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Enchanted Learning Software's Tepee More Kinder Crafts Many Native American tribes made tepees (tepee is sometimes spelled tipi or teepee) from long tree limbs and animal hides. You can make a wonderful model tepee using a brown paper grocery bag and twigs. This is a simple, inexpensive craft and one that looks quite good! |
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Bind the twigs together toward the top using yarn, string, or a rubber band. Leave about 3 inches of twig at one side of the string. Do not bind the twigs too tightly. |
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Gently adjust the twigs so that they form a tepee shape. |
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Holding the tepee above a piece of scrap paper, trace the outline of one side of the tepee. This will be your template for making the tepee.
Cut out your triangular template. |
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Open up a large paper bag along its seams.
Lay your triangle template on the opened bag and trace its outline. |
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Trace the triangle 3 more times with the long edges touching. |
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Cut out this large polygon along the outside edge. Cut a door on one edge.
Decorate the tepee using crayons or markers. |
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Fold the paper along each of the pencil lines. Then form the paper into a tepee shape and tape the edges together. |
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Snip off the top of the tepee (the twigs will go through this hole). |
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Put the twigs into the tepee. Tape the twigs into place - each twig is taped along a fold line.
You now have a wonderful tepee! |
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