Monday, November 7, 2011

Tree Branch Teepee

Today my husband had to cut down a tree. I am normally not a fan of cutting down trees, but this one was pressing in against the roof and no amount of trimming it back seemed to help. The tree had to go. So this morning my husband went out with the chain saw and cut it down. The children were amazed. They watched him out the window and Birdy proudly exclaimed, "I didn't know he could do that! He's amazing!"

Once the tree was down he began cutting all the branches in to smaller pieces and bundling them together. I began looking out the window and scheming. I do love branches! And these were so wonderful.

After he finished his work, he showered and left. Birdy and I ran in to the back yard and began to figure out what we could do with all the wonderful branches. This is what we came up with.

 here is another view

When I was a little girl one of my best friends and I spent afternoon after afternoon building forts out of branches and what ever else we could find, so this really brought back so memories.

 up close


We started by taking about 3 or 4 large ones and resting them against each other. Then we leaned smaller ones against the bigger ones. Birdy thinks we need more leaves so we can stay out there in the rain, but I'm not sure we can find trees with leaves that big. I think it turned out so cute. I'm not sure what my husband will say when he gets home, but I think it is just as sound as the one we saw on Man Woman Wild a few weeks ago!








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20 comments:

  1. That's so cool!! I have to say in that one picture, it's like I'm looking at a picture of you! She looks just like you!! :)

    Hope y'all are doing well!

    XOXO,
    Rach

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  2. Kristin@Sense of WonderNovember 8, 2011 at 12:49 PM

    She is a little mini me.

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  3. Oh that is just fantastic! I've been wanting to make a teepee style playhouse for the new garden when we move but not sure how. I'm so impressed that you just up and did it! Did you tie the tops together somehow?

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  4. Kristin@Sense of WonderNovember 8, 2011 at 2:16 PM

    No, I didn't tie them together. Birdy helped hold one up while I placed the other two. Two of the big branches had little forks at the top so they all kind of entwined themselves and then the weight of the branches pushed in on each other to hold themselves up. It is actually very sturdy. I went and pushed on it and tugged at it before I would let the kids play in it. I couldn't get it to budge. I'm glad you liked it. And thanks for re-tweeting!

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  5. I love how your teepee came out, it's very cool and I bet the kids loved it!

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  6. Kristin@Sense of WonderNovember 8, 2011 at 7:19 PM

    Oh, they did, as well as all the neighbor kids too. We have become a hot spot!

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  7. Oh, that's cool! Will tweet this for sure! (following tweet link from blogfrog discussion)

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  8. That's awesome! Can you come and build one for me???

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  9. What a FUN activity! I love the playfulness. I would love for you to come link it up at my TGIF Linky Party tomorrow - http://livinglifeintentionally.blogspot.com/search/label/Linkey%20Parties. I am also your newest follower. I would love for you to follow me back, if you like =-)
    Beth

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  10. Kristin@Sense of WonderNovember 10, 2011 at 6:12 AM

    I would love to. Thanks for following!

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  11. I really love your tee pee! It looks just wonderful!

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  12. Kristin@Sense of WonderNovember 10, 2011 at 8:02 AM

    Thank you, The jury is still out on whether or not we get to keep it. Hubby says a few weeks. I'm going to keep working on him!

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  13. Oh how fun..I wanna play..I can't wait till my grandson is old enough to do this! we have lots of woods!
    BLessings
    Shari

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  14. Absolutely gorgeous!! so jealous :-) I am going to link this on Facebook. Thanks so much for linking it to It's Playtime!

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  15. Oh this is so wonderful! How I wish we could have one of those in our back yard. Last year, someone made one in a wooded area of a park near our home. There were more kids playing in that than there were on the actual playground equipment in the park. Tells you something, doesn't it?
    Wishing you and your kiddos many hours of imaginative and creative play in your tee pee.

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  16. Wow that is wonderful. I'm considering making a living willow teepee for my children next year as have a willow to cut down and can see it being a really good playscape

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  17. I featured your gorgeous teepee on TGIF Link yparty #6 - http://livinglifeintentionally.blogspot.com/2011/11/tgif-linky-party-6-2-weeks-long.html - thanks for linking it up!! I just LOVE this kind of creative outdoor play!! Go grab an I was featured button! I can't wait to see what you link up this week!
    Beth =-)

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  18. Kristin@Sense of WonderNovember 17, 2011 at 7:56 PM

    A willow tree teepee sounds wonderful. I'd love to see photos when its done!
    @Beth Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it as much as we have!

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