How to make a terrarium

What is a terrarium?

Materials

• a clear glass container
• small pebbles
• succulents (thick and fleshy plants that store water in leaves)
• colored sand
• decorations
• a spoon
• soil and water

steps

• put pebbles in container about 1 inch deep
• add soil about 2 inches deep
• Plant
• put colored sand around plants
• add decorations
• water

Now you have a terrarium

Some useful plants

• Friendship plant
• Variegated spider fern
• Watermelon peperonia
• Starfish plant
• Silver nerve plant
• Aquamarine

More useful plants

• Golden clubmoss
• Spiderwort
• Air plant
• African violet
• Strawberry begonia

History of Terrariums

Sources

• realsimple.com
• www.terrariums.net/history.html
• terrarium activity.pdf
• www.succulents and sunshine.com
• http://www.simplemost.
• ambius.com

Summary

Any Questions?