Butterfly House

Materials

Hand saw
Pine lumber
Scrap pine
Hammer
Nails
Pieces of tree bark or floral moss

Instructions

• Cut your pine boards to the following dimensions
• Two sides – 6 inch x 18 inch – cut the top at an angle so that one side is 18 inches long and the other side is 17 inches long
• One back – 4 ½ inch x 18 inch
• One front – 4 ½ inch x 17 inch
• One bottom – 4 ½ inch x 6 inch
• One top – 7 inch x 7 inch
• Cut three 12 inch long slits in the front
• Make the slits one inch wide, with one several inches higher than the other two
• Nail the bark or moss to the back piece to give the butterflies something to cling to
• Lay the back down with the bark side up
• Stand one of the side pieces up against it with the longer sides in back
• Hold and nail in place
• Do the same with the other side
• Put the front in between the two side pieces and nail in place
• Nail on the bottom and the top
• Mount the house on a post in the shade