Family Camping Play Tent Solution

Camping can be a wonderful experience for a family. It can be a time to relax and just enjoy one another’s company. If your children are like mine, though, that relaxation lasts for about ten minutes. Once the children are bored, they get into all kinds of mischief. You need something for them to do when there’s nothing else scheduled.

One of the downsides to camping is the potential for bad weather. A campfire is great, but you can’t very well sit around a campfire roasting marshmallows when you’re in the middle of a torrential downpour. You’re stuck, inside your tent, until the rain lets up.

What do these two problems have in common? They can be solved using a children’s play tent.

All about children’s play tents

Children’s play tents come in a wide variety of designs and styles for both outdoor and indoor purposes. They are portable, easy to assemble and dismantle, and are made of water-resistant fabric like nylon or plastic. Some favorite shapes are domed, tunnel, castle, school bus, fire engine, bulldozer, and playhouse. Camouflage, wigwam, and fictional-character theme-based tents are very popular, too.

There are several models and brands of children’s play tents to choose from, including:

Pacific Play Tent: These play tents are made from flame-retardant, 70-Denier nylon with shock-corded poles for easy assembly. The two most popular models are the “Me Too” and “T” styles. They average approximately $25 to $30 apiece.

Lucy and Michael Play Tents: Both of these tents are high-end, intricately designed, colorful play tents. They are made from fun fabrics and have sturdy pine supports. These tents are significantly more expensive at $300 to $350.

Playhut Play Tents: These are light, portable tents covered with cartoon-character graphics. They have a flap door and tunnel port with a twist-n-fold patent technology for easy folding. The price is about $30.

The SpongeBob Squarepants Play ‘N Fun tent costs around $40 and is a combination of play tent with a slumber hideaway, bean-bag toss game, roll-out play mat, cabana with roll-up flap door, and crawl-through tunnel port.

Dora the Explorer Hideaway Tent: Made from non-woven nylon binding for spot cleaning, this tent has an EZ-Twist technology for easy set up. It also has a tunnel port and costs about $20.

Spinmaster’s Create: This tent is Spiderman-shaped with an inflatable bed. The poles are joined with common elastic for easy assembly and durability. It costs approximately $30.