Nature Badge Activity

Birdfeeder

Task 1: With other Meerkats make a simple bird feeder or plant a small tree and care for it.

Time: 10 minutes

Equipment: Empty toilet rolls, Peanut Butter, Bird Seed, Ice Cream Sticks, String/Twine, Empty 2L Ice Cream Tub

This activity is best done outside. Check that none of your Meerkats have any nut allergies before doing this activity with your Den.

Method:

Put the Bird Seed in the empty 2L tub. Meerkats use the ice cream sticks to apply the peanut butter to the toilet roll.

Roll to toilet rolls it in the seed to cover the peanut butter with the seed.

String a loop of string/twine through the toilet paper roll. It is ready to hang in a bush or tree.

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This activity can also apply to the Recycling Badge, Task 3