This nano terrarium is like having you own magical garden, but shrunken down to fit in the palm of your hand - perfect for those with a penchant for the petite and an eye for the wonders of nature! Put it on your shelf, on your office desk, or by your bed. The world is your mossy oyster.

There are currently two versions, the first has a 5mm deep tray in the bottom, moss can be placed directly onto this surface and kept moist with a pipette, the second deep tray version sacrafices a small amout of window area to allow for a 12mm deep susbstrate or gravel layer to be added.

This is the largest version I could fit on a single build plate, it's a push fit design so you shouldn't need any glue. I've done my best to assure it will go together without adhesive assuming your printer is relatively well calibrated, however, if you find the fit isn't quite right on your machine just use a very small amount of XY hole adjustment in the slicer, try 0.05 and no more to start with. It should snap together with a firm push and feel solid once engaged.

The light fixture is designed to take any 8mm wide LED tape and uses snap fit connectors for the power. You will need one piece of transparent material for the front window, I used 1mm glass cut to size, but you could also use 1mm perspex/acrylic sheet, thin acetate sheet or clear PET bottle in a pinch. If you would really like the 1mm glass and don't have any way to cut it, I can supply perfectly cut front piece if you cover the shipping. I will look at offering all the bits you need for the full build together as an affordable kit in the near future so you don't have to buy more than you need, but here are the items that it has been designed around if you are happy to order a slightly larger quantity than required.

Light Tape - YUNBO 12V LED Strip Lights Natural White 4000K 5M 600LED SMD2835 8MM Wide Cuttable Flexible LED Tape Lights IP20 Indoor Use LED Lighting : Amazon.co.uk: Lighting

Snap Fit Tape Connectors RUNCCI-YUN 8mm 2pin 3528 2835 LED Connector,5.5mm x 2.1mm LED DC Power Supply Connector×6，LED Strip Connectors 2 pin×12 : Amazon.co.uk: Lighting

All you need beyond these items is a 12v power supply, which hopefully you have laying around somewhere.

For assembly, the bottom panel (with drip tray), rear wall, top (with aperture for light), and right hand side piece (the one with the slot for the click close mechanism) are assembled first, in that order. Once these are all nicely together the hinge pins on the door are located in the small hinge dimples on the left hand side of top and bottom plates, finally the left hand wall is added to hold everything in place. Don't be worried if you need to give it quite a squeeze, it should all be very solid with the 5mm walls. Once it's assembled you can then slide the window into place.

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I will make a larger version soon, but I thought it would be fun to have a pretty much complete terrarium on a single plate. I'd love to see what you do with it. If you have any issues at all with the build get in touch and I'll do my best to help.

Hope you enjoy it and may your world be full of mossy wonderment forever more!!!