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Doll Tailgate Tent

August 30, 2016 By Brandy 7 Comments

All tailgate parties need a tailgate tent!  Today I will show you how I made a doll tailgate tent from the lid of a printer paper box, foamboard, duck tape, and stickers.  Initially, my idea was to use the printer box lid and four dowel rods.  I was going to attach the dowels with poster putty.  But some ideas don’t work out…the putty did not hold the dowels as straight as I would have liked and I was concerned the tent would not hold up to play. I decided to use foamboard instead of the dowels and the idea turned my lemons into lemonade!  This tent is higher than the OG camper.  Realistically this would not happen.  However,  I did this to my daughters’ request for ease of getting the dolls under the tent for play.  Plus, they requested a TV for the tent and I didn’t want the TV hitting the dolls in the head.

tailgate tent for dolls

Inspiration came from sea of tents that you see on the lot at the WVU football games.

tailgate tent inspiation

Using a Foamwerks Channelrail and Straight-cutter I quickly and easily created a tent frame.  These tools can be found on Amazon.

WC-6001 Straight Cutter

W3001 Channel Rail

doll tailgate tent frame

Each leg consisted of two, 1 inch by 24 inch pieces of foamboard hotglued into a ‘V.’  The support frame was then glued inside the upper legs.  Make your support brackets long enough to accommodate whatever box lid you are using.  OR you could completely create the top tent from foamboard.

Cover your box lid with duck tape and decorate with stickers, printed pictures, or ribbon.

doll tailgate tent tvJust in case your dolls want to watch a catch a little pre-game action or the  half-time band performance you can attach a satellite TV!  The TV is a picture frame found at Michaels.  Electrical tape was used to close the opening.  I attached the frame to the tent with poster putty.

I think a tailgate tent made out of 1/2 inch PVC pipe and a nylon fabric would be fabulous too!

Craft on!  Brandy

Filed Under: Doll Room, Doll Tailgate Party Series Tagged With: 18 inch dolls, american girl dolls, doll crafts, doll tailgate party, doll tailgate tent, the doll room

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  1. Jen says

    August 31, 2016 at 2:41 pm

    Awesome! Now if my daughter would just pick a school already!!!! Then I can start prepping for next year!!!
    Thanks for sharing!!! 🙂

    Reply
  2. Jill says

    August 30, 2016 at 9:55 pm

    Love this idea! Every tailgate party needs a tent!

    Reply
    • Brandy says

      August 31, 2016 at 10:21 am

      Thanks Jill! I thought so too! 🙂

      Reply
  3. Flo says

    August 30, 2016 at 1:10 pm

    It’s amazing how study foam core can be. I used it to make a doll sofa/bed one time and it’s still holding up. Cool idea!

    Reply
    • Brandy says

      August 31, 2016 at 10:23 am

      Flo, I love working with formboard. I’m getting better at it the more I work with it. Stay tuned…I’ve got more ideas!

      Reply
  4. Claudia Verastegui says

    August 30, 2016 at 8:46 am

    Another Great idea!!
    Congratulations for you!!!
    I will do this too for my Wellie Wishes dolls!
    Thank you!!!

    Reply
    • Brandy says

      August 31, 2016 at 10:24 am

      Thanks Claudia! 🙂

      Reply

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