Building a decorative birdhouse

This instructable is about building decorative birdhouses from old books.  All the books I use come from thrift store clearance sales.  I know some people can tend to get a bit excited about the thought of destroying a book, but once a book hits the clearance rack at a thrift store, its next home is a dumpster.  So, this is my way of using these old books rather than seeing them go to the landfill.

Step 1 Material and tools required

For this project you will need the following materials:

- six books that are roughly the same size (for this project I will use Golden Books)

- a small amount of scrap lumber

- hot glue (or another suitable adhesive)

- white glue (or another similar adhesive)


Tools required:

- a hole saw

- 1/4" drill bit

- drill press or electric hand drill

- a saw (I use a band saw, but a hand saw, jig saw, or sabre saw will do)

- ruler for measuring

Comments

[jnifrwebb]

You got my vote! I think it's cute, and I agree, once books get put in the clearance bin, the thrift stores around here throw them away after about a week cause they get so many books donated.

[supersoftdrink]

This is adorable. I love little golden books!

[Criket]

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[ChrysN]

Nice!