Pop! An Instant Soda Bottle Terrarium

By Gay Neale
Published on March 1, 1979
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The finished soda bottle terrarium might look like this.
The finished soda bottle terrarium might look like this.
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Step One: Pop off the plastic bottle's colored bottom (get a finger under it and pull).
Step One: Pop off the plastic bottle's colored bottom (get a finger under it and pull).
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Step Two: Cut the clear inner bottle, just below its upper bulge.
Step Two: Cut the clear inner bottle, just below its upper bulge.
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Step Three: Make a two-inch slit down one side of the resulting dome, overlap the cut's edges, and fit the rounded piece into the flat-bottomed base.
Step Three: Make a two-inch slit down one side of the resulting dome, overlap the cut's edges, and fit the rounded piece into the flat-bottomed base.

There’s a new kind of extruded plastic, two-liter, soft
drink bottle on the market that can be turned into a great little soda bottle terrarium in a
matter of minutes. And
you don’t even have to like what’s inside the
bottle, much less drink it, to make one of these

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