Good Morning Pals!  Today we have a really fun post and tutorial.  Anyone wanna learn how to make a teepee?  {{Fun Fact – -Tepee can actually be written as Tepee, TiPi or Teepee}}  I am using my teepee for a special photo shoot this weekend but this was so simple to make and could be a really fun summer project for you and the kiddos!

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Now wait a minute!  Where did I get the inspiration to build a teepee?  Young House Love, of course!  Quick Story – I have been reading Young House Love since 2009 when I assigned by my current job to learn more about DIY brides.  I came across John & Sherry’s DIY wedding and although that was really just one post and the rest of the site is really about home design I was hooked.  They are one of the first blogs I started following and still enjoy reading their blog daily.  Each season Sherry post a Pinterest challenge and I have always wanted to participate but have always been too busy.  Well, not this time!  When Sherry posted the spring challenge I called Heather and told her we were in!  We love a craft challenge!

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One thing Heather and I have seen and always wanted to try on Pinterest was building our own Tepee as a Tepee Photography Prop.   I have always dreamed of doing a photo shoot with a Tepee, warm sun, little girls and lots of giggles and fun.  So we starting doing some research and learned how to build our own tepee.  First we pinned a Tepee inspiration board on our Pinterest.  What?!?!?! We’re not pals on Pinterest—> click HERE

We used the pole structure from this My Poppet Tepee tutorial and we LOVED this simple curtain idea for the Teepee cover from Confessions of a Prop Junkie.  A quick trip to the store and we could not believe how fast this came together.  I think we had the whole Teepee build within 20 minutes.

What you need to build a Tepee Photography Prop:

  • 5 Poles about 5 foot in length each – the tutorial we read said we needed wooden dowels but they were a little too expensive for our projects.  Wooden dowels would have cost $2.05…a foot and we needed 5 foot x 5 poles which was too much. 😉  So Heather and I came up with Plan B, 1×2 Pine which was only $2.49 for a 5 foot piece.  Perrrrrfect!
  • Curtains – we got ruffled kids curtains from Target which was a splurge but any curtain would do.  Since this is a photography prop I loved the texture of the curtains
  • Drill
  • Rope
  • Ribbon

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First drill a hole about 1 foot down on each pole.

 

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Sting the rope through each hole and string the pieces of wood together.

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Position your tepee and get the poles just right then wrap the rope around the top to give it that finished “Tepee look”AppletiniPhotography_1540 AppletiniPhotography_1541

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Next, string the curtains on ribbon and tie the ribbon around the top of your Teepee poles.

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Stand back and enjoy your awesome Tepee!!!AppletiniPhotography_1544

 

Now I did mention this was a Tepee Photography prop, check back next week to see my “Teapee” shoot which I am SO EXCITED for!!  Below is a small sample of the styling this baby is going to see this weekend 😉 eeeekkkkkkkk!!!

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UPDATE – Below is an images from a session where I put this adorable Tepee to work!!

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