List of materials for a miniature Zen garden
You can use ready-made sets from the gift or craft store to build your mini zen garden. The result becomes more individual if you carefully select each component. The following materials are put on the shopping list:
- As a base: picture frame, fibreboard
- Alternatively: wooden tray, glass or porcelain bowl
- Fine play sand or bird sand
- Uneven number of stones
- Wooden spoon
- Squared timber (1 cm x 1 cm)
- Shish kebab skewers or wooden toothpicks
- Fretsaw, Tacker
- Glue, all-purpose glue, hot glue
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Instead of constructing the rake yourself, you can use a finished Kare-san-sui-Rake, buy a flower pot rake, or a back scraper.
Step-By-Step Instructions - How To Do It Right
A rustic picture frame made of wood is perfect as a base for a small zen garden. It does not matter whether it is a round, rectangular or square shape. For reliable stability, the frame should have a thickness of at least 3 cm. How to properly build your original zen garden:
- Remove the back wall and glass insert from the picture frame
- Cut the fibreboard to size with the help of the saw
- Staple to the picture frame with the smooth side inwards
- Seal any joints with hot glue
- Pour in the sand, decorate with stones, shells and pieces of wood
To build the rake yourself, first saw off the upper half of the head of the wooden spoon. Then use the fretsaw to cut out the inner spoon area in a semicircle. Cut the square timber in such a way that it protrudes over the cooking spoon on both sides. Now drill holes in the square timber for the kebab skewers so that they can be glued as prongs after cutting. Finally, glue the spiked squared timber with the wooden spoon.
Tips
Have you been fascinated by the meditative depth of the Kare-san-sui? Then simply extend these instructions to your balcony. With a slightly larger bowl, a little more sand and stones, you can transform yours balcony in an authentic zen garden.