Build a teepee

Teepees make for great survival shelters, especially if you don't have access to an underground bunker or a dugout shelter. Here's how to make a teepee!

A traditional plains teepee (also spelled tipi) is a roomy and durable structure that is big enough to house a fire and several people comfortably.It's livable in hot or cold weather and, when you've assembled the necessary materials to...

Learn how to build a simple backyard teepee with easy, no-sew instructions from HGTV Gardens.

A wooden teepee tent is a great play area to spark your kid's imagination and creativity. Construct your own by using our comprehensive DIY guide!

Make Your Own Teepee: Here's how my wife and I made our own Teepee that we use for camping and going to Rendezvous. It is very spacious inside with room for 6 adults plus our gear and we can have a fire inside for those cold nights. The building was pretty easy and qui…

A traditional plains teepee (also spelled tipi) is a roomy and durable structure that is big enough to house a fire and several people comfortably.It's livable in hot or cold weather and, when you've assembled the necessary materials to...

A Reddit user wanted some extra space for guests and himself, so he decided to make some extra room — quite literally. But instead of creating a traditional guest house, he decided to make something a little different. He ended up creating a permanent version of the classic Plains Native American home: the tipi. Traditionally, tipis are meant to […]

So I am lucky enough to have grown up in a house with a big yard. Although it comes with a lot of yard work, I grew up having a ton of fun and my kids have a blast here too! We have hordes of bambo…

Learn how to make a teepee in less than an hour! A quick & easy no sew teepee tutorial your kids will enjoy for years to come!

So…here is a quick "how to" guide to getting up a teepee structure…I've always wanted a teepee in the yard…but they are hundreds of dollars to buy, so I figured out a way to make it for cheap. Firstly, I found a gent who lived on Vancouver Island, and while it may have been presumptuous of me to assume he knew how to make a teepee, it turned out he had actually made a few in his day. To make the teepee you will need… 8 cedar poles…15 feet long 3-4 feet of rope (you are not limited to my…