A Family Guide To Terrariums For Kids: Imagination-Inspiring Projects To Grow A World In Glass - Build A Mini Ecosystem!

A Family Guide To Terrariums For Kids: Imagination-Inspiring Projects To Grow A World In Glass - Build A Mini Ecosystem!

Design, plant, and grow a world of your very own-inside a terrarium! Including 15 unique, imagination-inspiring project plans, each?ccompanied by adorable, full-color photographs, kids and their grown-ups will?iscover how easy terrariums are to plant and grow. Kids love to create, imagine, and have fun. Nothing fulfills all three of those desires quite like designing and planting a terrarium.?ith the step-by-step project instructions found in A Family Guide toTerrariums for Kids, the results are beautiful, inspiring, and confidence-building. Making these little landscapes develops motor skills, spacial awareness, and provides a wealth of sensory input. The science behind the art?s included?ith quick and simple lessons on?cosystem functions, the water cycle, and plant nutrition. But for?ids, it's all about being active and building something cool! Plus, when the project is complete, there's a piece of living art to share with?amily and friends or display on a?edroom shelf. With the terrarium plans found in A Family Guide to?errariums for Kids, everyone in the?amily?an tap their inner ?science geek? to: Use multi-colored sand and succulents to craft a desert terrarium Plant, trim, and tend a terrarium bonsai tree Build a peat bog filled with?arnivorous plants Make an aquatic terrarium, complete with a marimo moss ball ?pet? Design a prehistoric garden of air plants Create a plant-filled habitat for a praying mantis Grow a Japanese garden with living rocks With information on selecting the best terrarium container, growing materials, decorative elements, tools, and plants, readers are primed for success that lasts long after the terrarium has been built.?errariums combine imagination and creativity?ith a dash of hands-on science. And?ou get to play in the dirt! What could be better than that? About the Author Patricia Buzo is the?wner and artist behind Doodle Bird Terrariums. From the age of 15, she had a successful career in fine art and mural painting, often choosing plants and nature as her preferred subject matter. Looking for a chance to work more closely with nature, Patricia founded her terrarium-making business in 2008, and through trial and error has become an expert in her craft. Both by experimentation and research, she perfected how to best create and care for planted terrariums, while at the same time using her artist?ackground to create realistic miniature landscapes using live mosses and other tiny plant life.