Have an adult pierce a hole in each side at least 1.5cm below the openings and thread a chopstick or similar through for the birds to stand on.We drew the ‘hole shape’ on the bottle first to make it easier and had an adult or older child cut the holes out as it can be tricky with the thick bottle plastic. Cut a large hole in both sides of a clean and dry bottle – at least 3cm above the bottom of the bottle.

A wooden or plastic chopstick or similar long, thin, strong ‘stick’.We used a 3L plastic milk bottle which works perfectly (better than the 2L one we also tried). A clean plastic milk bottle or other similar bottle.

This milk bottle design has been going strong in our backyard for over a year now and the parrots still come daily to feed from it!