Rand loves to crawl under tables and just hang out so I knew I wanted to make him a tee-pee for his Birthday. I had left over fabric from the curtains I made for his play room so I cut them into 6" strips for his tee-pee. After I sewed them together on my serger I cut out my pattern using a pattern I made up on tissue paper.
I cut 4 triangles that measured about 48" wide x 54" tall. You can cut 1 triangle in half twice for the door, if that makes sense. (You can see in the pic below.) . If you don't do that, be sure to cut one of the 4 triangles in half for the door. I stitched some of the door opening closed at the top about 18" down.
After I cut them all out I sewed them together to make the tent. Next, I made an orange casing for the poles to go through. I cut four 6"x 54" strips and folded them in half, longways. If I drank my coffee this morning, I would have sewed the casing on at the same time I sewed the sides of the tent together.
All you have to do next is slide the poles through the casing and tie them together. I just used some leftover gray fabric.
What is a tee-pee without a campfire?! I created my own pattern after looking around on Pinterest for ideas. Here is what I came up with :)
Rand just LOVES his tee-pee!
He hangs out in there all the time and plays with his cars and "reads" his books in it!
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