Tipi playhouse: Materials

• 3 1⁄3 yards 60-inch-wide ripstop nylon
• 1⁄2 yard 45-inch-wide yellow cotton
• 1 yard iron-on adhesive
• Twelve 1⁄4-inch grommets (kits include grommet tool)
• Nine 27-inch-long black shoelaces
• Six 8-foot-long, 1-inch-diameter bamboo poles
• Six 1-foot-long, 1⁄4-inch steel rods (cut to size if necessary)
• One roll 30-inch-wide heavy paper and masking tape (optional)
• One 54-inch-long bootlace
• Six tent pegs

• Pencil, fabric measuring tape, iron
• Drawing compass, string, pushpins
• Scissors, hole punch
• Hacksaw (to cut steel rods), hammer
• Electric drill with 13⁄64- or 1⁄4-inch bit