Children and adults alike like spending time in tents. For activities such as playing house or meeting for story time, tents are a lot of fun. It is possible to use them as meditation rooms, reading nooks, or simply as peaceful places to hide away.
Depending on the amount of time you have and the supplies you have available, you can construct either an easy temporary tent or an additional permanent covered location.
Technique 1: Temporary Tents
Classic fort-tent: There is no doubt that you will be required to dismantle this tent either at the conclusion of the working day or within the next couple of days.
Bring together the various pieces of furniture. A large sheet or another piece of cloth should be thrown over the top, and pillows should be used to press down on the sheet along the outside.
- The sheet should be thrown over the tops of the chairs that are facing outward, and it should be allowed to hang over to the seats that are on the outward side. After that, position cushions or books on the very top of the cover so that it is resting in the middle of the seat of each chair.
- Binder clips can be used to join a single sheet with a different one in order to create a larger enclosure.
Use a string and fabric: A straightforward tent can be created by securing a cord between 2 strong points. Create a straightforward and speedy tent by covering it with a sheet and arranging it in the style of an A-frame. If you add some cushions at the bottom, you will be ready to go.
- You may also try running a dowel underneath the cloth and then affixing strings to the end of the dowel in order to secure it to the surface of the ceiling.
Use your table for the tent: You should look for a tablecloth that extends all the way down to the floor. In order to make the tent, you should throw it across the table. By just ducking beneath one of the edges, you can enter the tent. By pinning or clipping an edge up, you can create a door that is more permanent.
- Making your own tent tablecloth can be accomplished by trimming a piece of fabric that is somewhat larger than the surface of your table. Using either adhesive or sewing, attach a skirt that wraps entirely around the surface of the table, creating a slit on the back of the skirt. Either use a material that does not fray, such as fleece, or hem the cloth to make it last for a longer period of time.
Technique 2: Moveable Tents Permanent
Fabricate an a-frame tent: Take a measurement of half a foot downwards on each of the four pieces of whitewood molding or another type of wood that is 48 inches long, 1 inch wide, and 2 inches tall. Create a hole in the wood that is three-quarters of an inch in diameter and drill it. Put the wooden rod through each of the holes in the structure.
- In close proximity to each side of the dowel, you ought to have a couple of pieces of wood here. Constructing the “A” frame requires spreading the two sections in opposite directions on each end of the frame.
- Each of the four corners of a double sheet should have elastic loops sewn on them. If you want to keep the sheet in place, you should first throw it over the frame and then loop the string of elastic around the end of every single piece of wood.
Make use of PVC pipe: Pipe made of PVC is inexpensive and lightweight. For the purpose of constructing a giant cube (or house shape or an a-frame) in the desired size, all that is required is the purchase of pipe and connectors. Should it be necessary, reduce the size of the pipe. To complete the process, cover the tent with a sheet.
- Create sleeves for your sheet and thread these through 2 of the bottom corners to ensure that they remain in place. This will assist the sheet become more stable.
- One of the wonderful features of this kind of tent is that it can be disassembled. It is not heavy and can be transported with ease.
Construct a teepee: Acquire six dowel rods of the height that you wish to use. Make holes in them around a half-foot from the top of the object. Once you have all of them gathered together, thread a piece of string through each one of them. In order to stabilize the form at the top, you need first to spread them out into the shape of a teepee and then loop the rope around them.
- The fabric can be made by measuring the distance between the teepees that you have spread out. Start by taking a measurement at the base of a single of the triangles, and then proceed to measure up on all sides until you reach the desired length of the fabric. The cloth should be cut into triangles of identical size, with an additional inch on both sides for the purpose of hemming.
- Each of 5 sides should be represented by a triangle. Complete the bottom by hemming it and sewing the triangles together. In order to connect them to one another on the front, sew a tie over the top of the garment. The ability to connect the material to the poles is made possible by sewing knots to the inside of the seams, which is another helpful technique. In order to secure the cloth in place, pull it over the frame and tie it.
Technique 2: Indoor Tents Permanent
Canopy tent with plastic stitching hoop: You should begin with a little embroidering hoop made of plastic. The outer part should be unscrewed, and the inner section should be removed. Attach two curtain sheets, each measuring 44 inches in length. It is preferable for them to face outward.
- Tie a yarn or ribbon measuring half an inch on either side of the hoop, at the point where the curtains come together, in order to hang it. Make a knot or a bow with them and tie them above the appliqued hoops. You may suspend it from the ceiling using a screw hook.
Create a PEX pipe canopy tent with a curtain: It is possible to locate PEX pipe, which is a flexible materials pipe, in hardware stores. For the purpose of connecting it, you will want 3/4-inch tubing as well as a 1 1/2-inch coupler. Additionally, you will require a lengthy curtain panel.
- Measure approximately 14 inches above the bottom of your curtain and cut it off. Create a sleeve for the bottom by sewing it on or using fabric adhesive if it does not already have one. When attaching the fabric on the highest point of the curtains (the side that has not been hemmed), you may either sew it or use fabric glue. However, you should leave the opening on the peak of the curtain free.
- Insert the pipe inside the sleeve of the curtain that was originally used. It should be attached to the coupler. To complete the sleeve that you made, thread elastic through it. The fabric should be gathered up, and the string should be tied in a bow or knot. A hook should be used to secure it to the ceiling.
A suitable nook can be a permanent tent: If you have a little nook in your house, you can create a tent out of a tension rod that is proportional to the length of the nook. It is also necessary for you to have a drill and some screws, in addition to a flat wooden shim that is somewhat smaller than the actual nook.
- To complete the nook, you will need a piece of cloth that is not only long enough to reach the floor but also wide enough to cover the entire area. The placement of your isolator on the substrate is something you need to decide. The tension line in the front of your tent, which will determine the pitch of your tent, should be greater than something else.
- In order to ensure that one of the pieces of fabric is sufficiently long to reach from the wedge to the stress rod, the cloth should be cut in half, with an additional inch on each side. Additionally, the length of the second component must to be sufficient to reach the ground from the stress rod, with additional inches on both sides.
It is recommended that you hem or glue 3 sides of the topmost piece of fabric, but you should not hem the top. Using the backside of the fabric, create three loops along the bottom edge of the fabric. Spread these loops out across the fabric. Apply glue to the top edge of the shim, and then screw it onto the studs in the substrate with the edge of the cloth facing the wall to secure it. On the piece of fabric that is located at the bottom, hem three sides (the bottom as well as both sides). The top edge can be used to create a sleeve. The tension rod should be inserted through a single loop of the textiles, and then the sleeves of the second fabric should be inserted behind it. The tension rod should be hung up after the final two loops have been pulled on.