How to make a bird feeder (with a one year old).

Go outside and search find ONE pine cone. Kate is an over achiever. (Rinse outside first. Lots of little bugs hiding in those pine cones!) Tie a long string around the fat end of the pine cone to later hang the bird feeder with.

Put cereal, oatmeal, raisins, crasins, etc., into a baggie and shake. Kate prefers to shake things with her mouth. Using a large spoon, smash up contents of baggie. If you are doing this with your one year old, I would suggest not getting too close.
Cover pine cone with peanut butter. One year olds looove peanut butter. Cover pine cone with mixture! Kate was not too interested in sharing with the birds.
Then hang your feeder!