Make summer reading fun with this DIY No Sew Reading Tent for Kids! This post is sponsored by Zenni Optical via One2One Network. All opinions stated are my own. May contain commissioned links.
No Sew Reading Tent for Kids
We officially have a little glasses wearer in the house. That’s right. At 7-years old, my son is now the proud owner of a sweet little pair of spectacles. The change for him at first was difficult.
“No one else wears glasses in 2nd grade. Do I have to wear these everyday?”
But when he put on his glasses for the first time, it was amazing how differently he could see the world. Shapes, colors, people – everything looked beautiful and new.
I knew that I had to celebrate my son and his new glasses wearing journey, but how? I headed to my favorite store for inspiration. Then I saw it. A tee-pee, perfect for reading…for about $90. My mouth literally dropped in the middle of the store.
Then, light bulb.
DIY No Sew Reading Tent for Kids
And so, the DIY No Sew Reading Tent for Kids was inspired. Just a few supplies, no sewing required (because you know me, I don’t sew), and all for around $20 – this tent will inspire your little one to read this summer too!
Ready to make your own? Seriously, you won’t believe how easy this DIY reading tent is to make!
What You Will Need
The materials may look intimidating, but don’t fear! This No Sew Reading Tent is actually so easy to create!
- (5) 3/4″ diameter PVC Pipe, about 5 feet long (We had some leftover from our DIY Kids Car Wash!)
- (2) 3/4″ diameter PVC Pipe, about 4 feet long
- (4) 3/4″ PVC elbow joints
- PVC Pipe Cutters
- (2) 50″ x 84″ tab curtains
- Rope
Directions
Begin by taking 2 of the 5 foot pipes and tying together in an “A” frame as shown. Using the rope, be sure to wrap around both poles both over and under to keep the 2 poles in place. Knot the ends.
Repeat. Make a second A-frame out of 2 more of the 5 foot pipes and rope.
Place elbow joints at the bottom of each A-frame pipe base. Using the (2) 4 foot pipes, connect and complete the A-frame as shown.
All that’s left is the last 5 foot PVC pipe and 2 curtains.
With the pipe in the middle, lay out the curtains so that you have one curtain on either side of the pipe, pattern side up. Now thread the tabs of the curtains onto the pipe, alternating between the 2 so that you have a tent like the picture above. Let the curtains hang down.
Place the curtain pole across the top of the two A-frames, as shown in the picture above. Be sure that it can hang on it’s own without extra support. (You don’t want the tent falling down on top of your child’s head!)
Pull curtain taut.
Wrap the remaining curtain length around the bottoms of the A-frame and underneath the middle of the tent to make a built in tent bottom (no itchy skin and no sewing!).
Time to read! My son LOVES to read in his new reading tent. The perfect place to enjoy some quiet time, this tent is the perfect spot to catch up on his favorite chapter book.
And no reading tent is complete without showing off his new specs from Zenni Optical. Encouraging families to read all summer long, Zenni Optical offers a huge variety of stylish glasses and sunglasses for kids and adults at affordable prices.
That means my son’s new stylish specs from Zenni Optical cost me less than the supplies for this tent!
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My son!
I bring my kids weekly to our local library to encourage them to read. My husband would love to get some new glasses.
My girls just love reading naturally and do it on their own! They don’t wear glasses but I could really use a new pair!
He looks adorable! My son got his glasses in the first grade and was worried too. But every single kid in his class loved the – they all think glasses are the coolest!
We do a summer reading challenge.. for 6 flags tickets.
My nephew needs glasses.
THE whole family!!
What a great idea! My hubby wears glasses… thinking my daughter might need them too.
my grandmother who lives here would wear them but she reads to the grandkids
I give them incentives if they read.
I could use the glasses myself. I have a new prescription.
Trips to the public library every week for me and my kids and either me or my wife would wear Zenni opticals
I encourage summer reading by having them participate in a summer reading program. I would wear the zenni opticals!
I make sure to have any books my little one wants and I encourage them to explore and play while reading! I would be the one enjoying this gift card!
I already wear Zenni and love them! I would use this on myself 🙂
I need new glasses so I’d be the one wearing these Zenni glasses.
I’m lucky that my daughter loves reading so I just buy her books all summer. Not so lucky with my sons so for every minute they play video games is how much they have to read
My youngest son would wear the glasses
My husband
I’d be the one wearing the glasses! I encourage my kids to read by being a good example and reading a lot myself.
We go to the library every week and I let my daughter pick as many books as she’d like. I love fun frames (my current ones are red) and i’d love another color.
I would love to try Zenni. I would love to encourage reading by reading a bedtime story to them each night.
I think it’s important to encourage year-round reading. It shouldn’t necessarily change during the summer. I’m the only person in my family who wears glasses, so these would be for me.
I would be the one wearing the glasses.
My daughter would wear them. I read to her when she was a toddler and she grew to have a great love of reading.
I’m the one who wears glasses here.
They get lots of trips to the library. I’m the only one that wears glasses. Love Zenni Optical!
Me! I’d love a new pair of glasses.
We do read it challenges, these would be for my daughter
we always go to the library and i need new glasses
We love going to the bookstore and discovering new books.
I encourage reading by giving them access to any book they want-Barnes & Noble, Target, or especially Amazon. They love it.
I could use a new pair of glasses.
My kids are not allowed any screen time until they have read for at least 30 mins each day! My daughter would wear them!
I need a new pair of glasses. I love the rimless eyeglasses.
I really need new glasses. i am the only one in the house that has to wear them.
I don’t have to do any encouraging.. they love to read already!
My daughter who is grown could sure read more if she had the Zenni optical. I am encouraging her daughter to read more and that sure would help! She would love it.
We read at the lake together. My niece would love this.
I would love this for my baby
We search online for what books my kids might be interested in, then go to the library weekly in search of them. My son would use this gift certificate.
My oldest daughter would wear these glasses!
It doesn’t take much to get my son into a book, I just try to keep track of what new books are coming out from hos favorite authors and in his favorite genre. My son needs a new pair of glasses for the school year and loves his old ones from Zenni.
Your son’s glasses are very cool! He looks great! My son – now 17, was really sad about needing glasses when he was just a year older than your son. We ultimately relented and let him get contact lenses (disposable). He was responsible and driven enough to make it work even at such a young age. That was beneficial for him especially when he played sports. Expensive though. Your son is rockin’ his glasses so hopefully you won’t need to go the $ route.
We encourage our kids to read a lot. Our youngest – 11- joined the Reading Club at the library this summer. Our kids have been doing that for years.
I would actually be the one wearing the Zenni Optical glasses. I had Lasik years ago which was life changing. Highly recommend it! I am older now though and like most folks my age 50+, I need reading glasses.
We read to our kids every night. Each can pick two stories and it’s always a fight about who’s story gets read first. I would use the glasses gift card. My vision is starting to go and I need reading glasses.
We go to yard sales and the library to make sure books are always around and available. We swap books with the neighbors to keep things fresh.
Everyone could use glasses in our house. Sunglasses and reading glasses.
My son is an avid reader, no need to encourage him. Everyone in my home wears eyeglasses.
I would like to get some long needed eye-ware for my nephew. This gift card would come in most handy.
I would! I wear glasses everyday!
I would be wearing them.
my friend
I’m encouraging my kids to read this summer, and they would wear the glasses.
I would wear the glasses! And we go to the library weekly
I check out like 20 books every time we go to the library and they are read by the nexxt day-that’s how into reading my little one is.
Your No-Sew Reading Tent is adorable! Pinned it!
Thank you, Joy!
My oldest daughter is 7 and just recently started wearing glasses too! I think it’s adorable, and it took some time but I think she’s starting to love them too! 🙂 All 3 of my kids are obsesssed with making little tents and forts, they would LOVE this! I love how easy it sounds to make, and much cheaper than buying the crazy designer kids tents that are everywhere these days.