Create A Recycled Waste Terrarium
The design team for the production as well as the characters within the play used other people’s waste to create a whole world. You can do the same!
ARTISTS TOOLS USED:
- Imagination
- Discipline
- Observation
Materials
- 2 liter soda bottle (washed and dry)
- Pebbles
- Activated Carbon (from the pet store)
- Pistachio shells (or Spanish moss)
- Potting soil
- Fresh moss
- 2 small tropical plants (like a fern and a palm)
- 1 small toy animal
DIRECTIONS:
- Have an adult help with this part: Four inches from the bottom of your 2 liter bottle, cut the bottle into two parts with a craft knife or a pair of scissors. The bottom part will be the planter and the top part will be the cover of the terrarium.
- Layer your DIY terrarium:
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- Add an inch of pebbles to the bottom of the planter.
- Add a single layer of activated carbon. This will filter the water.
- Add a barrier layer of Spanish moss or pistachio shells.
- Add potting soil – enough so that it comes to about a ½ inch below the top part of your planter.
- Plant your rainforest:
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- Plant the tiniest tropical plants you can find. Mini palms and ferns are perfect.
- Add fresh moss to the top of the soil.
- Find a toy animal that would enjoy living in your rainforest.
- Add the final touches:
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- Lightly water your terrarium.
- Cut a short slit down the back of the planter, about a ½ an inch.
- Push the planter together where you cut the slit and place the cover on top.
- Put your terrarium in a spot where it’ll get plenty of INDIRECT sunlight.
***Note: There’s no need to water your rainforest in the future. Moisture will form on the inside of your terrarium and on the plants. That moisture will drip down and water the soil.
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