I have been hunting yard sales all summer for folding camping chairs for my kids .. so far nothing.
I looked at buying them .. but even at just $10.00 bucks a pop I thought maybe I could do better.
I happened to see a pin recently of a lawn chair made from PVC pipe .. too bad the picture did not go anywhere! (anyone else hate that?!?!)
Thankfully the picture was labeled enough I could make one .. which turned out to be super small. So I adjusted the sizes to make it larger .. and even larger still!
These chairs are super easy to make and pretty cheap too.
Small Chair: Perfect for a 1-2 year old
1 - 10' piece of 3/4 PVC $1.98
8 - 90 degree elbows $.46 each
6 - T joints $.46 each
= $8.42
Cut List:
7 - 10" (A)
4 - 5" (B)
4 - 4" (C)
2 - 6" (D)
Medium Chair: Perfect for a 3-4 year old
2 - 10" piece of 3/4 PVC $3.96 (you will have left over)
8 - 90 degree elbows $.46 each
6 - T joints $.46 each
= $10.40
Cut List:
7 - 13" (A)
4 - 8" (B)
4 - 5" (C)
2 - 7" (D)
Large Chair: Perfect for a 5-6 year old
2 - 10" piece of 3/4 PVC $3.96 (you will have left over) ((If you make the medium chair and large chair you will just need 3 pieces as your extra from each chair are used on the other one)
8 - 90 degree elbows $.46 each
6 - T joints $.46 each
= $10.40
Cut List:
7 - 16" (A)
4 - 10" (B)
4 - 5" (C)
2 - 9" (D)
each chair also used about 1/4 yard of fabric, all from my stash and 1 can of paint, 4 bucks each at Lowe's.
Assembly - well I could not figure out a way to label a pictures in such a way you could understand it .. but really these chairs are not hard!
A is the bottom 2 pieces, 2 arm rests, 2 that form the seat and 1 for the head rest.
B is the 4 pieces leading up to the "seat", these determine how high off the ground the child sits.
C is the 4 pieces from the seat to the top of the arm rest, these determine how high the arm rests are.
D is the 2 pieces that make the head rest, these determine how tall the back of the chair is.
Clear as mud??
After you make the chair .. just measure the width of the "seat" and from the head rest to the seat bottom with some slack. You just need a panel that is sewn on all 4 sides with 2 pockets to slide the pipe through.
If you want to, you can spray paint them! I would do it together as painting them makes them just thick enough they are hard to put together again! And you don't need to paint the two bars covered in fabric.
Stick the fabric on and there ya go!
In case you are wondering about the sizes .. I was able to get all 3 kids sitting all at once .. for about 2 nano seconds .. and no, they are not all smiling.
My daughter on the left is 3
My son in the middle is 5
And my daughter on the right just turned a year.
And as an added bonus .. they stack!
If you were planing on taking these camping .. you could take them all apart and wrap all the pipes in the cover and they would be as small, if not smaller then ugly camping chairs!
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These are the parties I link to each week! Check them out.
Monday: Alderberry Hill,, The Gunny Sack, The Dedicated House, Adventures of a DIY Mom, Home Stories A to Z, Making the World Cuter, The Girl Creative, Mad in Crafts, C.R.A.F.T., Keeping it Simple, Craft-O-Maniac, Lines Across, Polish The Stars, I Should Be Mopping The FloorsTuesday:A Diamond in the Stuff, Elizabeth & Co, Romance on a Dime, The NY Melrose Familyt, The DIY Dreamer, Coastal Charm,, Not JUST a Housewife, Chef in Training, Sugarbee Crafts, Bowl Full of Lemons, Me and my Boys, Kammy's KornerWednesday: Polkadots on Parade, Southern Lovely, We Like To Learn As We Go, Sew Much AdoThursday: Adorned From Above, Live Laugh Rowe, A Glimpse Inside, Seven Alive, 52 Mantles, Bloom Designs, House of Hepworths, Stone Gable, Shabby Creek CottageFriday: Shaken Togerher, Simply Designing, 504 Main, Redoux Interiors, Craftionary, Simply Sweet Home, The Grant Life, Just Us Four, Thrifty Handmade Days, My Romantic Home, Dakota Creek ChicSaturday: Too Much Time On My Hands, Tutus and Tea Parties, Classy Clutter, Its OverflowingSunday: Nifty Thrifty Things, Flamingo Toes, Twigg Studios, Its So Very Cheri
