How To Create Simple DIY Birdhouse With Acrylic Paint

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Designing your own birdhouse for wild birds or as an interior decoration can be a gratifying project. If you’re anything like me, you’re doing all the research you can to ensure you are very prepared.

As a crafter, I will share a simple birdhouse design that anyone can recreate.

You will learn about the benefits of birdhouses, the best painting products, a step-by-step tutorial for your wooden birdhouse, and more.

After learning about these painting products, you will feel like a pro and extra prepared when decorating your wooden birdhouse.

This post is all about how to create a simple DIY birdhouse with acrylic paint.

Birdhouse Benefits

One of the biggest benefits of birdhouses is drawing birds in to enjoy their song and beauty.

Another positive aspect of having birds nearby is their ability to manage the insect population.

Birdhouses offer shelter from extreme weather conditions such as:

• Blizzards
• Droughts
• Flooding
• Hail
• Hurricanes
• Rain
• Snow
• Wind

Birdhouses also protect birds from predators like:

• Cats
• Raccoons, and
• Snakes

Depending on the type of birds you want to attract and the region you reside in, there is a science to the birdhouse layout design and mounting location (height, sun, shade throughout the day, etc.).

Paint Your Own Birdhouse

Keep birdhouses simple and with minimal embellishment and elaborate detail if you genuinely want a bird to nest. Choose non-toxic paint and wait several days for it to dry thoroughly.

If you are interested in re-creating this simple diy birdhouse as a crafting activity, then you will need the following materials:

1. Wooden Pentagon Bird House
2. Red Acrylic Paint
3. White Acrylic Paint
4. Modge Podge
5. Paintbrush
6. Paint Pallate (optional)
7. Painter’s Tape (optional)

How To Paint a Birdhouse with Acrylic Paint

This simple DIY birdhouse takes several hours to complete, but most of that time is spent drying the paint and sealant.

If you use painter’s tape, apply it to the exterior edges and wait until the paint is completely dry before removing it.

Using the paintbrush, apply a coat of red acrylic paint to the exterior sides of the house and let it dry. Repeat the process so there are two coats of red acrylic paint.

Rinse and clean the paintbrush between uses to avoid dried and crusted paint hardening the bristles.

Using the paintbrush, apply a coat of white acrylic paint to the exterior roof and flooring of the house and let it dry. Repeat the process so there are two coats of white acrylic paint.

It’s best to add more embellishment designs and elaborate details before adding the sealant.

To make the paint on the birdhouse last longer, apply a protectant sealant like Modge Podge for the final coat.

Let the protective coating dry completely before transferring the decorative birdhouse to its final resting location.

This post is all about how to create a simple DIY birdhouse with acrylic paint.

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