A good friend gave us a play tent for our first grandson when he was about 2. After retiring, we started making them in 2002. We started with the original 5' model and decided to use budget or close-out fabric to keep material costs low so we could offer them at an affordable price. Soon we added the Princess model to meet requests for girly designs.

We developed the large 6' model in 2006 in response to customer requests. A family member asked for a small teepee for her cats and we began selling it in 2006 as well. Originally our sales came from holiday bazaars and craft shows at local churches and schools. We began selling at the nationally known Canton First Monday Trade Days in 2006 and have a permanent booth at that huge monthly market in East Texas.

We still handmake each teepee ourselves and are able to offer reasonable prices since we're the only employees and we use our home and shop as factory and warehouse to keep overhead low. "Grandparent built, grandson tested" is a fact!