You can create a fun and whimsical experience for the kids right in your backyard with a little DIY magic. All you need are a few poles, twine, and some beans or climbing flowers. With that, you can craft yourself a bean pole tent.
You can teach your kids how to grow beans and give them a fun place to hang out in. Once the beans start to grow, it will create a thick covering over the poles. Then your kids can use it like a tent.
Don’t have any kids? Just make one big enough for adults to sit in by adjusting your poles and width. Or just use it as a pretty focal piece in your garden or yard. You can get design ideas in this slideshow and instructions on how to make one here.
Here are 20 magical bean pole tents for the kids to play in:
These people doubled up on their pole. They used two different plants. One is flowering red and the other is flowering yellow.
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This tent has purple beans. And it seems they are coming in nicely from the bottom. Working their way up.
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This bean tent is extra to the max. It’s not a simple teepee. It’s a whole darn tent. There’s a lot of room for some fun in there.
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Want to make sure you bean pole tent is nice and strong? Fortify it with some netting. This example also uses a few extra sticks to make sure thigns are nice and sturdy.
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This is a super mini bean tent. It’s perfectly kid-sized. It uses branches instead of poles.
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This is a tall and narrow bean pole tent design. But it still perfectly fits two kiddos in the middle. It’s a perfect addition to this fun looking backyard.
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This is what a bean pole tent looks like before it’s all grown up. It’s still just a baby. Those beans have just poked their head up out of the ground.
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This is the view from the inside of a bean pole tent. Looks cozy, right? I’d want to sit in one.
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This is a bean pole tent in the making. The beans were planted and the poles have been put in place. Now you just have to wait for the beants to grow.
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Step one, dig a circle. Then plant beans in that circle. After that you can add your poles and wait for growth.
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This bean pole design is nice and wide. It’s perfect for fitting several little ones inside. It’s also made with twigs instead of poles.
This isn’t a bean tent. It’s an entire bean house. There’s room for everyone here.
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13) Potted Bean Pole Tent
Don’t have dirt or a lawn? You can make a bean pole tent from potted plants. Just arrange them in the shape you want your tent to be.
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If you make your tent wide enough you can add seating. These folks used tree stumps to make a place where their kids can pop a squat. They have seating for three AND room for toys.
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Once your beans grow in, you can hide inside of it. Once the covering gets nice and thick, you’ll be pretty much invisible. This little kiddo is in the thick of it.
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This tent is covered in scarlet runner beans. They have pretty red flowers. They are grown for both their flowers and their beans.
The best part about bean tents is that you don’t have to wait for the beans to grow. You can play in it as soon as the structure is built. This cutie is already having a ball.
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You can create quite the grand structure from beans. So, why not make a bean tunnel? Just make a long row of tents.
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This bean tent has a fancy doorway. This will create a lot more privacy once the beans grow in. You won’t be able to see inside and will have to crawl in.
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Bean pole tents are a lot of fun for kids to play in. But they also provide yummy beans to eat. Your bean tent can be quite fruitful for your family.
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You can create a fun and whimsical experience for the kids right in your backyard with a little DIY magic. All you need are a few poles, twine, and some beans or climbing flowers. With that, you can craft yourself a bean pole tent.
You can teach your kids how to grow beans and give them a fun place to hang out in. Once the beans start to grow, it will create a thick covering over the poles. Then your kids can use it like a tent.
Don’t have any kids? Just make one big enough for adults to sit in by adjusting your poles and width. Or just use it as a pretty focal piece in your garden or yard. You can get design ideas in this slideshow and instructions on how to make one here.
Here are 20 magical bean pole tents for the kids to play in:
