My daughter and I spent a fun day recently with some friends. During lunch, my friend mentioned their air plant. What is an air plant? I had never heard of this!
After lunch we shopped at various booths at our local downtown fair. Guess what we came across? Air plants! Of course, I had to get one to make our own air plant terrarium.
The gentlemen selling the plants suggested these interesting specimens can live just about anywhere. Sounds like the perfect plant for me! I am not known for having a green thumb.
Air plant care seems pretty basic. Apparently they can be soaked in water every couple of weeks or just misted with water occasionally.
I grabbed some supplies I had at home and started assembling our little air plant terrarium.
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SUPPLIES FOR AIR PLANT TERRARIUM:
- Glass container (I had mine already, but I linked to some that looked fun!)
- Air Plant. (Ours is from our local fair, but I linked to some on Amazon for your convenience.)
- Sand (we used sand we'd brought home from previous vacations!)
- Shells (also from beaches we've visited.)
- Moss
HOW TO MAKE AN AIR PLANT TERRARIUM:
You guys, this was so easy. As I mentioned above, I had everything I needed for this project with the exception of the air plant. Chances are, you do too!
I used this terrarium from Pottery Barn as my visual guide.
I started with a layer of sand. I've read that you should start with a drainage layer (rocks), but I didn't read this until after I had already put mine together.
Then I just started putting the other things in until I liked how it looked. My favorite thing about our terrarium is that it's made up of special memories.
I'm intending just to spray ours every now and then with water. Fingers crossed it makes it!
Do you have an air plant? If so, please share any tips you have!
DISCLOSURE: I not only am not known for having a green thumb, I actually have the opposite of a green thumb. For whatever reason, I struggle to keep plants alive. So, if you get an air plant, be sure to get the care instructions and follow those closely.
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Amanda says
This is such an easy and cute decor project! My Grandma used to have air plants glued to small log pieces throughout her home. I always thought it was fun when she let me squirt water on them 🙂
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What a fun memory of your grandma! I have heard so many interesting things about air plants since I first learned of them. Who knew!?
Jenifer Muir says
I love what you did with your air plant! So elegant! Mine might be a bit big for a terrarium, what do you think? Either way, this has inspired me to find something prettier to do with it. At this point it is just sitting in a bowl of card games that I have ony kitchen table. 😊
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If you can find a glass container large enough, go for it! I bet yours looks great in your bowl of card games, lol! Let's see how long I can keep mine alive!