Geometric Succulent Terrarium Diy!

Geometric Succulent Terrarium DIY!
Can y'all say how I made this!?
I bet y'all can't guess.
The best business office is it is CHEAP!

It was a lot to a greater extent than run than I anticipated.
Maybe there's a ameliorate way...if y'all mean value of one,
allow me know inwards the comments!

You volition need:
Rotary cutter together with mat
Old CD CASES
(didn't encounter that i coming, did you!?)
Stained Glass foiling record inwards copper

You'll also involve hot glue/gun
together with roughly pliers.

This terrarium is a dodecahedron...a 12 sided shape.
You'll involve this pentagon pattern. Print it off your desired size.
You'll involve xi faces...one volition live open.

11.
That's non every bit slow every bit it sounds...but it's cheap, right!?
DIY's are sometimes to a greater extent than run than only buying it.
For the xi that I got cutting the correct shape, at that spot was at to the lowest degree xiii that didn't work.
Fractured, broken, chipped, cracked together with wrecked.
This was discouraging together with I was going to chalk it upward inwards the "fail" category...

But let's convey a larn at it, shall we?

But I had a stack of CD cases that I wasn't going to exercise anything with.
I would convey only had to throw them away anyways, together with then I persevered.

Use the pliers to take all the edges from the cd case.
Then delineate the cast amongst a sharpie marker.
Then purpose the rotary cutter, together with a ruler if y'all aren't steady...
Roll over the lines well-nigh 6-7 times on each line.
Then plow the plastic over together with repeat on the other side.

You tin purpose a ruler to choke on the lines straight...
but I got to a greater extent than together with to a greater extent than sloppy every bit I went on.
It was together with then discouraging.

Broken shards of plastic sprayed all over the theatre too.
So at that spot was a lot of build clean up.
I tried using a bandsaw, hacksaw, dremel tool...but all of those just
fractured the plastic quickly.
This was my end resort.

Once they are cut, purpose a Mr. Clean eraser together with take the sharpie lines.

Perfect-ish...but did I elevate cheap?
xi plastic pentagons.
Some are crackes together with chipped, uneven...
But nosotros tin brand upward for it inwards the gluing stage.

Now, here's where I made roughly other critical error.
Don't start gluing this together on your table!!!!
Place a silicone baking mat downward first.
Then gum it all together.
(I had a huge mess on my tabular array together with had to pry it upward amongst a spatula)

Much better.
You tin encounter the gum is non perfect, it's globby together with lumpy.
Whatever.

Now start the taping.
Start inwards the opening, putting one-half the record within together with one-half outside,
roofing that precipitous plastic edge.

Then larn over each together with every department amongst the 1/4" tape.
Essentially each business volition live 1/2" because I reinforced it amongst ii rows.

All over the faces. Then field upward whatsoever lilliputian pieces where at that spot are gaps.
Fill inwards together with press the record downward firmly.
It hardly used whatsoever of my tape! I could exercise a brace to a greater extent than amongst this i roll!
Which makes it a actually inexpensive DIY!

Then it's done!
Isn't it fun!!!?
Lots of work. Lots of wondering if it would work.
Ugh...is at that spot a ameliorate way?

Now, it's only plastic, together with then it isn't going to back upward a lot of weight,
but I flora a handful of pocket-size rocks, fifty-fifty sand together with seashells would live only fine!
Cactuses together with succulents would live fine too!
Just spray them amongst water...nothing also wet, since it's non H2O tight.