It's basically a 6 inches wide by 3 inches deep rectangle with a 1 inch triangle welded on the bottom edge. There are score lines from the center of the top edge of the rectangle to the triangle point, to one of the bottom angles of the triangle and to both bottom corners of the rectangle. The panels are triangles welded together and you need two large and two small panels. I glued the 2 small panels and one of the large ones in between the score lines as shown.
The next step is to apply glue to the top edges and fold into a pyramid shape. The second large panel was adhered on the glued side to conceal the join.
After pushing in the score line between the two small panels, the teepee will fold flat (well, flatish!) for mailing or storage. Easy peasy!
Now the fun part - embellishing! The "Give Thanks" sentiment comes from Artbooking, and the wheat and feather cuts come from the Thanksgiving cart. I left the tips of the feathers unglued so that I could insert the place card. The leaves are cut with dies from Sunny Studios because I just love the added definition to the edge that you get from a little steel die.
Here's just two of the place card holders. I'm eschewing matchy-matchy this year and making them with different designer papers for the panels. (I learned the hard way not to use a paper with an obvious one way pattern!!!!) And, if one or two disappear again, I won't be scrambling to find a piece of paper to match the rest!
It was simple to make a larger card sized version of the teepee place name holder and I'm glad to have this easy peasy template in my DS files. Thank you for visiting with me today. : ) Christine
