TEENY TINY TERRARIUMS

This instructable will show you how to make a terrarium, a very tiny terrarium. But the basic Principals are the same for any sized terrarium.
    You will be shown how to make the tools and i will include a list of tiny plants to use in your terrariums.

Step 1 WHAT YOU NEED TO START

OK here is a list of stuff you will need, all this stuff i found in my house or in my backyard.

1. Glass Bottles
2. Tiny Rocks
3. A bunch of tiny plants (i will include a list of some, but these where all taken from my back yard mosses work the best.
4. Sand
5. Clay
6. Charcoal (i burned some sticks)
7. Dirt (potting soil)
8. Wire Hangers
9. Small Funnel
10. Tubing
11. Sponge
12. old pen

TOOLS
Pliers
Hot Glue Gun
Some Tape
Small Drill

Comments

[LittleBigMikey]

Is it essiantial to have a charcoal and clay layer ( s ) .

The terrarium container I ln on using is 8cm Wide by 7cm High .

Is this enough ?

[MadMan.inc]

clay no, the clay is there to hold in the rocks, but the charcoal is a must your plants will most likely rot inside the bottle

if your interested i am making a hobby tool kit to make terrariums keep an eye on
www.teenytinyterrariums.com

[Jossy92]

Thank you, The pictures + instructions are very precise.

[varenikje]

You mean, "bottom of the bottle," right?

[MadMan.inc]

VOTE FOR MY TINY TERRARIUM IN THE GREEN CONTEST!!!

[ac1D]

I have a little question, what would happen if I make a mid-size bottle terrarium (let's say, a 700ml pepsi/coke bottle), and if I added some insect in it? (hem.. two of these tiny window fly, and two ants?)
Would they survive? Or die?

[MadMan.inc]

They would die ants need ants they cant survive alone, and fly's only live like a week or two but you can try other insects you might have better luck with i have a large 1 1/2 gallon terrarium and it has a slug in it, it must have been a egg on one of the plants i used it lived in there for a couple of months.

[ac1D]

I don't know why other are not commenting, your isntructables is really nice and helpful!
I was re-reading it while doing one, and I came across the pictures at step6.. look at it carefully, I don't know if it is on purpose, but it look like a man in the bottle :-D

[MadMan.inc]

nope it was not doen on purpose i just made tiny balls of clay and drop them in the bottle but yes it does look like a man thanks for the comment!

[neetz]

soo cute!