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No Sew Burlap TeePee

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Published July 1, 2014 by Jennifer. 7 Comments.
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Over the last couple of weeks, my family and I have been on vacation in beautiful Colorado visiting with some family friends. While we made sure to enjoy ourselves, we also made sure to have a little fun. It’s hard for me to ever go anywhere and not bring something crafty along. Being outdoors and camping gave me the perfect opportunity to create this fun, easy, No-Sew Burlap TeePee.

You may be thinking…what is the idea behind the red, white, and blue teepee? It actually came from Ralph Lauren. No, we didn’t meet with Ralph Lauren, but we completely took this idea from him! How? Ralph Lauren owns some of the most beautiful lands in Colorado between Ouray and Telluride. It’s gorgeous, and every year he invites people for special parties that he likes to throw in these humongous TeePees, and they are DECKED out. (Here is a picture from Instagram I took…isn’t this land gorgeous!?)

beautiful land between Ouray and Telluride, Co.

While traveling back from our 4-day camping trip in Ouray, Co. we actually passed by his land and were able to see his TeePees. One of those TeePees was a beautiful Red, White, and Blue. It was the inspiration behind our project. While I don’t have a picture of his TeePee, I am going to show you how I made this TeePee.

How to Make a No-Sew Burlap TeePee

Easy No Sew Outdoor Burlap TeePee via PinkWhen.com

To get started with this project you will need a few supplies (here are mine with affiliate links):

  • Burlap, Burlap, and Burlap (we used about 2 bolts with a 40% off coupon)
  • Staples
  • Staple gun
  • 8 poles (12-15ft tall found at a lumber yard, in the woods, or make them from PVC pipe)
  • rope (I used this paracord)

To get started, we grabbed three of our poles. I made a diagram below so you can see how I put the tripod base of the TeePee together.

how to begin your teepee tripod

 

Easy No Sew Burlap TeePee - Getting started with the frame

 

After you have the rope tied around the poles, you can now stand the them up to create the tripod base for the TeePee. You don’t need any help, believe it or not, I did this entire TeePee frame all by myself. This can be a solo project.

Easy No Sew Burlap TeePee TriPod stand

 

Once you have the tripod in place, wrap more paracord around the top to help keep it secure.

Easy No Sew Burlap TeePee Tying Posts

 

After you have this secure and tied up, it’s time to start adding the additional poles. I took each pole and tried to make them even with the others. You will have to move them around a bit and also push the poles up taller for more height.

Easy DIY No Sew Burlap TeePee adding the poles

 

Once you have all of the poles evenly spaced and as all as you want, take the remaining rope and tie all of the poles together. This along with the tripod will make the structure secure. If you are in a windy environment like in the mountains in Colorado, you may also want to add stakes. Make a few tent stakes and tie them to the poles to keep them securely in place. Once you have the burlap fabric on, it can act like a sail if not surely tied down.

No-Sew Burlap TeePee Tutorial

The next step in the process is to take your staple gun and fabric and start working your way along the walls of the TeePee. There are a lot of different ways you can do this, but we decided it would look cooler to keep the poles unwrapped and visible. Keep wrapping the fabric and stapling as you go.

Easy No Sew Burlap TeePee via PinkWhen.com

Continue adding your layers of fabric around and around until you have the desired look and feel of a TeePee. We did leave a space of about two feet at the top of out TeePee. We also left an entire side open for easy access from a rock path that was created.

Easy DIY No Sew Burlap TeePee from PinkWhen.com

 

This is such a big project, and one that really was a lot of fun. I have to admit, I did get a blister on the inside of my finger from using a ton of staples to keep the fabric secure.

Easy No Sew Outdoor Burlap TeePee via PinkWhen.comI hope you enjoyed this Easy No Sew DIY Burlap TeePee tutorial. It’s been one of my favorite projects this Summer! Can you imagine how much fun kiddos will have playing in the TeePee and camping out?

 

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  1. thedoseofreality says

    July 1, 2014 at 09:30

    His ranch is SO GORGEOUS, right?! Love Telluride…one of my favorite places! The teepee is adorable and perfect for this time of year! :)-Ashley

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  2. Tamara says

    July 1, 2014 at 11:35

    Scarlet and Des had so much fun in the teepees at our local museum. I can see Cassidy making this for them – couldn’t you? It would look awesome in our yard.
    I’ve never been to Colorado. It’s on my bucket list!

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  3. Leslie says

    July 1, 2014 at 12:50

    How cool! I didn’t know that about Ralph. That is a gorgeous view though, wow. I’m glad you guys had fun.

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  4. Doree says

    July 8, 2014 at 14:36

    That is so awesome, I never knew that! Thanks so much for sharing at our Cook it! Craft it! Share it! Link Party. Hope you can join us this wednesday night at 8:30 PM EST -Doree

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