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How to Decorate With Home Made Hummingbird Feeders

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Making a home-made feeder can be as simple as pouring home-made nectar into a red colored or flower decorated cup, bowl, plate or saucer and setting it out on a table. However with these methods the birds may waste energy hovering mid-air to get to the nectar or splashing about in the nectar.

Here are a few simple ideas for making your own homemade feeder.

i) Frisbee TM Feeder

A very simple homemade feeder is simply a red Frisbee TM that is turned upside down so that the birds can use the curved edge of the Frisbee as a perch. You can drill holes in the Frisbee and hang it with brightly colored yarn from a tree and/or decorate the rim with dangling red ribbons, glitter and flowers. You can also sit this kind of feeder down on a table.

If you decide to use this kind of feeder remember to empty it every day and replace it with fresh homemade nectar. Exposure to the elements can make the nectar spoil faster than the contents of a bottled feeder.

ii) Milk Carton Feeder

Punch a hole about the size of a matchstick into the side of a very clean, used milk carton. Make sure the hole is near the bottom of the feeder.

Cover the carton with images of red or pink flowers cut out of a magazine. Tape long dangling red ribbons to the bottom of the feeder.

Fill the feeder part way full with homemade hummingbird nectar.

You can leave this feeder to be freestanding or you can punch holes near the top so that you can hang it from a perch or a tree with bright red ribbons or attach it securely with pipe cleaners.

iii) Plastic Bottle Feeder

Find a small plastic bottle that holds 8 oz or less. You can use old medicine bottles or bottles that used to contain vanilla or almond essence. Make sure these bottles are very clean first. Tie a long red ribbon or red pipe cleaner around the nape of the bottle, fill it with homemade nectar and hang it from a tree.

iv) Red Glass Jar Feeder

Find a small red or ruby colored glass jar. You can find these at antique markets or craft stores. Make sure the opening of the bottle is wide enough for the hummingbird to insert it’s beak. Wire this to a tree branch with pipe cleaners and fill it with homemade hummingbird solution.

v) Test Tube Feeder

Find a test tube with a bright red cap. Drill or poke a matchstick sized hole in the center of the cap. Wrap the test tubes tightly with red pipe cleaners and attach securely to a perch or a tree.

How to Clear Your Home of Negative Energy

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Before you decorate you should do a little cleansing to make sure that your space is free of negative energies. It means that you are creating a clean slate on which to decorate. There are several different traditional always for clearing a room of bad energies. It all depends on the culture or spirituality that you might be referencing as you cleanse the room of bad vibes.

For instance, in Feng Shui it is clutter that attracts bad spirits and blocks the positive flow of energy. If you feel haunted or overly attached to the past, one remedy might be to give your house a good cleaning. If the object feels wrong, or reminds you from the past in a negative way then throw it away.

Another way of keeping bad energies out of a room is to hang bells or chimes on the door. Every time the door is opened to the room the spirits will be frightened by the noise and be chased away.

Another way of clearing your space is to walk through it, ringing a bell that rings in the key of C. Balinese temple bells were created specifically for the purpose of getting rid of bad energies.
A Wiccan tradition for clearing vibrations out of a house is to take a broom and starting at the front door, sweep the entire house in a counterclockwise direction. Even if your floors are clean you can do this as a symbolic action. Keep sweeping in the counterclockwise direction until you have reached the front door and sweep everything collected out the front door and down your front path and to the street. Modernists could probably use a vacuum cleaner to the same effect.

In Celtic traditions and also Feng Shui traditions four copper pennies place in the North, South, East and West corners of the home are thought to prevent the inhabitants from astral attack, ghosts and spirits.

The classic incense used for protection from bad energies. is a combination of Frankincense and Myrrh, which is said to please the angels and summon protective light. Genuine Frankincense and Myrrh can be bought in religious supply stores and burned over charcoal in and incense burner. The burner is swung through the house, cleansing every corner of thought forms, entities and bad energy. In Arabic homes today, on Thursdays, frankincense is burnt in a censer and carried through the living rooms and bed- rooms to expel evil spirits and invite the angels in. In Cairo, Egypt, and elsewhere, people make earn the livelihood by travelling from business to business, burning this combination of incense to dispel any negative energy left behind by the public.

Sage can also be used to purify an environment. It can be bought commercially as stick incense or as a sage bundle. A bundle is usually just the dried herb wrapped with an elastic band or rope. The bundle is lit on fire and carried through the house to clear it of entities and bad spirits. In several Native American cultures, the aroma of burning sweet grass or sage purifies the energies and attracts the positive supernatural entities.