How to Build a Worm House

Building a worm house is a fun and creative project the whole family can enjoy. Worm houses can show how that worms eat and then aerate the soil to aid in their digestion. A worm house project can give you an opportunity to teach your children and/or yourself about the way that worms fertilize soil and how they survive. It can also help you learn about composting. No matter how your look at it a worm house, is a fun and educational project.

Things You'll Need

  • Empty two-liter soda bottle
  • Exacto knife
  • Small shovel
  • Dirt
  • Sand
  • Dead leaves or grass
  • Fruit or vegetable peelings
  • Worms
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Instructions

    • 1

      Cut the top off the two-liter soda bottle using a exacto knife.

    • 2

      Shovel about two inches of soil into the soda bottle. Pat down this soil firmly.

    • 3

      Shovel a thin layer of sand over the dirt.

    • 4

      Add a couple inches of dirt and pat it down, then a thin layer of sand until you are a couple of inches from the top. Make sure your last layer is dirt.

    • 5

      Cover the top dirt area with leaves and or grass.

    • 6

      Add fruit and or vegetable peelings after the leaves and grass.

    • 7

      Place a few worms on the top of the peelings.