Owl Garden Decor with an Upcycled Cheese Grater
Upcycle materials from your kitchen cupboard to make this rustic owl garden decor.
Ingredients
- Stainless steel cheese grater size 9” high
- Mason Jar lids x2, size 2.75” diameter
- Metal bottle caps x2, size 1.5” diameter
- Metal beer bottle caps x2, size 1” diameter
- 2 screws with washers and bolts
- Drill or Drill Press with appropriate sized drill
- Copper Wire
- Tree Branch approx. 9” long
- Small tree branch triangular shaped cutting approx. 1” long
- Hot Glue Gun with clear glue sticks
- Paper marker and scissors
Instructions
- Preparing the Owl Eyes, to determine where to drill the holes, create a paper template of the owl eyes.
- Trace the largest mason jar lid on to a piece of paper and cut out the circle.
- Position the paper over the cheese grater towards the top aligning the holes from the grater with the location of the drilled holes.
- Mark the position with a marker and transfer the markings on to the lids.
- Repeat with the smaller bottle caps.
- Next, carefully drill holes through the marked positions using a drill press.
- Assembling the Owl by working one owl eye at a time, stack the lids from largest on the bottom to smallest on the top aligning the drilled holes.
- Push the screw through the holes and then align the screw with the designated cheese grater hole.
- Place the washer and bolt on the other end of the screw (on the inside of the cheese grater) to secure the lids in place.
- Repeat with the other owl eye.
- Heat up a hot glue gun and apply the wood nose piece to the cheese grater in the center just under the eyes.
- Lastly, thread the wire through the two of the bottom holes of the cheese grater from inside out.
- Wrap the wire around a piece of tree branch to secure in place. The wire needs to wrap 3 times to resemble an owl’s claws.
- Position the owl outdoors in the garden.
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