How to Make a Crib Tent

If your little one is starting to climb out of his crib, but you don't feel he's quite ready for a toddler bed, installing a crib tent will keep him ensconced in his crib safe and sound. You can buy a crib tent, but if you're handy with a needle and thread (and/or a sewing machine), why not make the crib tent yourself and save a little money?

Things You'll Need

  • 3 yards of tulle
  • 2 one-inch plastic O-rings
  • 1 metal screw in hook
  • 7 yards of two-inch-wide elastic
  • Thread
  • Needle
  • Sewing machine (optional)
  • Piping thread

Instructions

    • 1

      Sew a 2-½-inch casing all around the edge of the tulle. Stop just short of where you started so there is a small opening in the casing. Sew the ends of the elastic together if necessary.

    • 2

      Put a safety pin in one end of the elastic and close the head of the pin. Put another safety pin in the other end of the elastic. Pin this end next to the opening in the casing. Push the elastic all the way through the casing using the safety pin on the free end of the elastic. Pull out the free end and attach the pin next to the already attached pin.

    • 3

      Make sure there are no twists in the elastic. Take out the safety pins and sew the two ends of the elastic together. Hand sew the open end of the casing closed using needle and thread.

    • 4

      Fit the tulle around the top edge of the crib. Find the middle of the tulle and hand sew one of the plastic O-rings onto that spot. Make sure the O-ring is sewn to the outside of the crib tent to prevent an accident.

    • 5

      Screw the metal hook into the ceiling above the crib. Cut a piece of the piping thread long enough to reach the ceiling and pull up the middle of the tent. Tie the opposite ends of the piping thread to each of the O-rings. Attach the O-ring on the free end of the piping thread to the hook on the ceiling.

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