Let's make a Teepee and Celebrate a Birthday}

My granddaughter Adalynn just celebrated her 3rd birthday and of course I had to come up with something a little creative for her 3rd birthday pictures, right? Let's make a teepee shall we? 

I gathered up a few flower bushes and snipped away. 

Depending on how large you want your teepee to be to the size you will need your teepee but sweet girl was turning 3 so we didn't need a real big teepee. I bought 2 (10ft) pieces of PVC pipe and had them cut into 5 ft. pieces which gave me 4 pieces of PVC.  I think the PVC was maybe an inch thick. I decided how much of the tops of the PVC I wanted to show for the teepee, marked that spot with a pen, and drilled holes. Next I took rope, you can use heavy duty or light weight but I had some rope already and it worked for me. I put my 4 pieces of PVC together and ran the rope through the holes and wound it as many times as I felt needed to secure it and tied it off.  

YES, I went from the barn to the porch and the porch to the barn. I was in the midst of cleaning my front porch to get ready for a little front porch decor. So, I spread out the teepee as far as I could get it to get a good idea of how I wanted it to look. The size would be perfect for 3 year old pictures.

I then decided on material to use. I had originally went with a sheer piece of fabric I had but I personally wanted something a little sturdier as I knew I would snap her pictures outside and in case of wind I needed something to stand up to the wind a little better. So, back to stash of fabric I went. Found a bolt of cream color muslin I had bought some years back for another project and decided it would work great. I wasn't sure how much material I needed but I cut off about 4 yards or so and draped it around the top. As you see I securely fasted it with safety pins. Now you can't see where the rope was tied and flowers would go there so who would know it, right? 

I pulled up the sides of the material like a curtain effect and fastened with safety pins. What would we do without safety pins? I winded up going back and cutting some of the material off but left enough to give a full effect and a little bit of a flow. I used pinking shears to cut the material and most of the edges would be tucked under anyway. I wanted a NO-SEW Project and Cheap.  LOL! 

The edges of the muslin had a fray to it and I loved that. 

I had a spool of cream ribbon so tied a couple of simple bows and you guessed it. Fastened with safety pins. 

Now here was the tricky part. I wanted to be able to close my teepee up securely after using and not have to leave it up in my She-Shed. And, I wanted to be able to use my flowers again so I knew hot glue would cause some damage. So, I grabbed my floral wire and wound those babies up pretty tight but not so tight that I could not maneuver the flowers. I wound them around the back of the tops of the teepee and once I got them secure in place I positioned the flowers like I wanted them to look. Added some sprigs of greenery to the sides. I actually placed the ends of the greenery through the floral wire so it would hold good. Just a little tip...there was writing on the top of the teepee and you can spray paint that so it won't show. I decided not to spray paint but I did turn the writing side to the back. 

Well, let me just tell you that this Nana was pleased with her little teepee. Nothing real fancy but it sure served our purpose. 

My sweet grandgirl was thrilled with her teepee.  

She was such a perfect little model. 

I just want to kiss that face off! 

AND I DO EVERY CHANCE I GET!

How did this baby turn three so quick?

 And oh has her hair color changed! 

And needless to say the teepee was used again. We stored some of her birthday gifts inside the teepee at her little family birthday party. 

It's a hard life at age three y'all! She was one tired little girl. 

I hope that you all have a wonderful week.

Happy Easter Everyone. 

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Hugs and blessings, Cindy