LOVE STORY

Get kids to fall for reading with Sophia Palmer’s duo-tone canopy

- SOPHIA PALMER

HOW TO MAKE A READING NOOK CANOPY

MATERIALS

• 3 metres x 130cm double gauze fabric in orange and pink (we got ours from www.minerva.com. Mollie readers can get 15% off gauze fabric using the code MMDG15 from January 20th to March 7th 2022)

• 60cm (235/8) diameter hula hoop

• Machine thread

• Tailor's chalk

• Sewing machine

• Scrap paper

Everyone remembers the first book they fell in love with as a child - they never leave us. And seeing as imagination is so important in story time, you need the right setting. Sophia's project creates a little haven for dreaming up new adventures, whether that's wandering through a classic fairy-tale, discovering new friends or filling up with facts.

Switch up the colours of the canopy to match your little one's favourite hues. If you don't have a hoop that can pull apart, you can make six narrow ties instead of a tube to attach to the inside. .

01 Use the scrap paper to draw out a triangle 51cm (2018) in height, 28cm (11) long at the base, 3cm (1/4) long at the point - based on your hoop being 60cm (2357) in diameter. Use this template to then cut four triangles from orange fabric and four triangles from pink.