Want to make the squirrels in your neighborhood go nuts!? Build them this super simple squirrel corn cob feeder and treat them to some fine dining. We have the building plans for you!
If you are looking for an easy project that the whole family will enjoy making together, building a restaurant for squirrels is sure to be a hit! We made this with our three year old son and it was hard to tell which one of us enjoyed it the most.
This project started with a brainstorming session with my son as we tried to think up how we could make squirrels come entertain us. Bribery with food is always the answer when it comes to… Brent and also squirrels.
We convinced Brent to help us to round up tools and materials we had in the garage we could use to build our squirrel restaurant. Brent sketched up plans for the corn cob squirrel feeder and we built the whole thing in an hour.
Then we roasted a corn cob in the oven, set up our squirrel feeder, and Squirely’s Snack Shack was officially open!
How to make a Corn Cob Squirrel Feeder
Supplies:
- Our Squirrel Feeder Plans
- (2) 5/8 in. x 3-1/2 in. x 6 ft. Western Red Cedar Dog-Ear Fence Picket
- Table Saw
- Miter Saw
- Hammer
- Wood Glue
- Clamp
- Drill
- 16 Gauge Brad Nails
- 4″ Screw
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Steps:
1 | We made this project using two 3-1/2″ cedar fence pickets. Brent used a table saw to rip each board down to the correct width.
>2 | Our assistant helped measure the boards for the next round of cuts.
3 | Brent used a miter saw to cut the boards down to the sizes he needed for each piece of the squirrel feeder.
4 | For similar parts Brent stacked the pieces on top of each other to make sure the cuts were the same size.
5 | Each piece was held together with wood glue and a clamp to prepare for the next step.
6 | Any small nails will work for this project but we used what we had in the garage, the 16 gauge brad nails that Brent’s uses with his nail gun. Our assistant practiced his hammering skills with dad’s help.
7 | Next, Brent assembled the tiny squirrel chairs with nails and a hammer. Cedar is really soft so it makes great hammering practice for young woodworkers.
8 | The final pice of small furniture that he built was the table.
9 | At the center of the little table Brent used his drill to make a pilot hole. Then he used a 4″ screw through the bottom of the table that will hold the corn cob in place.
10 | Brent used wood glue and a clamp to hold the chairs and tables in place while he hammered in nails from the bottom of the frame.
11 | After our squirrel corn cob feeder was built, it was time to add the corn!
12 | The corn cob screwed easily into the screw and the threads were big enough to hold onto the corn cob.
We just used some corn on the cob we had on hand since we are trying to limit leaving our house during this time. However, we learned that squirrels had zero interest in regular corn.
So we roasted a corn cob in our oven all day and placed it back out in our squirrel feeder the next morning and that seemed to be more enticing to our squirrel friend.
For an hour project that cost us nothing, making this squirrel feeder and watching the squirrels eat brought us entertainment and joy which are two things we could use right about now.
Our three year old loved making a squirrel corn cob feeder and he loved watching for the squirrels in the trees. The squirrels seem pretty happy with it too.
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Keep on Making!
Courtney + Brent
