Decorate Your Home With A DIY Bird's Nest Terrarium

Natural and botanical accents are a beautiful addition to many interiors. They can often be spotted in small doses around the home or in groupings, like a DIY curiosity cabinet that contains real or faux natural specimens, organic material, shells, stones, or other objects associated with the natural world. Scenic Regional Library in Missouri recently shared an easy YouTube DIY for creating an adorable bird terrarium using simple supplies you may already have at home like a glass jar, raffia, and bird-related objects and images. You will also need adhesive or double-sided tape and some twine to finish it off.

The result is a budget-friendly alternative to more expensive terrariums available at retailers and a fun and easy project for all ages. It looks perfect alone or in a grouping with other similar natural objects, books, and artwork. It's also a perfect antique-inspired addition to the dark academia and cottagecore-style rooms, where it can serve as a centerpiece or mantel accent.

To create your DIY bird's nest terrarium, begin by emptying and thoroughly cleaning a glass jar. You will need a printed or snipped image of bird as the background of your terrarium. Place the image inside the jar with your desired orientation and then use a dab of glue or bit of double-sided tape to secure it in place. In an upside-down jar, you will be placing the interior materials at the bottom of the jar above the lid before screwing it back on. For an upright jar, place your materials in the bottom, using glue or tape as needed to arrange your raffia, small eggs, sticks, or other bits in place. Use the twine to wrap around the lid or top of the jar as a rustic accent.

Fun variations on this DIY include using a cloche for your bird arrangement or adding faux plastic or feather birds from the craft store instead of a printed image. You can also cut out your bird and use a scenic image or book page as a background. For the base, use small plastic eggs tucked among the raffia nest or paint some small pebbles with acrylic paint to look like eggs.