THE IMAGINATIVE FAMILY

a celebration of one family's Imagine-Nation!

May 2, 2010

CELEBRATE SPRING! - Nesting Bags

Springtime brings the robins to the budding trees outside our kitchen window. My girls delight in watching them build their nests on the branches while they munch away on their breakfasts. This year Lily asked if she could help them build their nest as they must be tired from their migration back to Montana. So one Sunday morning we decided to make nesting bags - Empty fruit mesh bags filled with strings and yarns and shredded recycled paper from our odds and ends craft box. The nesting bags could provide material for building their warm nests, and when we ventured around our property we could tell which nests used the colorful bits from the nesting bags. Here is what how we did it...