How to Make a Teepee?

A Teepee is a form of cone-shaped tent house, created to function as a movable home. The modern Teepees are normally constructed with canvas but before they were mainly constructed with animal skins or birch barks. It is deeply associated with the Native Americans who were the chief users of this kind of housing, they were convenient because they could be easily put together and disassembled whenever a clan were ready to move again to a new area. Despite the fact that teepees are created small they are known to be very robust and can also withstand almost any climate such as the cold, strong winds and heavy rains. Teepees provide warmth in the cold seasons as well as it was cool in the summer time. Unlike other tents individuals are able to start fires from inside the teepee as a way to keep warm or cook food because it was constructed to be self-ventilated. To get a basic concept of how teepees look and there structure, this piece will talk about how to contruct a simple teepee by yourself from start to finish.

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Required Tools:

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Knife or razor
Needle
Thread

Required Materials:

Canvas
Cord
12 poles
Wooden pegs
Stick

Instructions are as follows:

1. First instruction will be to trim the canvas that will be used for the teepee. Shape out the canvas into a half circle using a sharp razor or knife so that its twice the length as it is wide. It is recommended to make it 15-by-30 feet and cut two smoke flaps in the center of the canvas.

2. Now cut a half circle door opening into each side of the canvas so that when the edges are brought together it forms a circular door entrance. Now use an extra circular piece of canvas to construct the door and fold a pocket into it and put in a heavy stick that will keep the door closed and hem it onto the teepee canvas.

3. Construct three little cornered pockets from portion of the canvas. Use the needle and thread to sew them to the tip of the smoke flaps. Use an extra piece of canvas to reinforce the areas of the smoke flaps where there is a large amount of stress.

4. Hem a rope over the rounded base at the base of the canvas. Then place evenly spaced rope loops around it to firmly peg down the teepee. Now fasten a rope at the top to lash the top part onto the rods when the teepee is put upright.

5. The 12 poles for the teepee should be no less than 3 feet longer than the breadth of the teepee top section. So for instance if the top is 15 feet in width then the poles are supposed to be 18 feet long and they should be straight and smooth.

6. Take three of the sturdiest rods to make the tripod. Use the cord to tie the tripod as one so that it's a bit taller than the cover. Rest the remaining of the poles against the tripod to create a cone shape desing for the teepee.

7. Now pull the cover over the frame and fasten them at the pinnacle using wooden pegs. Peg the bottom of the top section to the ground and move the poles to extend the covering and insert two light poles inside the pockets of the smoke flaps. This is the part which will work as a chimney, creating a draught.

Tips and Warnings

*When you are making a teepee, 10 feet should be the minimum height to use because this is much simpler to construct, less expensive to make and much simple to upkeep. However, if you want a teepee that can hold a lot more people each time and is smoke free then you should consider creating it to be much bigger one.

* You can also use various kinds of fabric like cotton flannel, duck or heavy unbleached muslin.

How to Make a Teepee?
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