We made this play Teepee for our niece Jenna's sixth birthday in June. The kids absolutely loved it!! It was a HUGE hit at the party. All of the adults asked where we ordered it and could not believe it was homemade. The most priceless moment was when our 10 year old niece Jordan came out and saw it. Her mouth dropped and she couldn't believe her sister got a tent! She turned to me and said, "Aunt Lisa, you know you're going to have to make another one of those!" meaning she wanted one too! At one point there were about six piled in the tent. Its really quite roomy. And when we took it down because it started to rain, there were still kids inside! Any child will absolutely love this secret little hideout. Thank you for the plans Ana and Jaime!! =)
P.S. The pictures are before we ironed it! Looked even better without the wrinkles! LOL
I am not a sewer by any means so I recruited my stepmom to supervise (and let me use her sewing machine). It took us about 4 hours to lay out the pattern and sew it all together. But we really took our time and were in no rush to finish. We used heat transfer paper to stick the letters in the name on and then I hand sewed around the edges to be sure they would stay put. We bought all of our supplies at our local Hobby Lobby. We also bought a strap at the local hardware store to secure the poles at the top. We just wrapped it around the poles once we had them in place and secured with Velcro. This is a very sturdy teepee and easiest as a two person set up once you have it made. We also found that it was much easier to set this up on the grass rather than on concrete or a flat service. The poles seemed to dig into the ground a bit and keep everything in place.
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Lasso the Moon
Fri, 06/28/2013 - 13:44
so cute!!
so cute!!