{"id":2914,"date":"2020-09-06T17:10:33","date_gmt":"2020-09-06T17:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magicalchildhood.wordpress.com\/?p=2914"},"modified":"2020-09-06T17:10:33","modified_gmt":"2020-09-06T17:10:33","slug":"make-a-simple-terrarium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/06\/make-a-simple-terrarium\/","title":{"rendered":"Make a Simple Terrarium!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a super simple way to bring a little bit of nature indoors and teach kids a bit about ecosystems.\u00a0 Make a terrarium out of a jar from the recycling bin (we used a salsa jar) and a bit of moss and tiny plants from a shady area of your yard or nearby natural area.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2917\" src=\"https:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/09\/terrarium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"647\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This project is from the <a href=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/wildkids\/2019\/08\/01\/wild-kids-magazine-for-august\/\">August 2019 issue of Wild Kids Magazine<\/a>, a free printable nature magazine I put out for kids and their grown ups.<\/p>\n<p>Fiona&#8217;s terrarium lived happily on our piano for nearly a year before it had withered enough to consign it to the compost pile and recycling bin.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t forget to mist it occasionally if it seems to be drying out a bit, and it can last much longer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2922\" src=\"https:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/09\/terrarium5.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Have fun!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Here&#8217;s a super simple way to bring a little bit of nature indoors and teach kids a bit about ecosystems.\u00a0 Make a terrarium out of a jar from the recycling bin (we used a salsa jar) and a bit of moss and tiny plants from a shady area of your yard or nearby natural&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[84,85,150,151,192,198],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2914"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2914\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}