So let’s get started:

 

Make a DIY canopy bed using embroidery hoop and fabric. Hang the embroidery hoop and stitch a patterns fabric to make a statement space in your room for rest during the day.

Canopy bed

 

Make a no sew tepee, using bamboo and thread.

Sewing child’s tent 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.

 

Make reading canopy for kids room. Hang fabric on a quilting hoop. And using fish wire hang the canopy with a hook in the ceiling.

Reading canopy

 

Summer playhouse for kids

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.

Making outdoor playhouse for summer via kids activities blog.

 

Make a clothesline play tent. Easiest DIY playhouse ever!

A fort I can live with

 

Using dowels 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!

 

Kids play tent. A canopy made using hola hoop and fabric to help you sow this one.

Kids play tent tutorial

 

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

Turn a clotheshorse (clothes rack) into DIY tent.

 

Make a summer reading teepee

Reading tent teepee tutorial

 

My favorite DIY tent so far! Construct this using lace and wood as a tepee.

Make your own play teepee

 

Another handmade tepee. With very nice instructions to make one of your own.

Make your own teepee.

 

Easy play tepee tutorial. Sew your tepee smaller than the wood frame. And hang it to the wood frame using drawstrings.

 

Easy way to make indoor tent

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.

From: house and home

 

DIY kids playhouse with crafted windows and door. This is a great inspiration for sewing a tent at home.

You can buy one like this on Etsy The Playhouse Kid.

 

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.

I really wish I could find the original source.

 

Make tepee

I hope you enjoyed this roundup of 15 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.

 

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