Over the Rainbow Paper Terrarium

The Paper Mama
by The Paper Mama
8 Materials
$15
1 Hour
Easy

This Spring themed decoration is the perfect terrarium for anyone that has a hard time keeping plants alive. Check out how I made it below.

I am pretty good at keeping most of our house plants healthy, but if you have a hard time remembering to water: this DIY is for you. Have you ever tried air plants? They are very easy to keep alive. I just soak mine in water, for 20 minutes, once a month. Even when I forget to soak them they still stay alive!

Supplies Needed:

  • Glass container (mine is from a thrift store, I think it’s an old outdoor light shade)
  • Decorative sand
  • Air plant
  • My  cloud/trailer print out and  rainbow printout
  • Floral foam
  • Wire
  • Toothpicks
  • Hot glue
  • Moss

Step 1:

Cut out a small piece of floral foam to fit at the base of your container. My foam was about an inch thick. Just short enough to hide under the sand.

Step 2:

Pour in your sand.

Cut out your  trailer, clouds, and  rainbow. I included multiple sizes for you, so you can choose what works best for your terrarium. Hot glue your clouds to a bit of wire and all the trailer and rainbow to toothpicks.

Arrange the paper terrarium pieces in your container. I added a teensy bit of moss to sit around the trailer. Once you’re happy with how it looks, place your air plant. I made sure to place my air plant in a spot I can easily grab it for when I need to soak it in water.


Enjoy!

Suggested materials:
  • Terrarium
  • Decorative sand
  • Air plant
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