Amy developed this unique pattern over 25 years ago. The basic idea came from her childhood memories of creating a play fort out of the dining room table and tons of blankets. It was wonderful fun for the kids, but a nightmare for her mother...
WHAT AGE CHILDREN ENJOY OUR TEEPEES?
There are children as young as a year old who have fun crawling into the Teepees that their parents or grandparents have ordered for them. Children up to age 10 enjoy the teepees. Kids who over 10 may be too old for a teepee, but it kind of depends on the indivudual child.
NATIVE AMERICAN SYMBOLS and DESIGNS...
Years of research has provided us with a wide assortment of Native American symbols and designs. Each teepee comes with a Native American Design Guide - an 11 page set of hand-drawn symbols so the child can learn the meaning of each individual painting on the teepee.
Every teepee is custom painted for the age and gender of the child or children. We paint the teepees for the younger children with symbols that they can recognize: fish, deer, horses, turtles and lot of others. For older children who are reading or close to it, we paint a panel of symbols that they can match to the flyer to learn what the symbols represent, such as seasons, weather, days & nights, protection, and more.
Natural Colors & Earthtones
Most of our teepees are painted using natural colors and earthtones, colors that Native Americans may have mixed using berries, plants and crushed rocks & minerals. These colors include shades of green, blue, and brown, sunny yellow, bright red, orange, gray, white.
Indian Princess Teepee
Not to seem gender-biased, but we have found that little girls like rainbows, flowers, and butterflies (while the boys like crawly things like lizards and snakes). Our 'Indian Princess' Teepee is painted with pastel colors of pinks, purples, aqua and has lots of pretty designs that little girls love!
CREATIVE???
Buy our TEEPEE KIT!!!
Just add sticks & imagination!
For creative families: You can now order a Teepee Kit and paint your own Teepee!
The Teepee Kit is shipped flat in a box (without sticks). The sticks are simple pine lumber (#2 pine 1" x 2") and can be purchased at any lumber yard or home center for about $2.00 each.
The Paint Set contains 12 non-toxic acrylic paints and 3 paint brushes. The colors are a combination of primary colors and earthtones: red, orange, yellow, light green, dark green, pale blue, dark blue, light brown, dark brown, dark red, gray, and white.
Every Teepee comes with our new Native American Design Guide - an 11 page booklet of hand drawn Native American symbols AND several pages of ideas for scenes incorporating the many symbols. Lightly draw the design in pencil and have a blast painting!
TEEPEE OPTIONS
All Teepees are 'Super' Size!
You can chose from these many options:
Painted & Assembled
Painted & Flat (without sticks)
Unpainted & Assembled
Unpainted & Flat (no sticks)
Teepee Kit:
(Unpainted, Flat - with Native American Design Guide and Paint Set)
Place an Order for a Custom Teepee!
Enhance the Experience...
Set up the Teepee indoors or outdoors on a large blanket. Encourage the children to gather materials to make a Native American camp: a pretend campfire, cooking pots, utensils, bedding, etc. Serve them 'meal' of trail mix made up of small snack foods: pretzels, tiny crackers, raisins, mini-marshmallows and whatever else you have on-hand.
Enhance the Gift...
Shop your local stores for a fake fur Bear Rug or blanket with Native American Designs. Add a feather headband, Native American vest or outfit, or tom-tom. Give your special child a book of Native American stories.
A Nice Addition...
We discovered a great
First North American Dream Catcher Kid Kit from USBORNE Books. This book has stories about the first North Americans as well as a kit with leather, feathers and beads to create a Dream Catcher. Recommended for kids 6 and up.
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