Make a Terrarium from Recycled Materials!
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I love the idea of creating small, beautiful, magical worlds. This would certainly be a wonderful fall craft for kids. Oooh, wouldn't they look lovely as kid-made Thanksgiving centerpieces too?
Ok! Let's put on our fairy wings and let's get making!
Materials Needed
- Disposable Plastic Cup
- Plastic Lid (Mine came from a nuts container. But a paper plate or cereal box would work well too!)
- Hot Glue
- Pen
- Scissors (These
work great on felt!)
- Felt
- Pom Poms
- Cork (I used a Patron one)
- Craft Paint
- Paint Brushes
- Acorn Capes
- Styrofoam Block
- Toothpicks
Let's Make a Terrarium from Recycled Materials!
Paint your mushrooms! To protect your paint job, stick toothpicks inside the mushrooms' bottoms and stand them in a styrofoam block. Now you can paint the mushrooms without touching them.
(Love red and white mushrooms too ? Check out my nifty Ikea DIY Toadstool Stool hack!)
Trace your cup or lid onto your felt. Then, cut the circle out. Hot glue it into your lid. Then, hot glue some pom poms into your acorn caps to make cute puffy acorns.
Play around with placement of your mushrooms and acorns. Then, glue everything down.
Now glue your lid down too!
And voila! Now you have your very own tiny terrarium, complete with a magical mushroom and puffy acorns!
(I'm trying harder to style my photos better, so I placed the terrarium next to my colorful rocks... because they feel magical to me too. Not sure if that worked... but oh well. If you like the rocks, see how it easy it is to make your own colorful rocks over here.)
And that's all for today!
Happy Friday! Happy Halloween! And happy creating, friends!
See you next week!
Psst- Here are some other fun crafts made from recycled materials!
- Mosaic Styrofoam Picture Frame
- Egg Carton Wreath
- Milk Jug Rings
- Eggshell Dolls
- Mosaic Eggshell Pots
- Cardboard Whale Tissue Box