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Vertical wall terrarium

 

These vertical terrariums make great gifts - or keep them for your home - they are extremely easy to maintain. Who wouldn’t want to bring a little bit of the outdoors to their home or office?

 

 

You will need:

Gravel (at pet stores in the aquarium section)
Cactus or succulents - air plants are also great
Potting soil - only a small amount
Moss
Rust-Oleum spray paint - satin white
Metal tins (recycle old coffee or cake tins)
Glass or acrylic cut to size
Dremel MultiTool
Masking tape
Clear silicone sealer

 

 

You can use any Dremel MultiTool for this project and it requires a reinforced grinding wheel that is designed for cutting through metal. DO wear safety glasses and gloves when cutting into any metal.


Here's how:

 

 

1. Cover your tins with masking
     tape before you begin spray
     painting the inside of them.

 

2. Spray the tins with 2 to 3 light
     coats of satin white, allowing
     drying time between each coat.

 

 

 

3. Use your Dremel MultiTool and
     cut-off wheel to cut out a section
     of the lid. Cut around the rim of
     the lid, leaving just enough
     around the lid so that you
     can secure the glass or acrylic
     to this.

 

GOOD TO KNOW
Wear safety glasses when cutting through the lid, as sparks will fly!

 

 

4. Place glass or acrylic into the
     metal frame of the lid and
     secure in place with clear
     silicone sealer.

5. On the tins, remove tape.
     Pop on the lid and start filling
     up the terrarium.

6. Add gravel, moss and plants.
     If you prefer building a closed
     terrarium and skip cutting
     the lids, you will need
     activated charcoal, which can
     be found in the aquarium
     section at any pet store.
     Air plants won’t work well in closed containers.

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