Teapot Bird House — Made Just For U

Teapot Bird House

Last year I was guest speaker at a beekeeping club that meets at a University of Missouri Extension office with a lovely demonstration garden. I invited several of our local bee club planning group members to join me in a garden tour before the evening’s presentation.

During the garden tour, this little teapot bird house caught everyone’s attention. What a clever way to reuse a teapot and give birds a nice nesting area.

Here’s another look at how the ceramic teapot was hanging from the homemade wooden platform.

Here it is, close up and hanging from a wood panel. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

The most challenging part of this project would be to carefully drill a hole in the teapot bottom so that it could be secured to the homemade wooden platform.

Actually for me the hardest part was finding a teapot I wanted to use. I did find a cute owl one with Lorri’s help but I failed miserably. The teapot is now sitting in my dining room.

Close up of how the teapot is held up. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

This charming garden addition inspired several new birdhouses, after the hunt was on for a ceramic teapot. Thrift stores, resale shops and consignment stores were checked, and shared.

This teapot has a flower hand painted on its side.