Birdhouse Tutorials & Plans

Coffee Can & Wood Scraps: Made a recycled coffee can and scraps of wood, super easy to clean at the end of season: just slip out the dowel and empty the can.

Modern: Designed as a classic mid-century modern ranch home, includes cutting diagram and how-to video.

Simple: Takes about an hour to make using scraps of fencing and is sized for small birds such as wrens, chickadees and bluebirds.

One Board: Cutting list and plans are included. Provides suggested measurements for entrance hole and height for bluebirds, great crested flycatcher, nuthatch and redheaded woodpecker.

PVC Pipehouse: PVC is great for birdhouses since it’s weatherproof, items needed include a spiral saw, miter box & saw, scrap wood and silicone adhesive.

Bark Exterior: Pieces of slab wood with attached bark decorate the outer part of the house.

Windmill: Made with assorted recycled items such as barn and fence boards, glass door knob, copper sheets, door face plate and more.

Pallet Wood: Lots of tips for decorating and embellishing along with a tutorial for making a birdhouse with repurposed wood from pallets.

Gourd Birdhouse Tutorial: Tips for cleaning, painting and cutting a dried gourd, turning it into a lovely birdhouse. Also see this tutorial for more ideas.

Teapot: Includes plan diagram to download (jpg file), tutorial and teapot face pattern template (made with wood).

Backyard Birdhouse: Cutting list and shopping list provided. Also lists basic dimensions needed for assorted birds (chickadees, swallows, warblers, starlings, bluebirds, etc.).

Stone: Details step-by-step how to make your own including tips for choosing materials to use.

Bucket Version: Here’s a charming “condo” made with a plastic bucket, a bit of wood and topped with a coconut fiber lined basket planted with a few succulents.