The size of the entry hole and the interior room can make a huge difference in the type of bird your house will attract.
How to make a round roof for a birdhouse.
One of the more creative designs is the use of a round birdhouse.
Eric berman of erikson birdhouses describes how to make a wooden birdhouse with copper roof.
To attract tiny birds like nuthatches bluebirds or chickadees you may want to make the floor area a bit smaller by gluing an extra piece of wood to the.
We also put big windows and a fence on it as well as a faux butterfly we found at the craft store.
This is a no build project where you take an existing birdhouse and add some paint a pretty penny roof.
Glue the bottom or the longest side of the triangle to the top of the bird house roof.
This one has a modified roof that is covered in felt for a more textured appearance.
Take the roof for example.
Don t worry though it s not a complicated process.
Our own bird house plans.
The bottom edge of the sheet will be the middle of the circle.
Measure the diameter of the roof circle.
Nesting shelf birdhouse plan.
We ve sized this birdhouse to fit a variety of smaller bird species.
Diy birdhouse with a pretty penny roof.
Allow this to dry.
It is not too hard to make the actual house round but making to roof can be a little more challenging.
We built one birdhouse with a galvanized sheet metal roof and another with a copper roof.
Old red barn birdhouse.
Learn how to make the roof of a birdhouse in this free video on making birdhouses.
For this butterfly birdhouse we cut up craft sticks to make a shingled roof.
Cut a triangle the width of the roof and the height you want the roof to be usually 6 inches.
A completed birdhouse may look like a seamless single structure but is really made of a set of precisely fitted pieces to eliminate any gaps in the roof and walls.
Draw a half circle on your sheet of copper with a wax crayon or erasable marker.
Bird watching is one of the fastest growing hobbies in the country.
All it takes to attract birds to your yard is food water and a bird house.
Aside from the shape of the round birdhouse one of the neat things about this project are all the options that are available when building it.
Carpenters use a miter saw to produce cuts at exact angles and fit these pieces together.
Build yours with one of the following bird house plans.
Red church bird house decorative bird house log cabin bird house springtime bird house.