Folding a Pop Up Screen Room***********************************************************************************************************Lay the whole tent flat on the ground or perhaps even on a picnic table. (Make sure you can get it folded so it is flat, or perhaps almost flat with corners that rock up and curl a little. Standing at the top, put your hands one on each side, about 1/3 of the way down from the top. Now LIFT the whole tent up off the ground or picnic table. Your hands will begin to lift the sides up (this is where you need to think about the kid curling his tongue up into a U shape). The top side will be at your tummy, and the bottom side should start trying to curl under. Do not bring your hands together. Keep the 'tongue curl' shape. LET THE BOTTOM CURL UNDER, (even help it a little by steping forward) and as it begins to curl, let the TOP by your tummy start to curl under, too. The top should nest on top of the bottom that has curled under. As the bottom curls under, and the top curls under to nest on top of the bottom, the two sides will then naturally want to fold in from the side on top of the two layers that are nesting already. You now have the screen room back in the general shape of the cover. Slide the cover over it and begin stuffing and zipping, just an inch at a time. Before you know it, you will have it completely zipped back in the case. Copyright 2006 OneWeaver, LLC www.PopUpScreenRoom.com *********************************************************************************************************** |