Why are most of the saga rugs so segmented and girly? Who would not think that a little boy would also like a canopy for his bed? Perhaps not segmented, laced and bowed, but of another kind, which has to be surrounded. And if your child wants a canopy, you’ll have a hard time getting it right, but if you do, it won’t be cheap. But you can make a very cheap cover forever, and it will be a perfect bed for a child. A canopy tent will make your child safe, secure, private and happy.
A long and wide piece of cardboard – and perhaps a second, smaller piece – is really a tent to make a child’s canopy. The brown color of the cardboard may not match the boys bedroom theme, but the cardboard can be painted. Spray paint give it a black or brown, purple or blue, or camouflage design. Do not wet the cardboard or the clip or it might wrinkle.
You can use 1, 2, or 4 pieces of paper to make the tent canopy long enough. Cardboard at all – should be long enough from the floor, up above the mattress, diagonally above the bed, diagonally going down at the same angle, and bouncing all the way to the floor. The cardboard should be wide enough to reach the middle in bed or beyond.
To build a canopy, all you have to do is fold the cardboard. First, fold the cardboard in half, across the width. Bend the top of the bed. You can make a smooth bend if you use a straight edge, like the side of the dinner table.
Measure from the floor, a few inches above the mattress, and mark the area on the paper. Observe the same area on the opposite side of the cardboard. Bend the cardboard across the width in those two areas. That’s what I’m looking for. But you can add a piece at the back, especially if there is no headboard, to make a solid wall at the back of the tent. Alternatively, hang a curtain at the front of the tent. Your little one will spend hours under the canopy, playing, reading, or sleeping.
