Aldi's Mushroom Birdhouse Is The Outdoor Find Your Garden Is Missing

If you're someone who enjoys creating a whimsical garden with cute containers and enchanting yard decor, you may have tried making a fairy house out of a plant pot or turning thrifted glassware into garden decor. There's a whole genre of storybook gardening that embraces everything from gnomes to moss-covered stepping stones, and if that's your style, Aldi has a mushroom birdhouse that fits the theme. The Belavi Mushroom Birdhouse actually works, so it's not just ornamental. It has a detachable roof for easy cleaning and comes in three shades—red, green, and yellow — adding a pop of color to your garden.

While the green and yellow versions may match your yard decor, the red option resembles a classic red-and-white spotted toadstool, which is an iconic figure in fairy tales. Measuring just over 10 inches tall, the Belavi mushroom birdhouse is a good size for a variety of small songbirds. You can mount it on trees, porches, eaves, balconies, or anywhere you think a bird would like to call home. At $7.99, these birdhouses are affordable, but they're only available in stores. Also, if this mushroom birdhouse has caught your eye, it's important to know that Aldi offers seasonal rotations and unique finds. This is one of Aldi's rotating specials, so you have a limited time to get it.

The only thing that would make this adorable mushroom birdhouse more charming would be to see birds using it to raise their young. One of the main tips for encouraging birds to use a new birdhouse in your yard is to make sure the entrance hole is appropriately sized for the bird. Although the entrance hole size isn't specified for the Belavi birdhouse, it still offers decorative appeal even if birds don't use it. Still, if you decide to put this in your yard, it's worth checking the hole size to see what type of bird that lives in your area might use it. Then, you can place the birdhouse in the right location and height for that species.

Regardless of species, keeping a birdhouse away from prevailing winds is essential. Most cavity-nesting birds like to have a stable house rather than one that swings in the breeze, so hanging isn't an ideal mounting method. Usually, mounting a birdhouse for small birds on a pole at about 4 to 5 feet high is a good solution, as long as you face the entrance hole away from the wind. If you're just using the mushroom birdhouse as decor, you can put it wherever you want. It would make a charming feature in a fairy garden, and it's easy to imagine it surrounded by moss with a pebble pathway. You could even attach one of Dollar Tree's Fairy Doors to the front for more storybook magic.