30 Mar Monday…with a bird’s nest

I’m currently working on a project which involves making lots of bird’s nests, so I thought I’d share the process… Basically you make quite a rough wire frame out of a few circles of wire which are each smaller than the next… You loosly connect them together with more wire to make a sort of bowl shaped frame… …then you work bits and pieces which you’ve collected into and around the frame…old grass and straw is good Once you’ve got quite a bit around the sides you can add from the inside too, to create a soft lining… I also gave it a bit of a haircut in places… Once you’ve got a good shape and it’s quite robust, you can add a few other bits and pieces like twigs and dried seed heads… …and then finding a nice branch kind of sets it off and makes it look a bit more real!

There’s also a Steller Story version here: Nesting diy