Kids Project 1 - Indoor Tent

Last school holiday, actually, i tak ingat cuti tgh berlangsung and this year is Faiz 1st year at tabika. Last year he is at taska permata, it like taska base.. So cuti 1 week sahaja. This time he is following normal school break. Haduii.. Rasa bersalah sgt.. Bila dah nak hujung school holiday baru ingat nak plan something utk dia tapi dah too late. Luckily at that time my mom was at my sister's house and Faiz spend few days with her.. And few days at his tok ma and tok pa's house. Hope he enjoy the holiday. Masa tu just harap that i can repay him with something one day. But not with expensive thing.. Hehehe.. So, I do some study, i think i found something that will make him happy.. Last time i bought this from ikea.. Tapi masa tu stay kat rumah flat, rumah kecik so, main kejap je.. Bila dah bukak, ada la part missing bila nak pasang balik. So this time i'm not going to buy anymore.. DIY will do.. So, the plan is to make an indoor tent for him and adik..  Last week, we discuss and make a plan.. Check on the tools and supply we have. Hubby think of using plastic pipe since we already have half of what we need.

So, this is the design. The design very simple, save cost.. If you want to spend more i think you can improve the design. But this is just enough for us. hihihi.. What we need is high quality plastic pipe with measurement and the joints part below:

4 x 2 ft

4 x 3 ft 

1 x 4 ft

2 T joint

4 L joint

We have decided to use 25mm PVC pipe with thick wall for structure strength vs cost effective.smaller size will compromise the structure integrity.usually any PVC pipe in hardware shop original length is 20 feet.and it is much cheaper to buy it as a single 20 feet length pvc pipe rather than buying in shorter length. Smaller size pipe will be cheaper.u can decide.

So, this is what we need.. Cost about RM28 not include the pipe that we already have. I think if you start from 0, all together is around RM40.

It's like doing puzzle, so we involve Faiz and let him built the structure

Surpisingly.. He enjoy doing it...

A few tap to the floor to tighten the part

With little help from hubby, the tent structure was successfully built.

Mummy look for the bedsheet and blanket... Hahaha.. Budget betul.. I hope this is for temporary. I have something in mind that i can do for next DIY project to improve the tent cover. Yea.. I need to use the blanket and bedsheet anyway.. Hahaha.. Tapi ape pon both of them enjoy staying at their new tent. 

That night, at the 1st time, Faiz tido sendiri dgn sukarela.. Bagus jugak benda ni.. Hahaha

Last sunday, keluar jln2 ke ace hardware to find something for our DIY project.. and found something for his tent..

Battery operated light.. Using 2 batteries with size D for RM15.00. I thought of doing something DIY, but, thinking of safety, i think this is good enough.

Hang it in the tent and switch off the room light. Enjoy the camping moment.. Hihihi