Repurposing a Terrarium for Christmas Decor

Stacy Davis
by Stacy Davis
2 Materials
$30
30 Minutes
Easy
One of my favorite things to do is repurpose something for a new unintended use. I was shopping, when I saw this plant terrarium in Marshall’s. To justify buying it in the middle of winter, I needed to come up with an alternate use. On my way to the checkout, TWO people stopped me and asked what it was used for. I told that it was a small plant terrarium but I was going to put Christmas ornaments in it. Once I brought it home, I began playing with placing items around it. 🎄

I couldn’t believe my luck while out Christmas shopping that I spotted several at Marshall’s. I decided that since it wasn’t spring yet, I would fill it with Christmas ornaments.
I used some ornaments that I had and realized how much room there was so I needed to back to the Dollar Tree and get some more super sized ornaments.
I had picked up craft letters at Walmart that spelled “joy“ and decided to add them to the terrarium. I couldn’t decide on what color to paint them so I turned to the discussion section of Hometalk. I got a lot of great suggestions there. You can find it under Discussions on my profile page.
Originally, I was going to hang the “joy“ garland fashion from the table.
First, I painted them all black then I decided that I rather liked the “o” white.
I painted it white and distressed it.I hope Santa brings me more sanding sponges. This one is on its last legs.
I attached the letters with bits of ribbon. I might put them on the tree someday, as well.
I added a strand of battery operated led lights.
Still playing around with the decor... I have no idea what it will end up looking like this Christmas.
Happy Holidays! 🎄
Nighttime shot...
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  • Amber Ann Rolak-Wilson Amber Ann Rolak-Wilson on Dec 11, 2017

    Wow that's I said super creative.i have a question for you....hopefully you are more creative than me which I think you might be able to help me out w a general idea...I own a pet store and an redoing the floors this week and hoping to come across some new shelving for the pet Store supply business my dad runs.We do birds in particular.What would you think as a shelving idea that may be unique yet useable?

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