Feeling crafty and fancy treating your garden birds? Try making this pine cone bird feeder to hang up in the garden.

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Head over to our wildlife gardening hub for more advice on how to attract wildlife into your garden, including caterpillar foodplants for butterflies, how to make a bee hotel and our garden bird nestbox guide.

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Illustrations by Alan Batley

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Tie a length of string around the top of an open pine cone (it should open when dry).

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Using a knife, carefully smear the pine cone with a thick layer of specialised unsalted peanut butter, which is available from various retailers.

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Put a birdseed mix into a bowl. Roll the pine cone around in it until it is coated in seeds.

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Hang the cone from a tree or a shrub. You can also string several cones together.

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Jo PriceDeputy editor, BBC Wildlife Magazine
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