This is a much simpler little habitat. I made it using a small metal box with a glass top. There's a light inside. The tissue paper made the light glow nicely. I also used green paper to make plant-shaped silhouettes and sequins in the shape of shells to reflect light from outside the box. = Small habitat made with lidded box, tissue paper, sequins, and a colored light. I could see making a group of these that reacted differently to changes in the light in the room.

This is a habitat made in a box. It is structured kind of like a diorama, with lots of layers of materials to peer through. Diorama habitat made with a cardboard box, sequins, small plastic animals, paper, tinsel, and colored lights. It is lit by one green light (near the back of the box) and one red-orange light. I used pieces of plastic and this sparkly tinsel-like material to reflect and intensify the light (and the inside of the box is a light color, so that also helps it glow).

I made a trek to Ax-Man and actually found some things there I really wanted to use (and could figure out how to use). Usually I go there and pick up tons of interesting things that I just can't figure out how I would ever use, but this time I was looking for small boxes and other containers that I could use to make diorama-like sculptures. One of the good finds were these little glass-topped metal cans. The metal is thin enough that you could cut holes for cords. There were also clear plastic boxes, but it was very tricky to make holes in them without cracking the plastic.