I recently fell in love with the idea of these cute little air plant terrariums at Viva Terra, but I wasn’t in love with their price tags ($69 each, on sale!) or the fruit shaped glass.
So I hit up eBay and the Dollar Tree and created my own version for a fraction of the cost!
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| (Pardon the horrible photos! I couldn’t seem to avoid the glare of the sun no matter where I tried to photograph them!) |
Oh, did I mention that my eBay auction win actually contained TEN plants (the Viva Terra terrariums only come with four!)? That means that I have enough air plants to spread the love throughout the house!
They look so pretty and delicate, but they “thrive on neglect” according to the care directions. PERFECT! I can successfully garden like crazy outdoors, but I seem to have a knack for killing every house plant that has ever come in my general direction. Fingers crossed that air plants are the solution to my lack-of-indoor-greenery problems!
In the end I spent $22 on this project (I clearly should have gotten a couple more glass containers because I didn’t realize how big a few of these plants are! I plan to get two more to split up some of the more cramped looking arrangements.), but I was able to get a TON more bang for my buck as I now have SIX air plant terrariums bringing some much needed greenery indoors!
james says
I love this. Maybe I could keep and air plant alive lol.
erinz says
Cute! Did you use sand in the glass containers? I think I will have to try this idea!
Heidi @ Moms Crafty Space says
I used a very fine grain sand that I picked up at the Dollar Tree. I read a few mixed reviews about how well the air plants will live in sand, but I just placed the roots on top of the sand instead of IN the sand, and they’re still going strong! 🙂
erinz says
Thanks so much for the info!
Patt says
I bought 4 air firs and containers on ebay, gave 2 away and kept the others for me. The look so cool.