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Make tent (DIY play tent). Kids are so fascinated by tepee (teepee, tipi), playhouse and canopy. They love the adventures of camping in their home.
Today, to help you make tents on a budget. I am sharing 15 ways you can make DIY tent. Some of them have very nice tutorials too.
15 Ways to make tent (DIY tents)
So let’s get started, the list includes:
- Canopy reading nook
- Glow in the dark canopy bed
- Crib canopy bed
- Sew tepee using bamboo
- Reading canopy
- Summer outdoor tent
- Portable pop up tent
- Outdoor fort using PVC pipes
- DIY playhouse
- DIY Play fort
- Canvas Play tents
- Tent using clothes rack
- Indoor tents
- Construct teepee
- Pop Up Lounging tents
1. Old Sheet DIY Reading Nook
Tie up a sheet around a tree for a cozy and fun reading nook!
2. DIY canopy bed
Using 10-inch embroidery hoop and at least 96-inches long fabric panel. Unscrew the embroidery hoop and slide two 44-inches wide panels rod-pocket panels. Screw it back together or sew your own patterned fabric curtains. Tie the ribbon with double knot on each side and hang the embroidery hoop with a pot-rack hook into your ceiling. Make a statement space in your room for rest during the day.
Buy: Canopy bed
3. Make a no sew tepee
Using bamboo and thread strings. Sewing children tents is so much fun. Make a quick one with bamboo and drop fabric over. It is great for a few hours of fun for the kids.
Buy: Kids Teepee Tent
4. Make reading canopy for kids room
Hang fabric on a quilting hoop. Use fish wire to hang the canopy with a hook in the ceiling.
Buy: Reading canopy
Summer playhouse for kids
5. Outdoor PVC Pipes Tent
Make an outdoor tent using PVC pipes and sheets of fabric. Great tip to ask Home Depot service to assist you in cutting the pieces as per your desired design, making it easy to fix the pieces together and make the structure.
Buy: Large Tenting castle
Making outdoor playhouse for summer with PVC pipes cut to custom size.
6. Clothesline Play Tent
Making a clothesline play tent. Easiest DIY playhouse ever! A fort I can live with by hanging a retractable stainless steel heavy duty clothesline and dropping bed sheet on top.
7. Cozy Indoor Canvas Tent
Using dowels and wood panels make this play tent. Draw the tent design with your kids to show how to make this tent.
Then use drawstrings to cover the structure. Play house is ready for fun!
Buy: Indoor canvas tent
8. Popup Tent
Kids play tent. A canopy made using hola hoop and fabric to help you sew this one here’s a Kids play tent tutorial.
Buy: Portable pop up tent
9. Sew Tepee with Wooden Frame
Use mesh to make front entrance and windows for the tepee. Make doors of net for ventilation in kids tepee. And windows of vinyl.
A nice way to create a space for kids so their stuff is out of sight out of mind.
More ways to construct tent
10. Clothes Rack Tent
Turn a clotheshorse (clothes rack) into DIY tent.
11. Make a summer reading teepee
Use a teepee stabilizer anti-collapse system or make one for support.
12. Lace Fabric See-Through Tent
My favorite DIY tepe so far! Construct your own play teepee using lace fabric and wood panels as a tepee.
Buy: Natural Play Teepee or Lace Fabric Tipi
13. Handmade Teepee with Rods
Another handmade tepee with rod pockets sewn in fabric outside. Nice instructions to make one of your own using PVC pipes.
Buy: Your own play teepee
14. Easy play tepee tutorial
Sew your tepee smaller than the wood frame. And hang it to the wood frame using drawstrings.
15. Boho Vintage Canopy
Easy way to make indoor tents
16. Make a tented indoor reading nook
Following a tutorial from the top. This one is big enough to store a sofa inside. Such a great place for reading.
Buy: Cotton medieval large tent or waterproof glamping tent
By house and home
17. DIY kids playhouse
Crafted windows and door. This is a great inspiration for sewing creative tents at home.
Buy: The Playhouse Kid
18. DIY Lounging Space
Now how dreamy is this reading outdoor lounging space!
Make it as easy as passing fabric over a clothesline in your backyard. Great for summers. Get inspired to recycle your fabric collection.
Buy: Recycled Vintage Silk Sari Tents
19. Scraps and Logs Tent
Use scraps or strips of fabric in various patterns to Make tepee.
I hope you enjoyed this roundup of ways to make DIY tents.
These DIY teepee and canopy have absolutely put me in the mood to make one. How about you?
Please note some original sources were missing. If you come across them leave a comment.
This is such a great round up! Tents are so popular right now and I’m wishing we had one!! And we don’t even have kiddos; I just want to lounge in one all day and read!! 😀
Wow! That’s a great idea. I did not think it’s possible to make the tent. I always looking for some ready made tent. Looking for the more creative idea for outdoor tent making.
Very interesting details you have noted, thank you for putting up.