Best of: Play Tents

Whether they are inside or outside, play tents create a magical haven for children. Who would ever want to leave these cozy spaces in which magical worlds exist and flourish? Here are a few of our favorites...

Custom Canopy Tent, $225.
Hippie Tipi Play Tent, $199.
Koja Tent, $9.99.
Flower Igloo Tent, $119.99.
Heidi Hippo, $39.99.
Lilystone Play Tent, by Haba, $154.99.
Mushroom Playhouse, $125.

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or for FREE...old sheets draped over a table or a clothes line hung inside or out. Sometimes the most basic leads to the most creativity and imagination.

camping tents for adults don't cost as much as some of those things!

posted by Enamorada on July 25th 2008 at 3:50am
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Agreed. This defeats the whole purpose of developing symbolic play and imaginative play with children. Blankets draped over furniture or a clothesline are great! Decorating a box from out behind an appliance store to make a house is also great fun along these lines. Kids who are purchased all kinds of completely unnecessary toys often grow up not knowing how to be resourceful or think flexibly about things.

posted by eeka on July 25th 2008 at 2:31pm
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Yes ... but I loooove the first picture from the etsy shop. Impractical and exorbitant, yes, but still oh so pretty.

posted by lizzapearl on July 26th 2008 at 6:55am
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