I've been watching my little boy (who is now 13 months old) play in the curtains and blinds that hang at the windows lately. I've also been wondering what I can do to stop him from swinging from them while retaining some of the fun of the activity. As it seems that hiding plays a large part in his fun, I came up with the idea of making him a tent that he can hide in and run back and forth through the tent flaps.
After some searching online, I found some fantastic and simple instructions to make a child's tent.
They can be found here: Collapsible Fabric Play Tent
We went to bunnings and bought the timber and dowelling needed and I cut up an old double fitted sheet for the fabric. The sewing was easy, a little tedious as the tent is so big, but not difficult. The hardest part was drilling the holes for the dowels to go through as I didn't have the correct size drill bit and had to wiggle the drill around to make the holes large enough. Some even got a little too large and the dowel slides a little too easily now.
Anyway... my little boy loves the tent. He has been in and out of it all day. Hooray for home made toys!
After some searching online, I found some fantastic and simple instructions to make a child's tent.
They can be found here: Collapsible Fabric Play Tent
We went to bunnings and bought the timber and dowelling needed and I cut up an old double fitted sheet for the fabric. The sewing was easy, a little tedious as the tent is so big, but not difficult. The hardest part was drilling the holes for the dowels to go through as I didn't have the correct size drill bit and had to wiggle the drill around to make the holes large enough. Some even got a little too large and the dowel slides a little too easily now.
Anyway... my little boy loves the tent. He has been in and out of it all day. Hooray for home made toys!