DIY Sunday!

 Hi readers! Today, we're doing a DIY Sunday!We will be teaching you to make your own little Tundra biome!Here are the steps!

Steps:

1. Prepare the box.

Find a large shoebox. Remove the lid.

If using a box other than a shoebox, cut out the box's front panel. Use tape or glue gun to fix any open flaps in place.

2. Paint the box.

Use tempera or poster paint to paint the inside of your box. Paint the walls light blue to make your diorama's background. You can paint details like clouds or falling snow.

Paint the ground white for a snowy landscape. You can include a body of water to show how integral the sea is to the animals in the Tundra biome.

You can also paint the outside of the box, if you want to. Use acrylic paint if your box has a glossy finish.

3. Make some polar animals.

Draw the animals, cut them out from old magazines, or print out online images. You can also print out these polar animal sets on A4 or Letter size cardstock:

• Antarctic animals
• Arctic animals

Colour and cut out the animals. 

4. Glue the polar animals.

Plan where to position the animals in your diorama. You can glue some of the animals onto the background.

5. Create paper tabs.

Make side, bottom, or center tabs for the rest of the animals. These will allow the animals to be attached to the bottom and/or sides of your box. There are a number of ways to make the tabs:

a.)  L-shaped tabs - make an L-shaped paper tab and glue this at the back of the animal. Position the tab at the bottom edge of the animal to make a bottom tab or at the sides for a side tab. 

b.)  Draw the tabs - include tabs when drawing ground features like mounds of snow, rocks, or a grassy hill. In this example, we drew a mound of snow and included a side and bottom tab (see shaded area). Cut out the entire piece. 

Glue the piece behind your polar animal's legs. Fold the tabs towards the back.

6. Create blocks of ice.

Create blocks of ice or glaciers by gluing common household supplies like the ones below.

• Small paper bowls - cut into halves or quarters
• Styrofoam - cut styrofoam packaging into small chunks
• Paper cups - trim plain white paper cups to a height of 2 to 3 inches
• Egg carton - cut into individual sections then paint them white or light blue
• Small boxes - paint them white
• White air dry clay or salt dough - form them into mounds or chunks 

7. Position the animals.

a.)  Position the animals with tabs inside your diorama. Glue the tabs to the bottom and/or sides of the box. 

b.)  Position the animals without tabs on top of the ice chunks. This seal was glued on top of a small paper bowl (cut in half), making it look like it was resting on top of a slab of ice.

8. Add cotton.

As an option, you can glue cotton on the entire snowy surface of your polar diorama to make a fluffy snow-covered ground.

9. Display!

You can display your magnificent Tundra biome in your bedroom so everyone can see it!

I hope you enjoy making this step-by-step Tundra Biome!

Here's how it should look:

Credits:firstpallete.com