If you’re looking for a quick and easy activity to keep the kids entertained, try these simple bird feeders. Just spread peanut butter on a toilet paper roll, roll it in bird seed and slip onto a branch. The level of parent involvement needed depends on how much mess you’re willing to clean up at the end.

Evan loved making the bird feeders (Madelyn was napping). As we were placing them on branches in our front yard, a flock of birds flew overhead. Evan shouted, “Look, mommy! I think they can smell them.”

It was a hit.