Earth Day at Mia

Reusing Through Mending with Laura Wennstrom

In honor of Earth Day, learn a simple way to patch a hole in your favorite pair of jeans. Mending clothing is inexpensive, accessible, and a fun way to add creative life to your wardrobe and reduce your carbon footprint. For this tutorial, you will need a pair of jeans with a hole, a scrap of non-stretchy cotton for your patch, thread, a needle, a few pins, and a scissors.

Making Springtime Terrariums with Artist Ebony Beck

As part of Earth Day at Mia, we are giving recycled items new life by creating our own indoor biomes/greenhouses. –

You will need:
1. – A clean clear vessel, such as a clear plastic bottle or a glass mason jar
   (For a plastic bottle, you will need a knife, sharp scissors, or box cutter)
2. – Small stones or fine sand. You can use both if you like
3. – Charcoal, which is helpful for keeping mold growth down in your terrarium, but not necessary if you want to do this project.
4. – Potting soil
5. – Plants like moss, pothos, or button ferns if you have them or seeds of your choice
6. – Water

Optional:
1. – Twine
2. – Figurines or statues
3. – Shells, crystals, or other decorations

Terrarium plants grow fast. If the plants grow too large, move them to a regular pot and fill your pot bottle terrarium with new, tiny plants.