What to do with an old iMac Rev A

Hello,
I have an old (original) iMac Rev A with a fried logic board (that's just not worth it for me to fix... moved on to G4 and now G5), and I remember years ago there were kits to turn Mac Classics into fishbowls and terrariums (I even saw one turned into a litter box! LOL!). Has anyone seen a kit or easy to do ideas on what I can do with my "Bhondi Buddy"?
It was such a great computer in it's time I'd like to see it in the house serving another purpouse.
G5 Dual 2, G4 Dual 1.4 GHZ, iBook Graphite SE Mac OS X (10.4)

Jeff -
Check out this site for aquarium and
other ideas. Beware! This looks like an endeavor that
one could get carried away with.
Schadow
Thanks for the quick reply...
It does look very involved.
I remember there were Mac Classic "kits" to turn it into other things...I don't want to have to get this far into it...but thanks for the reply.

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{edited}

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