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title: Terrarium ideas: 26 starter jars | Glass Jar Garden
description: 26 terrarium recipes from beginner jars to paludariums: the glass, every layer, plant, moss and critter, and a link to open each one in the simulator.
url: https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/
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Starter jars

# Terrarium ideas
26 jars to start from, easy to hard, each built from common real builds. Every one opens in the simulator.

## Easy

- [Beginner jar jar forest](https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/beginner-jar/)
- [Moss jar moss bowl](https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/moss-jar/)
- [Desert bowl desert / open](https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/desert-bowl/)
- [Cloche garden cloche](https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/cloche-garden/)
- [Mason jar moss moss jar](https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/mason-moss/)
- [Cookie jar ferns jar forest](https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/cookie-ferns/)
- [Moss and stone Japanese moss garden](https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/moss-and-stone/)
- [Isopod habitat bioactive crew tank](https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/isopod-habitat/)
- [Faceted succulents open succulent planter](https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/succulent-facet/)
- [Air plant lantern open airy display](https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/air-plant-lantern/)
- [Moss bottle bottle of moss](https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/moss-bottle/)

## Medium

- [Woodland jar jar forest](https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/woodland-jar/)
- [Bottle garden bottle garden](https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/bottle-garden/)
- [Bioactive tank bioactive](https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/bioactive-tank/)
- [Carnivore bog bog](https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/carnivore-bog/)
- [Pocket jar tiny moss jar](https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/pocket-jar/)
- [Test tube moss moss in a tube](https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/test-tube/)
- [Forest floor leaf litter woodland](https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/forest-floor/)
- [Rainforest tank tropical vivarium](https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/rainforest-tank/)
- [Wardian case Victorian fern case](https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/wardian-case/)
- [Riverbank jar wet jar with aquatic moss](https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/wet-jar/)
- [Bulb garden hanging bulb](https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/bulb-garden/)
- [Mini forest tall jar forest](https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/mini-forest/)

## Hard

- [Paludarium lite paludarium-lite](https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/paludarium-lite/)
- [Pitcher plant globe carnivore globe](https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/pitcher-globe/)
- [Cliff face stone wall vivarium](https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/cliff-face/)