Chickadee Cafe

Dining for one - Margaret Madsen photos

Here's an idea for a project to do with your grandchildren-children-little darlings anywhere. We simply smeared a large pine cone with chunky peanut butter. First we wound a wire around it to suspend it from the plant hanger. It didn't take this chickadee long to find it.

Hannah, 9, and Adrienne, almost 7, busy making "feeders."

And this is Theo, 11, slathering on the peanut butter.

We brought these giant Ponderosa pine cones home from a visit to BC. After the kids spread the peanut butter, they sprinkled their cones with mixed bird seen and hung them in various spots in the yard. By the time we were back inside the kitchen, a chickadee was already sampling the treat hung in the lilac bush!