<em>Photo above:&nbsp;Marsha Priem, left, of the Fripp Audubon Society, shows off the clever work of Isaac Smalls who used multiple bits of clay to make his bird. Photos by Bob Sofaly.</em>

About 40 fourth graders at Beaufort Elementary School were treated to a visit from the Fripp Audubon Society and were shown how to make a bird decoration by modeling clay and a bird feeder from discarded plastic bottles. First the students were shown how to thinly role out the clay, cut out the bird shape and place a metal ring in the top so it can be hung. Later, they were shown how to make a bird feeder out of old plastic bottles and perch using a wooden pencil.&nbsp;

[caption id="attachment_34608" align="aligncenter" width="2220"]<a href="http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/RES2067.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-34608"><img class="size-full wp-image-34608" src="http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/RES2067.jpg" alt="Pam Floyd, of the Fripp Audubon Society, explains how to use to “cookie cutter” to cut the bird shape from modeling clay." width="2220" height="2136"></a> Pam Floyd, of the Fripp Audubon Society, explains how to use to “cookie cutter” to cut the bird shape from modeling clay.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_34617" align="aligncenter" width="1520"]<a href="http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/RES2195.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-34617"><img class="size-full wp-image-34617" src="http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/RES2195.jpg" alt="Maggie Koulianos runs twine through her plastic bottle bird feeder so it can be hung in a tree." width="1520" height="2064"></a> Maggie Koulianos runs twine through her plastic bottle bird feeder so it can be hung in a tree.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_34614" align="aligncenter" width="2780"]<a href="http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/RES2173.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-34614"><img class="size-full wp-image-34614" src="http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/RES2173.jpg" alt="Isaiah Leaman uses a green marker to color his plastic bottle bird feeder." width="2780" height="2136"></a> Isaiah Leaman uses a green marker to color his plastic bottle bird feeder.[/caption]