Garden Diorama

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Garden Diorama Sha

Explore and recreate the exciting world of bugs and critters in this garden

diorama craft.

Materials

Shoebox or similar-sized box

PaperCraft foam

Self-hardening clay orsalt dough

Crayons

Acrylic paintWhite glue

ScissorsAn assortment of decorative materials: drinking straws, pipe cleaner, beads,cotton, pompoms,

wiggle eyes, etc.

String (optional)

Steps

1.The more common practice in making box dioramas is to use the

bottom part of a shoebox. In this tutorial, I used a one-type piece

shoebox (lid is attached to the box) and included the box lid as part

our diorama design.

To keep the lid permanently fixed at a 90 degree angle, use glue gun

attach a small box at the bottom portion of the box hinge.
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2. Painting the outside of your box is optional but if you wish to do so

acrylic paint.

3. Paint the inside of your box or you may line it with colored paper lik

did.

4. Glue on some details for the background. On the right side of the bo

glued on cotton clouds as well as bushes cut out from green felt.


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On the left side of the box, I made a window out of paper cut-outs.

5. A common way of adding objects to a diorama is to make paper cutouts with side or bottom tabs. The tabs allow you to glue the object

the sides or bottom of the box.

You can also combine paper cut-outs with other materials. Thispotted sunflowerhas a drinking straw stem. The parts were glued

together before gluing the pot's bottom tab to the bottom of the box

the center tab onto the background.

6. You may also cover the bottom of the box with a thick layer of self-hardening clay orsalt dough. Flowers and other objects can be plant

into the clay or dough, a great concept for a garden-themed project.

7. Here are some suggestions for creating more plants:

a.) Make a large plant by cutting out long leaf shapes from paper,gathering them together on one end and taping around that end. Plan

the taped end into the clay, adding a little more clay around the base

hold the plant firmly in place.
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b.) Create flowers from any of the materials below and plant these in

the clay or dough.

Flowers- flower-shaped sequins or cut out flowers from paper/cr

foamStems- pipe cleaner, craft wire, or toothpicks

Flower centers (optional)- beads or clay rolled into little balls

Check out more ideas formaking plants and trees for your diorama.

8. Make bugs and critters out of construction paper, craft foam, felt an

pompoms. Here are some ideas that you can follow or use to create

own bugs and garden creatures:

a.) SNAIL- (1.) Cut out a snail's body and a round shell from paper

craft foam. (2.) Glue these two pieces together, add a pair of wiggleeyes, and draw a spiral on the round shell using puffy paint or crayo

b.) BEE- (1.) Cut out a bee's body (with head) from yellow craft foaor construction paper. Cut out a pair of delicate wings from white cr

paper, coffee filter or wax paper. (2.) Glue the wings at the back of t

bee. Stick a small black pompom for the head or you may just color

head with black crayon. Draw black stripes on the bee's body.

c.) LADYBUG- (1.) Cut out a red oval from red construction

paper/craft foam. Draw an identical oval on black construction pape

add a small round head on top, and then cut out the entire piece. Cut

three thin strips from black construction paper for the legs. (2.) Glue

legs on the red oval. (3.) Glue the black body on top. (4.) Turn the bover and bend the legs slightly at the tips. Draw black dots on the

ladybug using a crayon or puffy paint. You may glue on a black

pompom for the head.
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d.) BUTTERFLY- (1.) Cut out a pair of butterfly wings and a worm

shaped body from craft foam, felt sheet or construction paper. Cut o

small shapes to decorate the wings. (2.) Glue the body at the center othe pair of wings and stick the small shapes on the wings. You may

other materials such as small beads or stickers on the wings. For an

extra cute butterfly, glue on a pompom head and a pair of wiggle ey

e.) CATERPILLAR- Create a fuzzy caterpillar by gluing small

pompoms together. Add a pair of wiggle eyes and draw a mouth.

9. Add the bugs and critters to your garden. (1.) Glue on a center tab a

back of the bug similar to that of the sunflower in Step 5. This will

allow you to glue the bug onto the background or atop a flower. (2.)Glue the bug directly onto the elements in your diorama. (3.) Ancho

the bug or critter onto the clay ground. (4.) Attach a string and hang

insect from the box's ceiling.

10. Self-hardening clay will set overnight while salt dough may take at 2 days to dry. Enjoy your garden diorama!

Go to main Habitat Dioramapage for more diorama ideas or browse

all Diorama Crafts.
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