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Tent DIY Made with No Sew Oly-Fun Fabric

Jul 16, 2018 by Morena 2 Comments

Make this tent DIY for your family to enjoy this summer.Make this tent DIY for your family to enjoy this summer.

Summer days are meant for play and imagination!  I created this fun tent for my kids to lounge in.  We keep it in the shade on the back porch and they filled the bottom with sleeping bags and pillows.  They love it!

Make this tent DIY for your family to enjoy this summer.

Supplies to make your own tent DIY:

  • Oly-Fun bolts in Kiwi, Sky Blue, Orange Crush, Cherry Pop, and Sea Green
  • Staple gun
  • Four 8′ by 2″ wood pieces
  • Three 4’6″ by 2″ wood pieces
  • Spray Paint
  • Screws
  • Nails

1. Paint the wood boards.
2. Measure one foot from the end of two 8′ boards. Screw the two boards together at this point. Repeat with the other two 8′ boards.
3. Join the two “x” boards at the base with the 4.5′ boards. Nail the bottom boards into place.
4. Place the third short board on the top of the two “x”boards. This piece is removable so you can collapse and move the tent as needed.


5. Unroll a bolt of Oly*Fun and keep it folded in half. Cut a piece that is 14.5′ long. Drape the piece over the top of the tent with the folded edge facing the front of the tent. Staple the ends of the Oly*Fun onto the bottom boards of the tent.
6. Repeat step 5 with another color of Oly*Fun, but place the folded edge at the back of the tent.


7. Cut a third color of Oly*Fun 14.5′ long, but also cut it at the folded line. Fold the edges in and place it over the first two colors, to create a center stripe. Staple it in place.

Tent Step 3
8. Cut three 7′ pieces of Oly*Fun. Staple two at the front of the tent to create the door, and one in the back to close the tent. Once the fabric has been stapled in place, trim off the excess fabric.

 

Make this tent DIY for your family to enjoy this summer.

The dog loves the tent, too!

Make this tent DIY for your family to enjoy this summer.Have fun crafting and DIYing your own tent for your family!

Make this tent DIY for your family to enjoy this summer.

I originally published this project on the Fairfield World site, where I am on their design team.

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Comments

  1. Mia says

    Aug 25, 2020 at 2:45 PM

    This is so easy and spacious but I just cannot figure out how you did the door opening! I don’t know why I can’t get that part! Nice work!

    Reply
    • Morena says

      Sep 1, 2020 at 12:31 PM

      What I did for the opening was to staple the sheet of Oly-Fun on so that it formed a triangle and trimmed the excess off. So imagine a rectangle and draw a straight line from the top left corner to the bottom right corner. I hope that helps!

      Reply

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