project–a terrarium with my girls

it was a gorg day last week and we put ourselves to work making something green and living for our home. We sat B in the doorway to keep her from the breeze and A and I went to work- (don’t mind the dirty door please – on the to paint list for the spring)

Items needed -

 

• unique jar (I like the apothecary jars with lids)
• any size will do
• I bought this at wal-mart for $10.00 – I wanted a big one with some mass and for the price, this was perfect
• potting soil – lowe’s
• activated charcoal
• don’t ask for this at lowes because they will take you to the bbq section
• go to a pet store and purchase it in the fish department – it is the stuff that filters the water in a fish tank
• I only used about a cup – so one jar will do two huge ones or three or more small ones
• pebbles
• I am biased about rocks - so get them at american stone :)
• but you could get them anywhere
• plants
• odd amounts look the best
• I only needed three for this big jar
• I would like to do one with just one plant
• accessories
• we found a cute mushroom in the garden department
• cute hands to work and get dirty – this was an awesome activity to do with my girls… so easy and I loved getting dirty with them

directions –simple

• put a layer of pebbles on the bottom of your jar
• put in potting soil and some charcoal on top of that
• mix the two together (not the pebbles)
• using your cute set of hands plant your plants
• place you accessory in
• water

the great thing about terrariums is that they are way low maintenance. because of the lid, the moisture stays in the jar (like a rainforest) so watering – we have only watered it once in two weeks. we bought low light plants and I have only trimmed them once for maintenance. They are due for it soon.

I kind of feel like it is kill proof. Don’t get me wrong, I could be eating my words someday.

the hubby wants a frog to go in it now – hmm….