Finally...a post about the tent we made JB

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Back in January I saw a post about a mother who created a tent by using PVC pipes and their fittings along with fabric. I looked at the pictures and it seemed easy enough.

As always, I had no patience to get going. Drew and I went directly to Home Depot and purchased roughly $35 worth of PVC pipes and all the appropriate fittings. Surprisingly, I figured out all the right pieces the first time and we didn't have to go back. We took all the materials to my parents because my dad had just the tools to get the job done...and they have the space to set up the tent!

After about two hours of measuring, marking, sawing and piecing together here is the structure dad and I put together.

That was the easy part...

Next, mom did lots of measuring to determine how much fabric we needed to do the walls and roof of the play house.

We went to Hancocks and purchased about 16 yards of muslin, brown fabric to trim it in, and velcro.

At this point Drew and I have about $ 75 in the tent and mom did the hard part...sewing it all together. She made the walls first and looped them around the PVC and attached velcro to each side so the walls could slide back and forth.  

Last, she did the roof and we were ready! Drew and I used some pillows we already had and two pillows mom made, one being the floor pillow. I also put a basket of his favorite books inside along with his Mickey blanket and pillow. He loves it! It is quite cozy I must say and even Poppi, who measures 6'6 can fit in there with JB.

Thanks parents for helping make John Brady's cute tent!