Decorate like a Jedi with 'Star Wars' terrariums
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While you're thinking about bringing some green (or brown or white) into your home decor, it doesn't hurt to bring some personality too.
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A classic terrarium adds beauty to your office or living room -- especially if you get a little inspiration from a few planets located in a galaxy far, far away.
Based on three planets from the Star Wars galaxy -- Endor, Hoth and Jakku -- you can easily make a quick and adorable bit of decoration for any room.
1. Planet Endor
Materials:
A glass jar or bowl
Potting soil
Assorted river rocks, small and large
Moss
Assorted plants
A Star Wars figurine (we used Han Solo)
Step One:
Pour a layer of small river rocks to the bottom of your glass bowl. You should have about a one-inch layer for good drainage when you need to water your plants (since this will be a "living" terrarium that you'll need to do upkeep on).
Step Two:
Pour your potting soil on top. You should have at least two inches of soil on top of your river rocks to hold your plants.
Optional: you can also add a layer of spaghnum moss between the soil and the river rolls to prevent the soil from "settling" between the cracks.
Step Three:
Add your plants. For Endor, we chose leafy fern-like plants that stood high above the brim of the bowl to look like trees, as well as low succulents to stand in for bushes.
Dig small holes in your soil to place your plants and gently cover with soil until the top is flush.
Step Four:
Add decorative moss to the top to act as Endor's forest floor. You can as much or as little as you wish.
Step Five:
Add larger decorative river rocks and your Star Wars figurine, and your terrarium is complete.
2. Planet Hoth
Materials:
A glass jar or bowl
Assorted river rocks, small and large
**White sand (for snow)
A Star Wars figurine (we used a Funko Hoth planet Han Solo)
** You can also use Epsom salt or kosher salt as a stand in for snow.
Step One:
Pour a one-inch layer of river rocks, for height. You can use the any size you prefer.
Step Two:
Pour your "snow" over your rocks. Stop pouring after you achieve about a two inch layer.
Step Three:
It's important to remember: Hoth isn't just snowy, it's also a little rocky. Using your larger rocks, make a flat step for a little differentiation in height and texture in your "snow."
Step Four:
Pour some more "snow" over the rocks, letting the edges peek through just a little. Concentrate your snow more on one side to make a small cliff.
Place your figurine wherever you wish and you're done!
3. Planet Jakku
Materials:
A glass jar or bowl
Assorted river rocks (any size)
Reddish "desert" sand
Star Wars figurines (we used Rey and BB-8 from The Force Awakens)
Step One:
Pour a one-inch layer to the bottom of your bowl, for height. You can use any size you prefer.
Step Two:
Pour your sand into the bowl. You can concentrate more sand on one side of the bowl, achieving Jakku's rolling, sandy hills. You should have a 3-4 inch layer of sand, depending on the size of your bowl.
Step Three:
Place your figurines where ever you wish. Our Rey needed a little more stability, so we needed to stick her feet further into the sand to keep her upright -- but she still looks pretty heroic.
Topics Star Wars
Andrea Romano -- comedy writer, craft enthusiast, lady -- was a Watercooler Reporter. She worked as an intern at Mashable beginning in January 2014. Andrea recently completed her Masters degree in Media Studies and Film from The New School and writes sketch comedy at Upright Citizens Brigade and The People's Improv Theatre. She once watched three Paul Rudd movies in a row on a bicoastal flight and didn't realize it until she landed. She does things like that a lot. Twitter: @theandrearomano
