If you have a small bird chances are he or she loves to play with birdcage toys. Dont go to the nearest pet store and pay outrageous prices for tiny toys. Make them yourself! Its easy to make a huge assortment of toys that can be interchanged to provide variety. Simply attach one or two homemade toys, then at a future date, replace them with different ones.
Your bird will hardly be able to contain his excitement when he sees his new play toys youve made. One is so easy youll be finished with it in a minute. Slide a bell onto a string. Tie it to the top of the cage. Youre done! The bird will truly enjoy ringing the bell. Youll find bells in all sizes and types at any craft store.
Make a completely different toy by starting with a brass ring. Use string or wire on opposite sides of the ring. String both wires or cords to the top of the cage. The ring will hang, horizontally, in the cage. The bird will enjoy sitting on one side and jumping to the other side. Make a second toy by hanging another brass ring vertically on one string. It will swing as the bird plays on it and takes only a minute to make. The vertically-hanging brass ring has many possibilities. Dangle a trinket, like a bell, inside the ring. The bird can sit on the ring and play with the bell or other toy. You can even hang one ring inside another. The rings are found in several different sizes at places that sell craft supplies. Tie a string on a tiny pinecone. Spread peanut butter or honey all over the pinecone then roll it in birdseed. Tie the string to the top of the cage. Your bird might not consider this a toy, since its so tasty, but hell enjoy waking up and find it hanging in his cage! A small rubber ball will give your bird hours of fun. Wrap it in yarn and hang it from the top of the cage. Position it in front of the birds perch and hell have hours of fun pecking at it. If you dont have a rubber ball you can wrap yarn round and round to form a yarn ball. Birds love pecking and making the ball swing. Slide shank buttons onto a cord. The buttons can be various sizes and styles but should not contain parts that might come out, like jewels. Make the string of buttons as long as you wish then fold it in half. Tie the ends to the top of the cage and let the loop of buttons hang down in the cage. Instead of buttons you can string small bells. Make something different from a button by selecting one very large button and some string. Thread the string through the two holes of the button and bring the ends together at the top of the cage. Tie them to the top and allow the single button to hang. The bird will enjoy jumping and sitting on the large button. Make a perch from three popsicle sticks. Cut a small groove at each end of the sticks. Hold one stick horizontally and push the groove of another stick into the groove of the horizontal stick. Do the same thing to the other side with the third stick. Bend a piece of craft wire into a "U" shape. Place the ends of the wire through the cage and hook them onto the grooves of the two vertical sticks. This perch is simple to make and will please any small bird. Fold a strip of leather in half and thread the ends through the top of the cage. Slide a pony bead (a bead with a large hole) over the two ends. Slide the bead up to the top of the cage. The leather strips should hang nearly to the bottom of the cage. Birds enjoy climbing the "ropes" and even hanging on them. You dont have to spend a lot of money to give your bird fun and variety. Make some quick and easy toys that will make your bird very happy. It takes mere pennies to make most bird toys and some of the supplies are ones you already have. Enjoy making the toys and enjoy watching your favorite bird play!
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