house can be tied to a tree. The walls of the birdhouse are glued end-to-end at a right angle. The end result should be a box. During drying, it should be wrapped with threads.

The roof should consist of two parts glued together. Its outer part must be made with allowances. Such a product will be more durable if it is glued on the outside with laminated paper.

From a box or plastic bottle

If there is nowhere to get lumber, then you can make a birdhouse from a finished box, for example, from juice or milk, with a capacity of more than 1 liter. It must first be washed and dried. After that, a notch is cut out. To strengthen the bottom, you can use thick cardboard. Small holes are made on top of the box so that it is possible to thread a wire through them, on which the birdhouse will be fixed. Outside, the product can be pasted over with decorative laminated paper.

For the manufacture of another option, very few materials are used: a plastic bottle, paint to color the bottle or laminated paper, wire and a knife. A hole is cut in the upper part of the 5-liter bottle for the notch. Two holes should be drilled in the roof for the wire on which the structure will be attached. Birds feel uncomfortable in a transparent house. Therefore, to create coziness, the bottle can be painted or pasted over with laminated paper.

As you can see, making a simple version of a birdhouse is not difficult at all. However, in order for the bird house to fulfill its tasks completely, it is important to install it correctly.

Installation rules

Some installation rules must be observed. It is customary to read that you need to mount bird houses in early April, but birdhouses can be installed at any time of the year. The installation height is on average 3-5 m, this applies to cottages and villages. In cities, such structures are mounted at a height of 8–10 m.

The inlet should be on the side with the least amount of wind. The birdhouse should be installed in the shade or partial shade, it is impossible for direct rays of the sun to fall on it. You need to hang structures at a certain distance from the branches. This will protect birds from domestic cats and other predators.

The position of the birdhouse should be strictly vertical. Let's allow a slight lean forward, but you can't lean back. If the structure is made of durable materials, then it is necessary to provide access inside for annual cleaning.