Butterflies not only add to the beauty of our garden but they also help with pollinating flowers. There are over 500 known species of butterflies in Canada and United States, that help the flowers grow. I have gathered these easy handmade ways to make butterfly feeder. These are great for attracting bugs and birds along with butterflies in your garden/ backyard. And lots of fun to make with kids.
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Make butterfly feeder
Multi purpose DIY butterfly feeder that serves as a bird water/ bird bath too.
Instant feeder for your garden made from sponges and plastic plate. Butterflies love red, orange, purple and yellow, they have good color vision.
Add a decorative accent to your garden with this pretty plate feeder for the lovely garden friends.
Easy attract butterflies by making a diy feeder from mason jar. I love how it is decorated with washi tape and flower on top.
An upcycled humming bird feeder made from plastic bottle and spoons.
This one is my favorite. An innovative planter/ bird bath/ DIY feeder for your garden. I also love it’s bright orange color.
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Make butterfly feeder
A butterfly paradise made with fruit nectar and fruit pieces in a tray.
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Kid made easy butterfly feeder with beads and plastic plate. unknown source
Super simple butterfly nectar made with sugar water and sponge hung in the backyard with twine.
Turn a decorative plate into feeder with mason line and beads. Use colorful fruits to attract butterflies. How to make a feeder via garden therapy.
Make butterfly nectar:
Mix 4 parts water with 1 part sugar and boil for a few minutes until the sugar dissolves. Cool the nectar thoroughly before adding it to the feeder. Large batches can be made and stored in the fridge for 3-4 weeks.
Make fruit feeder:
Put slices of fruits into sugar water for the butterflies. Or make fruit feeder with water and fruits. Butterflies love oranges, watermelons, mangoes, kiwis and apples.
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Great ideas!
Lauren
Hello…
I’m interested in the Butterfly feeder with the multi-colored sponges. What I don’t see is what is in the feeder. Is it water? sugar water?
I would appreciate your help.
Thank you,
Christyne
The sponges are soaked in sugar water. I hope this helps!
Love the butterfly feeder with coloured sponges but how do you keep ants and wasps away, the also like sugar water?
For keeping ants away you can try hanging it somewhere, and wasps I think will come if there is too much of sugar water in a sponge. Try using an appropriate amount! I hope this helps.
What a great idea. I am doing this first thing in Spring. I feel badly that I never thought of this myself.I have so many butterflies in my yard, I just assumed they went to one of my many birdbaths to drink.Well now they will have their own little “watering holes”. Thanks so much for sharing!!
I love these ideas and can’t wait to try a few! Quick question though, would the standing water attract mosquitoes?
Thank you.
The standing water only attracts mosquitos when it has not been replaced and is stale. For birds and butterflies it’s good to have fresh water, especially in summer the water evaporates so you have to refill it anyways.
I can’t wait to try this. Thank you for the idea.