A Cardboard Zen Garden

Here's a little cardboard Zen Garden our teams in London did with some boxes lying around, a little sand and a couple of stones. We are a moving company and used one of the boxes from a recent move. As for the sand and stones - we used some from a local park. If it's moist - let it dry for a week before you use it. We also used a knife and silicone to put everything together. You can use tape, regular glue or a stapler.

The idea is not expensive nor it is hard to make. The idea of the cardboard Zen Garden can be a foundation for a more creative one. You can decorate the base, use different colours of sand, different stones, add plants or just let your imagination play!

Cut the base of your Zen Garden. Choose the shape - square or rectangle. We went with square on this one because the box we used wasn't big enough.

You should make the box for your garden between 5 and 10 centimetres (2 and 4 inches) tall. Tape it together with glue or a stapler. We used silicone glue because we had some left.

Our rake was around 10 centimetres (4 inches) long.

Your final result. It's not much but it sure is relaxing having one.