How to Make a Quick and Easy Gourd Birdhouse

Learn how to make a Purple Martin house out of a gourd, step-by-step. To attract Purple Martins, hang at least 5 gourd birdhouses together - Martins are highly sociable birds! By Bernadette Fox for http://www.favecrafts.com/Craft-Videos

Intro Music Credits:
"Piano 4 - Soft" by Tom Cusack (http://freemusicforvideos.com)
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Background Music Credits:
"Sunshine" and "Easy Lemon" Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)
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Basic Materials List:
1. Clean, dried gourd in shape and size of choice - I prefer Martin house gourds. See links below.
2. Interior cleaning tools which may include long kitchen utensil, melon baller, or leather scraper.
2. Drill gun and 5/32 drill bit (size of bit depends on thickness of hanging material)
3. Cutting tools which may include utility knife, keyhole saw, and/or jig saw.
4. High grit sandpaper
6. Hanging material of choice (2 ft. long about)
7. Exterior Polyurethane (spray or paint on)
Masking tape (optional)

Ebay might be a good place for you to get some gourds: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=d... There are also a couple gourd farms that ship gourds to customers. Check those out, too: http://www.welburngourdfarm.com and http://www.wuertzfarm.com/