Maze Runner Terrarium

"Just follow me and run like your life depends on it.  Because it does." -James Dashner, The Maze Runner

I read The Maze Runner this winter and had the idea to make a terrarium based on the book. However, I wanted to wait until spring to make it so I could get free moss. Everything in this project actually was free except for the beetle (which I got in a set of bugs).  If you haven't read The Maze Runner yet, it is about a boy who wakes up in a land blocked off by a giant maze with no memories of his past. When he arrives things start to change, and the group must find a way out of the maze.  

Materials:

• Terrarium bowl (in this case an old fish bowl)
• Moss
• Plants
• Potting Soil
• Brown or gray polymer clay
• Rock
• Plastic beetle
• Red puff paint
• Toothpicks 

Directions:

1. Fill up the bowl about a 1/3 of the way full with soil. Plant plants and lay moss on top. Water well.
2. Make two parts of a wall out of clay.  Draw lines into the clay to make it look like a brick wall.  Insert toothpicks into the wall and bake for ten minutes at 250 degrees.
3. Write "Wicked" on the beetle with the puff paint.
4. Insert the wall pieces into the terrarium.
5. Set a rock in the terrarium and lean the beetle against it.
6. Water terrarium well top soil gets dry.