DIY Birdbath Under $10!
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- čas přidán 25. 06. 2024
- Today I will be showing you how to make a birdbath from an old lamp. I spent $6.50 on the lamp at Goodwill and 99 cents on the plate. I had all the other supplies in my garage. If you have no other supplies it may cost a little more after you buy spray pain and glue. But, I believe you can still do it for under $15. If you have an old lamp around your house you can do it even cheaper.
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00:00 Introduction
00:39 Shopping
04:15 Making the Birdbath
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Learn how to make a cheap birdbath! This was a simple project and I think I will make another one out of a different style lamp. In the video when I was shopping, the basic birdbath I said was $49.99 was actually $99.99. I couldn't see the price tag because it was under the dirty water. Let me know if you have any questions! Thanks for watching.
I love your birdbath. I bought a tall lamp that looks like a column from Roman or Grecian days. It's very heavy and I want to make a birdbath. I'm still looking for a suitable 'bath' vessel. Ideally I'd like to be able to remove the bath part for cleaning. Still brainstorming for how to do that.
I love all the ideas I see here.
@@shirleyens7707 unfortunately, I broke this bird bath with my hoe. I accidentally hit it when I was weeding the garden and I broke it beyond repair. I recently found a couple of lamps at Goodwill that I am going to try to turn into bird baths again. I'm also repairing my concrete bird bath because it started chipping over the winter. I have a lot of projects and not enough time to get them all completed. Let me know if you figure out a way to be able to remove the bath part for cleaning.
I had to laugh when the grackle picked up a rock and took it with him haha! Thanks for the easy way to make a birdbath out of a lamp!
Grackles are quirky birds.
I think your birdbath looks fantastic! I had never seen one made with a lamp before. That is a great idea and I see tall lamps all the time at thrift stores. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much! I ended up replacing the plate on top for a deeper one though. The birds love it.
Cool! Also, if it's near plants/pollinators, you can put glass marbles in the water so bees can land safely and get a drink too!!❤️☺️
I have a separate bath for bees and butterflies. Thanks for stopping by.
I think it turned out beautiful and your flower garden with the birdbaths are beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching and commenting. I am getting my garden ready for another season of blooms.
This is so clever!! We were on the hunt for a birdbath back in Ohio and couldn't find anything that we liked that didn't cost an arm and a leg. May have to try this one out.
I've changed the plate on top to a deeper one. The birds are enjoying it.
The lamp is a great idea. I'm going to try it. I may add cement or small gravel inside the lamp to make it heavier so it doesn't get knocked over. 😉 thanks for sharing 👍
Sounds great! Let me know how it turns out!
Ok I got it !! Im gonna make 4 of 'em. Yar yar.
Thanks for stopping by!
I learned that some glue has a smell and it makes the water nasty and they will not go anywhere near your birdbath until the smell goes away please keep that in mind when putting your DIY protests have fun
Since the glue was on the bottom it didn't seem to bother them. Unfortunately this bird bath broke. I accidentally hit it with my hoe when I was weeding my garden. I just found a couple of more lamps and I'm going to make some new ones. If I ever find the time.
Great idea.
I’m just exploring birding and garden bird photography. Looking for affordable ways to attract the little birds into my garden…never would have thought about a lamp base! Brilliant 👍
Thanks. I broke it a couple of months ago. I accidentally hit it with my hoe when I was weeding my garden. I will make another one but will probably go with a metal base.
I am amazed you don't have a ton of mosquitoes at those bird baths. I always look for instructions to use a solar water pump just to keep the bugs at bay or it becomes unbearable in warm weather. Thanks for the idea about a lamp - that is a great pedestal as well as a posting on top of bird bath for an ornamental flow of water for hummingbirds.
July-Sept when it is extremely hot and humid the mosquitoes show up but the birds don't leave water in it long in the hot months. I have to add water 2-3 times a day during those months because the birds splash it all out. Thanks for stopping by and commenting. I'm about to add another lamp bath and this one will have a fountain.
Beautiful birdbath and a price that I can afford! Thank you. I am going to make one for my garden too.
@@patriciaanderson2955 let me know how it turns out. I have a new video scheduled to post tomorrow of one I just completed that has a solar powered fountain. The birds are enjoying the fountain today. I can watch them for hours.
Wowzie! I luv this idea and I'm on to the thrift store now😊
This year I have the cleanest Robins, 4 birdbaths and they use them constantly for bathing. They love the water. I also took a tray like you just used to make this beautiful birdbath and made it for the bees. I glued marbles with aquarium glue to the inside, just filled to top of marbles and the bees love it. I would find drowned ones in the bigger birdbaths, couldn't have that. Thank you for sharing, your garden looks so pretty 🐦🌻🐝
Thank you. I love watching the birds bathe. I also have a bee bath. The bees love it. I have some other items I'm creating. I just haven't got videos up yet. Thanks for sharing and commenting.
@@BobbiJo Well I guess I will have to Subscribe to see what's coming up next. Thank you 🐝
How do you keep it clean for the bees? I've put out a shallow tray with loose glass stones, which is easy to clean. The stones do get lost when I'm cleaning though.
@@shirleyens7707 I bought AQUARIUM SEALANT and I think another was MARINE JB WELD, you can use it in the water, I glued marbles to the inside of a glass pie plate and the trays that go under planters. this way the Bees can walk on the marbles and the glue doesn't hurt them. I got black wire baskets from the Dollar $ turned them upside down and set the trays on them, Bees love it and you can hardly see the baskets among the flowers. I use a brush with clean water to clean. Sometimes a little bleach to disinfect, rinse GOOD. Those Bees are hard workers 🐝
When you added pea gravel to your new $10 birdbath, you took away a lot of bathing area and drinking water capacity. A simple rock in the middle would suffice. Plus cleaning out and changing the water would be more simple without all those little rocks to deal with.
I actually changed the plate with a bowl. I've been sick with the C Virus so haven't had a chance to do a followup video. The birds like the deeper bowl better.
That's what I thought....cleaning and changing water is so important. I'm looking for a way of making the bathing bowl removable for cleaning.
Great idea!!!
Thank you.
Good job!!!!
Thank you.
The birds will love it! Having made several baths and feeders, it doesn't take long before the new oasis attracts them. Enjoy!
Thanks. I've got 2 more I'm finishing up right now.
👍🏼 just put out my bird feeders and bird baths today
Awesome! I'm getting ready to repair my concrete bird bath. Some of the concrete is chipping off. I guess from the cold winter? Not sure.
Steve's a keeper! The one you just made is so elegant! Thank you for sharing this video. I've always wanted a birdbath but they're too expensive for me. This is a great idea.
(You're a keeper too!!!) 😉 👍
Aww thank you. Steve is definitely a keeper.
thank oyu. I needed a push in the right direction and this video worked.
I'm glad it helped. Thanks for watching.
You're from the same neck of the woods. That's my favor Ace Hardware store on Hwy 58. I'm on Snow Hill Rd. , Ooltewah, TN.
Awesome! I used to live off Shorttail Springs right off Snowhill before we moved here last year. I was on the Harrison end.
I actually like the one you made the best 😁
Thanks. I've made some I like better since this one.
I have a neighbor that has some kind of problem with me and they keep breaking my bird baths and I love them my landlord does not say anything to them so they keep doing this so I finally got smarter than them I hope bricks and concrete was my answer to solve this problem and my little birds are back and so happy and love watching them take their baths and my kitty loves to watch them through the window
I'm sorry you have to deal with neighbors like that. I'm glad your birds are back.
If a lamp isn't heavy enough, what about filling the base with concrete or even rocks?
Sand works too. :)
This was great! What a fun inexpensive idea too. Nice job, thanks for sharing. 😊👍
Thanks for stopping by. I did end up changing the plate on top out for a deeper bowl and the birds love it. It
What a beautiful yard -- thanks for the tip. I'll try to make one.
Thank you. I have a couple of other videos of bird baths made from different types of lamps. I hope it turns out great!
Lowes also sells spray paint that has the texture of stone. You did a fantastic job.
Thank you. I have a new birdbath video scheduled to post in the morning. It has a solar powered fountain that the birds are enjoying.
We love our strong men.
Yes we do.
Great imagination! Love your garden flowers!
Thank you! I can't wait until they start blooming again.
Thanks for sharing, love it!
You're welcome. Thanks for stopping by.
That turned out great!! Going to try this.
I'd suggest using a deeper plate for the top. Let me know how it turns out and thanks for stopping by.
Awesome Gardening😮
Thank you.
Looks real nice
Thank you.
Such a super idea! Bird baths are so very expensive! Thanks 🙏🏼 so much! I do want one that is a bit deeper because with my water recycling pump, on windy days especially, the water spills out. But honestly, you made my day AND…The birdies too 😉
I will be posting another one i made tomorrow and it has a solar powered fountain that the birds love. But I've noticed on windy days the wind blows the water out. The top is a deeper plant saucer. I keep experimenting with ways to improve them
@@BobbiJo I’ll look forward to watching. 🙏🏼
Great idea! I can’t wait to make one!!❤❤
I'm about to make another with a different style lamp. Let me know how yours turns out.
Looks adorable’
Thank you! I'm waiting for the weather to warm up to finish up a couple more I'm working on.
Ha, that's pretty cool. Never would have thought of that. I have seen some homemade concrete bird baths, I need to make a couple myself. That looks pretty good, actually!
Thank you. I changed that plate out with a deeper bowl and the birds are loving it.
@@BobbiJo That's awesome!
@@BobbiJo did you make a video with the deeper plate? I would like to see it.
I love your channel. 😍
@@HeatherLikesArt no I didn't but I will make one when I build the next one.
@@BobbiJo ok, great, thank you.
I have subscribed. ❤️😊
You could take an old car tire and fill it with concrete, and let it dry. Take it out and go from there with your imagination 😊
Great idea
Thank you.
Going to find lamps !!!😊
I found one at a yard sale yesterday for $2. I'm going to make a bird bath for my Mom out of it. Also, I have found that the large plant saucers work great as the bath part. The 14 to 16 inch ones that are a couple of inches deep are the ones the birds in my yard enjoy the most. Thanks for stopping by.
Can use a large pot saucer too. Birds love them. Can put on stacked pavers or blocks. Just need creativity. Thanks for the inspiration. I also have one made from dishes & pitchers, etc. & glued together. I've also stacked terra cotta pots with rod throughout hokes to stabilize.
Yes I have a couple large saucers on top of a flower pot for the birds too. Thanks for watching.
Your flowers are beautiful. Great job on the lamp birdbath. I really like the other topper you have too, and think that would look awesome on the lamp! Thanks for sharing
Thank you. I used that topper on a lamp a few weeks ago. I've made 2 new lamp birdbaths since this video. The birds love them. Thanks for stopping by.
Great Video nic Eto see the birds coming in so quickly,be safe and have fun
Thanks for stopping by!
Pretty
Thank you.
Beautiful 🤩
Thank you.
First time at your channel. Love this! I imagine a whole flock of bird baths landing in my yard! And maybe give some to neighbors.
Thanks. This one actually broke. I accidentally hit it with a hoe when I was weeding my garden and the lamp base shattered. I have a few more that I made since this one. The birds are enjoying those. I have videos on those too. I gave a couple away. Thanks so much for stopping by and taking the time to comment. I love hearing from viewers.
It's beautiful!
Thank you. I will have another one I created posting next week.
Woww thank you so much from canada
You are welcome 😊 Thanks for stopping by.
Thanks for the ideas
Thanks for watching.
Hi !! Thanks for the inspiration!! I have a base that belonged to a couple that I love dearly. The husband passed away and I keep it to remember him. I t broke and has been repaired. I needs a top. Thank you for sharing your garden and giving me some ideas. God Bless You!!♥️🌻
Thank you for stopping by, I hope you are able to find the perfect top for the base. God bless you too!
beautiful nursery. and your work is beautiful also. thank you
Thank you so much!
Nice job! Was going to suggest adding stones so the birds don’t slip on the plastic but I see u added that at the end.
Thanks for stopping by and watching.
That’s a great idea. (I never knew there were bird baths that expensive!)
They are about 25% more expensive than they were a year ago. But some of them get real pricey depending on how fancy smancy you want them. 😃
@@BobbiJo those birds are livin good!! 😆
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Very cool.
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We had bird bath in this yard going back to when my parents own the home.
I know the pedestal was damaged I just don't know if the bath part is still out in the yard someplace. I will look for that this week. If not I will take some ideas and see what I can do because I'm sure my granddaughters would love seeing all these different birds coming into the yard. And if I can do one I should be able to do two.
@@BobbiJo We finally got a new oven in our close to 60-year-old house and my daughters, and ex, having going crazy cooking new things...today 'sphagetti' squash.
@@charleslatora5750 i just repaired the old concrete bird bath that came with this house. It was chipped and cracked in places. I also have a new one I made out of a lamp. Just waiting for the birds to get used to it because I want video of them using the birdbath for the how to video. Spaghetti squash is so good. My house was built in 1960 and we had to put a new stove/oven and wiring in it when we moved in 2 years ago. The older houses are built so much better than the newer houses though.
I like it
Thank you.
❤️ LOVE
Thank you.
What a great idea!
Glad you think so! I will be making another one soon. Thanks for stopping by.
Love the birdbath!! Great idea!! Fantastic job
Thank you.
Love this idea😊❤️🙏🏻🌻
Thank you! 😊
Beautiful!!
Thank you! 😊
Wow🤗 gorgeous 😍 affordable... thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching
Love how that turned out!
Thank you.
So cool
Thank you.
It looks wonderful!
Thank you.
Thanks for sharing I love it. I Can't wait to make a new bird bath for my yard 😊
Thanks for stopping by. Let me know how it turns out! There are so many different styles of lamps out there.
brilliant!
Thank you.
Good idea ❤
Thanks 😊
Fabulous ⭐ fantastic 👏😀👌
Thank you
Great idea…thanks! 👍
Thank you for stopping by.
Love the way you did the video..I readly enjoy it
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for stopping by.
I like it. Good idea
Thank you.
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Very creative, and a great idea, I love homemade items (diy)
Thanks for stopping by.
Great idea, I personally would have left the base the way it was; and not painted it silver-but that's just a preference thing. thank you
Thanks for watching!
A nice idea.
Thank you and thanks for stopping by and commenting.
Well done.
Thank you.
I have my moms birdbath but it needs fixing , so this is interesting! Thanks for sharing
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you can fix the birdbath.
very nice base!!!
Thank you.
You could use a block cement square from store good base for bottom.
LOVE IT! I have a concrete bird bath that is leaking after many patches. I can use my base and replace the top with your idea. I like the idea of wood separating base to top, so I will figure it out. Thanks for sharing this video!
You're welcome and thanks for commenting. My concrete birdbath has pieces chipping away in the top. I'm not sure why but I've been searching for something big enough to replace it with. Let me know what you come up with.
The wood separating base from top seems a great idea.
I want a.swuare one with really😊 shallow sloping sides..
And you can strip and use the lamp shade as a plant stand
Good idea! Thanks for sharing.
This turned out absolutely cute!! I wasn't sure where you were going with it. But you did fantastic..❤
Thanks. I've posted a couple of more I've made since this one. I learn something better to try each time. Thanks for stopping by.
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I agree! I love taking romantic walks through Bunnings/Home Depot with my wife.
It is very romantic in the garden section.
I have several lamps handed down from family members and never knew what to do with them, now I do. thanks to you, 😂 Can't wait to get started.. looking forward to seeing more of your videos, so I'm definitely subscribing ❤ just wanted to tell you that I made a bird bath bowl using a big elephant ear and a bag of portland cement. I saw it on a CZcams video.
Thank you for subscribing. I saw a video that Helen in Georgia did with the elephant ear and Portland cement. I have a lot of projects I want to do but no time to do them right now. I've got stuff piling up in my office/craft room so I need to get busy. lol
@@BobbiJo no rest for crafters😂 I used to be like that, but my eyes are not so good so I don't do much crafting anymore😫☹😟
Great idea but I would have added sand or concrete to the base and also used a deeper dish. The birds around my place like a dish about 2" deep. I put a rock in it so the butterflies can land on it and get a drink.
I did add a deeper dish and they enjoyed it more and also concrete in base. I've made a couple of more since this video. Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment.
@@BobbiJo 😍
Thank You so much I knew if I kept watching someone would help me make a birdbath with a economical way to make one..A lamp a dish some glue love it. Great for our yard and all the birds to cool off in getting very hot in CT. Thanks j
The birds like the deeper dishes better than this shallow one. Thanks for stopping by.
Thank you I am thinking I can do this!😅
You're welcome. Thanks for stopping by.
Yeah, thanks Steve. Wanna come on over to my house and use your "strong man" abilities to move a three piece stone bench for me? I have a hand truck.
One of my concrete birdbath broke you give me an idea on being able to fix it. I'm going to continue to follow your journey. I also have two dogs
Thank you. I'm going to be do a few more projects for my bird garden.
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Big thanks, this was so helpful, you showed and explained things really well. Great job! And your garden and bird baths are all just beautiful.
I just love the lamp base shape.
There's spray paint you can get that gives a cement look if anyone wants a more natural looking texture. I think I would do that for my one. I am going to look for a lamp base. I visit thrift stores regularly. 😉
I did read that bird bath depth should be 2 inches or less in the middle center if the bowl has sloping sides. So I think the shallow ones are just fine. And it looks like that the birds like what you have.
I love the tip of the gravel and rocks too. Good to know.
Thank you. I didn't know about the cement paint. I will have to find that. I had this paint left over from a table I painted. This bird bath actually broke over the fall. I accidentally hit it with a garden hoe when I was clearing weeds from my garden and the base broke. I'm in the process of looking for the perfect lamp at thrift stores to do another one. I will do another video when I find what I'm looking for. Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting. I love to hear from my viewers.
@@BobbiJo
Oh no about the bird bath, that's a shame though I can understand how these accidents happen.
I hope you find the perfect lamp to make another one.
So the paint I mentioned is made by Krylon. It is called Fusion All-in-one paint +primer. On the can it says
"Textured soapstone finish" and is gray. The cap on the can looks like and feels textured like cement.
I have a can of it and but I have not tested it out yet but I bought it to paint a yard ornament I have as I want to make it look like stone. I just haven't gotten around to the project yet like a hundred other projects I want to do. 😂
So I have no idea if
The paint is any good but I was super happy that something like it exists. I can't Remember if I got it from Lowes or Home Depot but it's from one of those two places.
Thanks for your reply to my comment. Nice. 😊
Be careful about painting the birdbath. Paint can be toxic to the birds. Be sure to use safe materials
@@shirleyens7707 the plate was only painted on the bottom.
@Cookin' with Bobbi Jo I'm aware, but someone commented about painting with "cenent" paint or Krylon, so I thought I should caution people. Not everyone is aware of paint toxicity to birds.
Beautiful!
I’m in the same mindset as you to use a recycled lamp. However I haven’t been able to find a lamp that would serve the purpose.
I got lucky finding that lamp on my first visit to Goodwill. It was nice and heavy and the birds love the bath. Keep searching. You'll find what you're looking for eventually.
You can also mixup 'Quikrete' to fill a lightweight base. Quick & easy.
I used clay pots and took a oil pan and made one.
There are so many ways to make them. I have a couple of smaller ones made from clay pots and just tray for the basin. Thanks for watching.
❤ The birdbath is an awesome idea, But I so find the metal is abit too shiny for me…
I have some others that I've made with different colors and lamp styles.
U can Put a Fontain in 🤗
My newest birdbath video has a fountain. Thanks for stopping by.
Outstanding! Just what I wanted to know. I'm so jealous of your garden! Awesome, beautiful video. Subscriber from NW FL. Thanks so much for sharing your wisdom.
Aww thank you for the kind words. I did replace the plate on top with a deeper one and the birds enjoy it more. I keep meaning to do an update video but life is busy this time of year. NW Florida is beautiful. I lived in South East FL for a few years. Prefer the gulf more though. Thanks for subscribing.
E6000 is a good glue
If you're gonna put that outside I would really suggest an appoxy over a glue personal opinion
Thanks for the tip.