Start your garden metal art project by gathering together two baby food jars and a couple of bottle caps. Remove the lids from the jars. (save jars for another project)

Drill two small holes in top of baby food lids and bottle caps to correspond with the holes in the buttons. Spray the top and bottom of the baby food lids with the silver spray paint , set aside to allow to dry completely.

Cut the gold metal aluminum (soft metal) into a “V” with the arms extended enough to “catch” the wire from the eyes. Place in a desired location and drill holes thru the gold metal into the grater. These holes should correspond with one of the holes for each eye. Drill a second hole for each eye just to the outside of these first holes. (to correspond with the holes of the buttons and lids)

Cut a 3″ piece of wire and bend into a “U”. Thread both ends of the wire thru the holes of the button and add the bottle cap lid and then the jar lid to make the eyes. Thread the ends of the wires thru the holes drilled on the grater, making sure to catch the gold colored nose. Twist wire ends together on the inside of the grater to secure the eye assembly. Repeat for the second eye

Using needle nose pliers, bend the handle of the grater into an owl head shape with the tuffs of ears on each side.

Note: When choosing your grater, check the handle, some are less pliable than others and choose one that will be easier to shape

We had found a few little rusty springs in the same antique shop where we found the graters, so a couple quick cuts leaving about three rolls of the spring for each foot.

Roll the little spring feet into one of the holes of the grater on each side and carefully slide a twig through the springs securing them to the grater. The twig actually secures the spring feet by putting pressure on them to twist them horizontally.