White stork on the roof - this romantic picture can touch the heart of everyone who sees it for the first time. Settled next to a person, an elegant bird promises him happiness, abundance and procreation. Knowing about the miraculous properties of the stork, our ancestors knew how to not only protect it, but also lure it to their homes, building homemade nesting boxes with their own hands.
Stork signs
- It is believed that a long time ago the Lord collected all the reptiles crawling on the earth in a bag and instructed man to get rid of them. The man did not complete the task: he opened the luggage with his own hands and all the snakes, frogs, spiders and lizards fled.
- God turned the disobedient man into a stork, and from then on he wanders around the world, catching the released evil spirits.
- The bird has several names - Siberian Crane and Busel. If she flies to housing, it means there will be peace and prosperity in the family. The stork's nest protects the house from fires, lightning and even from the evil eye.
- If a bird leaves the nesting area, the owner should be wary: a natural disaster or misfortune with someone close is possible.
- The long beak of the bird represents a symbol of male strength and procreation: it is not without reason that at village festivities the “artist” in the form of a stork tries to click the beak of girls of marriageable age.
- If a bird often visits someone in the field or flies over someone's house, you need to prepare for the arrival of a baby. If a Siberian Crane lands on the chimney of a hut where a wedding is being celebrated, an addition to the family is guaranteed.
When and where to build nesting sites
Rural residents have not yet lost the skills of arranging home-grown stork nests. But before you begin this important task, several conditions must be met:
- the distance to the food “base” (meadows, pastures, swamps) should vary within 1-2 km;
- neighboring nests should be 200 m apart from each other, or even better, 300 m (to avoid bird conflicts);
- It is necessary to build a home for birds away from power lines.
The last condition is dictated by many years of observations: storks, like a magnet, are drawn to electric poles. Birds consider them an ideal point of observation and respite, and... they die en masse, carelessly touching the wires with their wings or beaks.
Storks return from warm countries in March-April. It’s great if the nests are waiting for their inhabitants by this time. It’s even better to make a nest in advance - in the fall.
By the way, it often happens that a pair of Siberian Cranes settles into their new “homes” in May-June. This occurs when the storks' eggs are destroyed and they are forced to reproduce again.
The stork has one dream - height
Roof, pillar, tree– any natural site is suitable for recreating a stork’s nest with your own hands, the main thing is that the birds fly up to it freely.
Oddly enough, in nature, long-legged dandies do not always settle high from the ground: stork dwellings were found on stumps, in thickets, and simply on the ground.
If the area is open, the nest can be installed lower than required near buildings and power lines. Traditionally, nesting boxes are raised to a height of 4 to 10 meters.
Stork's nest (video)
Support and foundation of the structure
The main requirement for the support (tree, pole and roof) is that it must be strong so as not to wobble or break under large birds. It is necessary to take into account both the parental weight and the weight of the offspring: one stork, standing on the wing, “pulls” 4 kg, and the average stork usually has two to five chicks.
Don’t forget also that Siberian Cranes love to modernize and strengthen their home, making it heavier from year to year. The weight of such a “nest” can vary from several centners to a ton.
The basis for a homemade nest can be old wheels (usually bicycles), harrows, or hand-made round structures made of metal rods, branches or boards.
The diameter of the base is at least one meter. Construction nails and stakes must be driven in along the perimeter, which will stand in the way of the branches, protecting them from slipping.
Nest like a real one
If a stork has a choice between an old and a new home, he will not hesitate to choose the proven one. Therefore, when luring a feathered symbol of prosperity to your home, use a tactical trick - create an already inhabited nest with your own hands.
You will need the following natural materials:
- brushwood (several fagots);
- straw;
- dry manure (horse or cow);
- white lime.
Branches or fagots are strengthened on the platform by wrapping them. Straw is spread over brushwood. Try to do without wire - this is dangerous for storks. The lime will act as bird droppings (you will use it to walk around the outside of the nest).
It has been noticed that birds much more often choose such prepared nesting sites than smooth, uncomfortable areas.
Nest on your house
In order to install a stork haven on your roof, you will first need to make “goats”.
The procedure is as follows:
- Two wooden blocks (1.3 m each) are knocked together so that their long parts protrude by a meter, and the short ones by 0.3 m. There should be two such crosses.
- The crosspieces are fastened with a lath a meter apart from each other.
- “Goats” are placed on the roof.
- A homemade platform or a used wheel is mounted on top of the structure, which must be firmly established on the roof, tied with wire or rope.
- If you want to “decorate” with a stork house chimney, raise it at least a meter above the chimney so that the smoke flows freely.
- Tie the pipe around the perimeter with metal pins or pegs, on which the stork’s nest will “sit.” To avoid burning it, protect it from flying sparks with an iron sheet.
Those who have brought storks into their homes know that they have to pay for their proximity to them by keeping the area clean: not only droppings fly down, but also garbage, which the storks drag into their homes.
Nest in a tree
- You also need to make the base for it yourself or use an “obsolete” wheel.
- The top is cut down to create a spacious area. It is not forbidden to trim a group of branches if there is no single top.
- Meter-long cuttings of branches are nailed horizontally to their native branches.
- Additional branches (boards) are placed on top of this frame and they are also nailed.
The support is ready!
Please note that young shoots grow quickly on trees with cut branches. They must be removed in a timely manner, otherwise the storks will forget the way here.
How to make a nest for storks (video)
Nest on a pole
A functioning power pole is a strict no-no for bird housing.
Take those pillars that are no longer in use (made of concrete, metal or wood). They must be driven into the ground so that no storm can knock them down.
The nest can be nailed to a wooden post, or welded to a metal one.
If you want to do something more witty, make a kind of cap for the top fragment of the pillar, and place a nest on it.
Inspection of nesting sites
Ornithologists advise all volunteer bird helpers not only to build new stork nests, but also to check the condition of old ones more often. A tenth of storks die due to nests falling.
- You need to inspect the branches under the nests very carefully. If a branch is on its last legs, it is better to cut it down and build a stork house nearby.
- Sometimes storks ignore a nest that is still quite strong: the reason may be the grass that makes its way there. By destroying inappropriate greenery, you will certainly attract birds to your home.
- When looking into the nests, do not forget to throw away objects and materials that are dangerous for the stork babies. There is a known case when adult storks covered the bottom of the nest with film, and the chicks died after choking in rainwater.
And one last thing. Be patient while waiting for “your” storks - they may be looking at a new home for several years. Artificial nests are not populated as often as we would like. But don’t lose hope: if you have followed all the “building codes” and are really looking forward to your feathered guests, they will certainly fly to your house.
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Oleg Sokolov 03/20/2016
In a historical moment, over the last half century, we have grossly violated the basic natural law, the law of bioequilibrium. In particular, we contribute to the unlimited growth of the number of beautiful birds - storks. Half a century ago there was a stork’s nest in a dozen villages, now there are up to a dozen nests per village. Up to 90% of nests are on electrical supports. If electricians block the lines from the nests, then the empty poles will be enough for the storks to increase their numbers tens of times more. And this is a predator and quite voracious. The main food is frogs, eggs, chicks and birds sitting tightly on their nests up to the thrush
lapwing, partridge inclusive. It eats snakes and vipers, which some people credit storks with, but in vain. Snakes reduce the number of mice much better than storks. The stork kills and tries to swallow the rabbits. A noticeable role in the stork’s diet is played by those necessary for the earth. earthworms. It also eats large insects. So if storks die of hunger, it will be much later than us.
From this entire list, in this article we will talk about practically eaten frogs and insectivorous birds. These are the main insect repellents. Their destruction allowed the number of bloodsuckers to grow limitlessly. And so they lived to see that animals suffer from hunger in the summer and experience the summer worse than the winter. It is impossible to graze either day or night. Horseflies, mosquitoes, and midges suppress, reduce immunity, and transmit diseases, including leukemia (blood cancer), which infects a significant portion of private cows. Due to execution by bloodsuckers in the summer, cows reduce their milk yield by half, do not want to leave the yard, and it is easier for them to die of hunger than from execution by bloodsuckers. And half a century ago there was no problem with bloodsuckers at all. And how many billions does the beauty of storks cost Russia?
“Zoo defenders” demand an unlimited increase in the number of storks. But now we, hunters, have practically killed the entire game fauna, all that remains is only on paper. Where is a word from animal rights activists? Pets are kept in terrible conditions, where are the defenders? It is more convenient for them to protect those who do not need protection. They protect the extra cats, dogs, and storks on the ground. And the larks and the like were eaten by storks - haven’t you noticed? There is no sense of protection from animal rights activists, this is just an elementary “appropriation” of other people’s money. And it’s time for all of us to move away from animal emotions (no offense to animals) and move on to the human mind.
This problem is especially relevant for agriculture. We lose billions on emotions, not sparing animals, but ask for subsidies. You need to know your field. From the outside it’s really difficult. I myself rotted two centuries-old linden trees, each with two girths, into nests until I got cows and killed bloodsuckers on them for 40 years. Only then did I understand the law of bioequilibrium. True, he tried, he barked a little over 18 tons a year from 3 cows bought from the collective farm.
Sokolov Oleg Nikolaevich 181310 Pskov region Ostrovsky district p/o Elina d Perevoz
t 8 953 232 72 79 [email protected]
Oleg Sokolov 03/20/2016
The price of "beauty". In pursuit of “beauty”, contrary to the natural laws of bio-equilibrium, we have bred countless numbers of extremely voracious predators - white storks. More than 90% of them make their nests on electrical poles. Current leakage occurs through the socket, which is especially significant in humid weather. Sometimes the wires under the socket burn out and fall, this is dangerous. These leaks are included in the tariff per kWh and electricians are of little concern. And we should be worried. Electricians are required to prevent this, but they don’t work. A piece of wire in the form of a lightning rod or a stick must be attached to the top of the pole and there will be no socket. Let's demand. Storks cause even more damage agriculture. They ate frogs, eggs and chicks, and even the insectivorous birds themselves. Larks, lapwings, buntings, partridges and similar insectivorous birds have been practically destroyed. They swallow blackbirds, kill and try to swallow even grown-up hares. But the main food of storks is frogs, the main limiters of bloodsuckers. The remaining rare birds and frogs can no longer slow down the growth of insect numbers. Bloodsuckers that proliferate endlessly oppress animals and, in the worst case, reduce their productivity by up to half. Summer is an execution for animals and you have to see it with your own eyes. And people are not happy with these bloodsuckers, who spread an ever-growing number of diseases. Half a century ago, the stork was a rare bird, it was admired and admired. During this period, it multiplied hundreds of times, destroyed a dozen species of birds and reduced frogs. Earlier in the spring every swamp, every puddle rang with frog choirs. Every puddle was full of frog eggs. Fish, birds and even animals ate it. And now I can't find it. As a result, the reproduction of river fish has decreased. There are practically no frogs in the fields, and no insectivorous birds either. If we remove human influence, then out of a thousand stork nests, maybe one will remain, on the tops of trees broken by wind or lightning. This will be the number provided by nature, without damage to life. Nature itself still limited them; trees under the nests dry out, rot and fall within 10 years from the poisonous excrement of storks. Electricians have been promising to remove nests from existing lines for 3 years and in 2013 they removed 3 nests on the territory of the former Rubilovskaya volost, only the storks built 7 new ones there on existing lines. Who will defeat whom? So, violation of natural laws by someone is not in vain, unfortunately for everyone.
Sokolov Oleg Nikolaevich ind. 181310 Pskov region. Ostrovsky district
T. 8 953 232 72 79 [email protected] p/o Elina village Perevoz.
Recently Marina wrote to me “One fine day there will be a MK house with your own hands...” So, this wonderful day has come:) today I will tell you how to weave a nest, i.e. bird house :) I got this nest absolutely by accident, remember when I made a basket out of branches? So, I finished the basket and sat as usual under my table among the remaining branches in a pile of garbage :) and in some kind of meditation my hands themselves began to weave this nest... and since the photo studio was deployed, the light was set, the camera was ready, then I captured the whole process for history, so to speak. The next day, I joyfully tell my beloved: “Can you imagine, I wove a nest myself!!!” To which he answered me: “You’re my bird!” In short, I’m a bird now :) as soon as I learn to breathe underwater I’ll probably be a fish :)
Now about the matter: I had birch branches that bend very well, in short, those that were left over from weaving a basket (it says in detail how I prepared them for work). I took a long soft twig and simply rolled it into a ring like this and secured it with wire. Do you see the bridge coming out in the middle?
I was able to insert three long branches under this jumper,
the whole nest is supported on them, so they should also bend well.
This is how the sun turned out
Since for weaving “every other” you need an odd number of main branches, I attached another “ray”. And since this is the beginning, the bottom, so that these rays do not dangle from side to side, I securely braided them with wire. That's it, there is no further wire! We begin to wind branches onto these rays; when the branch ends, we tuck its tip between some lower weaves, take a new branch, also fasten its end between some previously paid branches and continue weaving.
The branches will not fit tightly to each other, but it doesn’t matter!
At first I also ended up with a holey nest.
This is the sieve that came out.
By the way, I simply wove the ends of the rays into the nest - it even turned out to be a headband :)
To close the holes, I simply took small twigs and weaved them into the places of the holes, as if closing the cracks. In the end it turned out very dense and beautiful
A bird's nest is a wonderful interior decoration (for example, a mantel) that can be made from almost any materials found during a walk in nature or right in your own yard. Wild birds usually make their own nests, but you can attract many species to your garden by leaving suitable materials for them or by building a birdhouse.
Steps
Making a decorative nest
- If you have feather grass or a similar grass growing in your area, hold a bunch in your hand and swipe upward (as in the game "cock or hen") to get a handful of seeds with fluffy hairs. When you have enough seeds, collect them into a ball and use your thumb to form a nest shape.
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Bend the stems into a ring. Take a thick bunch and bend it into a U shape. Add more stems if necessary to create a closed ring. Tie the ends together with a piece of thread or floral wire. If the plant stems have a lot of small leaves or if they are dry and tough, you can simply weave them together without any additional equipment.
Form the rest of the nest. Take the second, smaller bunch of stems and fold it into a smaller ring. Insert it into the larger ring and push down slightly to create the base of the socket. Depending on how well the stems hold up and how strong you want the nest to be, you can use thread or glue to connect both rings to each other.
Decorate with pieces of suitable materials. Real birds spend their days collecting scraps and pieces to build a nest. We hope things go faster for you, but take your time and enjoy finding interesting items in nature or in your craft supplies. Here are some ideas to get you started:
If desired, place eggs in the nest. Complete your creation by placing eggs or imitation eggs in the nest. You can take marbles or colored pebbles, or blow out real eggs, decorate them, or even carve them if you have the right tools.
Attracting birds to nests near the house
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Learn about the nesting habits of birds in your area. Find a guide to the birds of your region at the library or bookstore, or search for information about them online. Select one or more species of birds that you would like to attract and find out their nesting habits so you know what shape and type of nest will suit them.
Leave material in the yard to build a nest. This is an easy way to attract birds and is worth trying even if you end up building a pre-made nest. If you've found specific information about the nests, you'll know what materials to leave behind, but you can't go wrong with a few items from the following list in visible places:
- Rigid branches (for birds that build a nest like a platform) and flexible branches (for birds that build a bowl-shaped nest)
- Garden trimmings, such as dry grass and straw, pieces of bark and moss, dried leaves and the like.
- Human hair or animal fur (no longer than 15 cm)
- Yarn or thread
- Dirt, cobwebs and/or butterfly cocoons to provide birds with something to hold material together when building a nest.
- Never leave materials for birds that have come into contact with strong chemicals, including dyes, pesticides, and flea treatments. Fabric lint (which typically collects in the dryer filter) and scraps from old clothing are not recommended.
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Provide a variety of plants. If you want to attract birds that nest in hollows, leave stumps and fallen trunks in the garden. Live trees and bushes will attract birds to nest among the branches, especially if these plants are native to your area. Best result will produce “multi-tiered” plantings, including grass or moss, flowering perennials, shrubs and trees.
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Make a birdhouse. If you don't have any noticeable holes or gaps in your yard, take on some simple carpentry work and build a birdhouse. Make sure it is the right size for the birds you want to attract or those you see around your home.
- To increase your chances of success, follow these instructions on how to build birdhouses suitable for common bird species in your area.
- Clean the birdhouse regularly before birds take up residence in it.
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Make a bird's nest. Many birds prefer to make their own nests rather than settle into ready-made ones. If you place the nest building materials mentioned above in a natural hollow, this may be a good start. If you want to make a different type of nest, such as a bowl or platform, it is best to base it on the specific habits of the species of birds you would like to attract. Each species prefers its own specific materials.
- The location of the nest is also important. Many bird species hide their homes among dense branches, while others prefer more open branches, bushes, or open areas of ground. You can find more information on the NestWatch website using search engines on the Internet or in a bird's nest guide.
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Look for stems that are long and flexible. These will form the base of the nest and are easier to work with than short, stiff branches. You can use straw, grass, vines, willow twigs, flexible reeds or seaweed. You can collect them yourself or buy them at a garden supply store. Another good option is raffia, which can be found in craft stores.
Today we will make funny birds - flamingos, storks, crows, parrots and yellow chicks. One of the current topics for creativity in kindergarten or holding a homework competition - this is a bird craft.
Before starting to create this craft, you can first conduct a thematic lesson with the children, talk about the life of birds in the summer, about why it is at this time that we most often hear bird voices around us.
If the goal is an interesting DIY bird craft for a kindergarten or early development center for a competition, then you need to use the most beautiful and original materials to create it.
Undoubtedly, real feathers will decorate such a craft. From them you can lay out a whole image of a bird, based on the color of the feather. For example, white feathers can turn into a charming stork. To create the beak and legs, use three-dimensional materials, and for greater naturalism, place the bird in a nest made of real straw or dry grass.
Very original postcard with a stork will be made using voluminous paper elements.
You can use feathers to decorate the finished image - create a crest, wings or a tail from them. Here, for example, is what kind of parrot can be made from feathers and ice cream sticks.
You can make a bird out of paper, but place it in a large basket made from two disposable plates.
A wonderful chicken can be made from folded paper or a cardboard roll.
Eggshells dyed with food coloring make adorable chicks. If we plant them in halves of unpainted shells, we will get a touching “hatched chickens” composition!
And here is a lovely couple - a cockerel and an eggshell hen.
Another option for making hens and chickens is from felt.
This craft would make a wonderful Easter basket.
Easter basket "chicken"
You can make a wonderful souvenir in the form of a chicken with a flower from felt and satin ribbons.
Another adorable chick in a shell can be made using the quilling technique.
Watch the video “how to make a bird in a cage:”
You can add a twist to the applique by extending the bird’s paws and head beyond the cardboard base.
If you have multi-colored wings, you can make a fantastic flamingo. Its body will be an old CD, its paws will be made of chenille wire, and its head and neck will be made of felt or velvet cardboard.
You can do without feathers.
A beautiful three-dimensional stork will be made from cotton wool and thick knitting yarn.
Or from round, folded in half, white and black paper blanks. An application made from such modules looks very strict and impressive.
Instead of paper, it is convenient to use disposable plates to create semicircular modules. One plate becomes the body of one bird.
And this is a funny applique “flying birds with a feather”.
Very impressive bright birds are made from plain paper. Thin sticks are glued to two opposite sides of the paper circle. The circle is folded in half - the sticks are connected together to form the legs of the bird. They can be fixed with plasticine - then the bird will stand. The beak, wings, tail and comb are made from bright colored strips of paper.
A variety of birds can be made from natural materials. For example, a cockerel made from apples can become a real table decoration.
A smart penguin with glasses can be made from eggplant and carrots.
The penguin can be made using the appliqué technique from paper and cotton wool.
Penguin applique made of paper and cotton wool
A stunning penguin figurine can be made from painted walnut shells.
A funny turkey can be made from maple leaves.
And wings from many prints different colors will come in handy for a gorgeous, bright parrot.
You can do the opposite - draw the body of a bird, and make the wings from a different material. For example, a disposable plate.
A spectacular lark is made from cardboard and paper folded like an accordion.
Using the same technique you can make a variety of colored birds. Look at the video on how to do this:
A paper lark can also be made using the popular origami technique:
You can decorate the finished applique with touches of paint, which will look much more interesting if you use wood glued together from wood-colored decorative film and colored paper as the main background.
The application “birds in a nest” can turn out to be very touching and spring-like. An application in which a combination of materials will be used in the nest looks interesting. For example, to make this application we used paper, napkins and plasticine.
Application “birds build a nest”
Using various creative materials, you can make a three-dimensional applique with birds and insects.
See how to make a beautiful spring applique with birds and birch trees:
Very interesting birds can be made using the trimming technique. The base of the craft is smeared plasticine. Using a small stick or toothpick, insert pieces of paper into it. We made a graceful swan using the cutting technique.
But such a charming swan can be made from a pine cone, a CD and plasticine.
The pine cones can be used to make extremely charming owls.
Another amazing way to make a swan is to glue it together from beautiful white shells.
A very beautiful bird is made from smooth pebbles.
Perhaps the most original idea making birds, making them in the form of soap.
Another wonderful bird is made from nuts.
A wonderful fluffy winter bullfinch can be made from thread.
Look at the video “how to make a beautiful bird from threads”:
A painted bullfinch will be a wonderful decoration for a winter picture or postcard.
Drawing "Bullfinch"
The smallest artists can draw birds using their palms and fingers.
Drawing with palms and fingers “birds”
Spring birds on a branch, gouache drawing:
This is how different do-it-yourself bird crafts can be, photos of which you could now see.
DIY bird craft reviews:
“How many different options) do it, you can’t change it”) (Ksyu)
I really liked the bullfinch made of threads) (Sasha)
Here is a photo of a bird's nest I made 7 years ago. There were several tree stumps in our kitchen at the time, used as stands for flower pots. My work fit perfectly into this eco-village interior. Then I made the same thing for my sister Margarita, and in her Moscow kitchen the nest with quail eggs looks quite organic.
It pleases my vanity to think that the idea to make a nest came to me on its own; I have never seen anything like it before. So this product is 100% my know-how.
You will need
Branches of grapes (they are usually cut in the fall - so that the grapes will not be damaged) or any other more or less flexible twigs;
Quail or any other poultry eggs;
A figurine of a bird, a butterfly and anything else you would like to add to the composition.
So, we take cut grape branches, preferably the thinnest and longest ones, and clear them of leaves. The branches do not necessarily have to be freshly cut; they remain quite elastic for several days. In my example, the branches are not the thinnest, so the nest will be rougher.
We weave something like a wreath from one branch. Don't be alarmed if branches break. Usually they do not break at all, but only crack. This gives the nest a natural angularity - birds do not build nests under a ruler. If the branch is completely broken, it doesn’t matter - just take another one.
On the resulting wreath we fasten branch after branch in a chaotic manner. This is vaguely reminiscent of basket weaving. Try to secure the ends of the branches between other closely intertwined branches so that they do not fall out.
We continue to weave until we achieve the desired “thickness” of weaving. By the way, I placed the scissors nearby so that the size of the nest could be seen. I didn't need them for work.
We continue. We insert new branches into the holes between the already woven ones, as if we are “darning” these holes. The outlines of the future nest are already visible.
Now, we have almost completed the task.
It's probably time to stop. Eggs, even quail ones, will not fall out of such a nest. Don’t be confused by the green color of the twigs. In a couple of weeks they will dry out and have the natural color of wood - just like in real bird's nests. If the nest turns out to be crooked or too flat, simply give it the desired shape with your hands. Don't be afraid if some twig snaps or even breaks.
I still had thin branches left, and I weaved two more smaller nests from them. Thin branches dry out faster, so these nests look like they are already completely finished.
Now we need to fill our nest with contents, namely eggs! You can, of course, put fresh eggs in it, but it’s better not to risk it in case they break, go rotten, or one of them hatches.J
Take a quail egg and use the tip of a knife to make small holes from the sharp and blunt ends of the egg. The contents can be blown onto a saucer or drunk. Yes, yes, have a drink! Do you know that raw quail eggs can be given even to children from 3 years of age? Quail has a very high body temperature, so salmonella and other nasties that want to harm our health cannot survive in the egg. In addition, quail eggs are healthier than chicken eggs.
The dummies of eggs obtained in this way must be washed with water and dried.
If you cannot buy quail eggs, take chicken eggs. Release chicken eggs from the contents in the same way (although it is not advisable to drink them raw).
Dilute a little potassium permanganate in a yogurt cup, use a cotton swab and a black permanent marker to draw spots on the chicken eggs. If you are going to use chicken eggs, the nest should not be too small.
Whatever eggs you use, they should be placed in the nest so that holes are not visible, as well as stamps on store-bought chicken eggs (if you were unable to paint them over).
Decorate the composition with a bird, flower, dragonfly, butterfly or decorate it with nothing, your work will still be irresistible. There are no two identical nests, and what you made is unique!
By the way, 3 days have passed since the nest was woven from green twigs. In this photo, as you can see, the greenery is gradually turning brown.
Advice. If over time the nest becomes dusty, rinse the eggs with water and dry them. The nest itself is also not afraid of water; rinse it under running water and, if necessary, go over it with an old toothbrush. Let dry, fill with clean eggs, and your nest is as good as new!
And finally, we offer you two more nest options. In our small apartments there is sometimes not enough space for large art objects. From very small twigs these crumbs are obtained. It will be difficult to find suitable eggs for them, so use anything that resembles eggs. In our case, these are beige beads and almonds in white glaze, but you can make eggs from salted dough, twist them from quilling paper, cut them from foam plastic, etc.
These are the five nests we got. One of them shows chicken eggs without coloring. Quite an acceptable look, isn't it?
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