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Spring Craft – DIY Bird Bath

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This DIY Bird Bath is an easy spring craft that young students can do with great results! This hand-painted bird bath would look lovely in any yard, garden, or patio. It would even make a unique handmade gift for Mom this Mother’s Day! Students will be proud to display their bird baths in their yard, donate to a local nature center, or give to someone special.

This DIY Bird Bath is an easy spring craft that young students can do with great results! It makes a great keepsake or gift!

Step 1 – Gather Your Materials

To make a bird bath of your own, you will need:

  • A series of 3 terra cotta pots (1 small, 1 medium, 1 large) that can be stacked upside down
  • 1 large terra cotta saucer
  • non-toxic outdoor acrylic paints in a variety of colors
  • apron or art smock
  • paint brushes
  • water

This DIY Bird Bath is an easy spring craft that young students can do with great results! It makes a great keepsake or gift!

Step 2 – Painting

Invite the students to paint up their terra cotta pots and saucer however they would like. This would be a great project to do outdoors on a warm spring day, since the painting can get messy.

Students can use masking tape to create striped designs, or the opposite end of a paintbrush works well to make polka dots. I love how each of these painted bird baths look so unique!

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This DIY Bird Bath is an easy spring craft that young students can do with great results! It makes a great keepsake or gift!

Step 3 – Build Your DIY Bird Bath

Allow the paint to dry completely (overnight is best). To build your bird bath, find a level surface outdoors.

Stack the terra cotta pots upside down with the largest pot on the bottom, the medium pot in the middle, and the smallest pot on top.

Next, balance the saucer on top. Add water to the saucer, and wait for your feathered friends to arrive!

This DIY Bird Bath is an easy spring craft that young students can do with great results! It makes a great keepsake or gift!

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Valerie Deneen is the author of Inner Child Fun, where she inspires parents to spend more quality time with their kids, and less money doing it. Inner Child Fun celebrates simple pleasures for all ages—with more than 1,000 frugal and creative projects sure to bring out the “kid” in you too! Follow Valerie on Twitter or say “Hi” on Facebook.

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  1. Anna Turner

    April 12, 2022 at 11:14 am

    Hi there! This craft idea looks fabulous! Question: for the pot sizes, what diameter were the pots? I know you said large, medium, and small, but before I buy three I want to be sure they stack properly on each other and was wondering if you could share those dimensions! Thank you.

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    • Michelle

      April 13, 2022 at 5:57 am

      Hi Anna,

      We don’t have the exact measurements for these pots but the sizes are flexible. The pots should stack fine as long as they are “small, medium, and large.” The specific size will just determine how far down they slide into each other. Hope this helps and you have a great week! 🙂

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  2. Andrew

    April 23, 2017 at 5:55 pm

    These are adorable!! Love love love.

    Andrew
    http://www.kindergartenexplorer.com

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