Family Guide to Terrariums for Kids: Imagination-inspiring Projects to Grow a World in Glass - Build a mini ecosystem!

Kids and their grown-ups can design, plant, and grow a world of their own—inside a terrarium! With 15 unique, imagination-inspiring project plans, accompanied by adorable, full-color photographs, this guide teaches how easy terrariums are to plant and grow. Making these little landscapes develops motor skills, spatial awareness, and provides a wealth of sensory input. The science behind the art is included with quick and simple lessons on ecosystem functions, the water cycle, and plant nutrition. Plus, when the project is complete, there's a piece of living art to share with family and friends or display on a bedroom shelf.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 112 pages
Publication date: 15 September 2020
Publisher: Voyageur Press

Design, plant, and grow a world of your very own—inside a terrarium! Including 15 unique, imagination-inspiring project plans, each accompanied by adorable, full-color photographs, kids and their grown-ups will discover how easy terrariums are to plant and grow.

*As featured in The New York Times*

Kids love to create, imagine, and have fun. Nothing fulfills all three of those desires quite like designing and planting a terrarium. With the step-by-step project instructions found in A Family Guide to Terrariums for Kids, the results are beautiful, inspiring, and confidence-building. Making these little landscapes develops motor skills, spatial awareness, and provides a wealth of sensory input. The science behind the art is included with quick and simple lessons on ecosystem functions, the water cycle, and plant nutrition. But for kids, 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 family and friends or display on a bedroom shelf.

With the terrarium plans found in A Family Guide to Terrariums for Kids, everyone in the family can 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 carnivorous 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.

Terrariums combine imagination and science, providing a fun and educational experience for kids and adults alike. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced gardener, there's a terrarium project that's perfect for you. So why not start creating your own world today?

Weight: 360g
Dimension: 189 x 234 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780760367346