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Recycle Baby Food Jars into Terrariums and Tea Kits!

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Susan Beal, contributor

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This tiny terrarium is so cheerful in my kitchen.

This little set of a tiny terrarium and a chai-tea kit was really fun to make!

Susan Beal

The chai-tea kit is a nice surprise for a friend!

Susan Beal

This tiny terrarium is so cheerful in my kitchen.

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3. Meanwhile, get your contents ready! For the tea kit, fill a larger jar with loose-leaf tea and the smaller jar with a mix of chai spices. I used cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, and ginger—you can adjust the proportions to your taste or use other spices if you like! (Look for spices in bulk at ethnic or natural-foods markets, or at Penzeys, which does mail order.)

Add a layer of charcoal to the bottom of your terrarium jar.

4. For the terrarium, add a single layer of charcoal to the bottom of your jar. Next, add a layer of dirt, then moss from your yard or a park. If you prefer, you can buy sheet moss at a garden store and add a thin layer of potting soil over the charcoal, then the sheet moss. Now add your decorations—I used two tiny deer, but anything small that's waterproof (an action figure, a cupcake topper, or a trinket of any type) would do nicely here, or you can keep it totally natural with plants and small stones. To maintain your terrarium, open the jar lid and spray the whole interior with droplets of water every week or two to keep the moss happy—Jenny has some very helpful tips in her tutorial for the Mason-jar terrarium version.

Add moss and soil over the layer of charcoal.

I added two little deer to my jar for a woodland feel.

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Comments (4)

Jessicalyn_Bliss writes: These are wonderful! Great job Susan. I can't wait to make them :)
Posted: 12:55 pm on October 27th

chinamommy writes: these are great! i had 100's of jars a few years ago but threw the jars out & just saved the lids... what was I thinking?
Posted: 8:28 am on April 27th

doms218 writes: Super cute! I'm already putting some tea kits together for gifts. Anymore baby food jar ideas? I have so many jars.....
Posted: 3:13 pm on April 22nd

croqzine writes: Cute & simple! And the small scale makes it seem really do-able!
Posted: 4:23 pm on April 20th

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