Project Birdhouse

The Bear Den met at the Den Leader, Mr. Cline's home to learn how to build a birdhouse. Mr. Cline cut the wood from old staircases. The Bear Den learned how to sand, fit the blocks of wood together, drill holes (supervised of course), and hammer the nails so that it would stay. Building a birdhouse can be a satisfying project. The lessons are many: a bit of carpentry, ornithology and ecology. And so are the rewards, among them the sense of accomplishment that comes in building something with your own hands. Once the birdhouse was stained, it was be donated to a local nursing home so that the elderly could enjoy seeing the nesting cycle of birds and knowing that they've helped boost the bird population in the neighborhood.