Sensory Spaces
Pop-up sensory tents with themed jackets and colour-changing light. Built for calm, focused play at home, in classrooms and in SEN settings.
Explore Sensory Spaces →Hand-picked, made with care, screen-free
Why Play Tents exists, and why it matters
I'm the daydreamer behind Play Tents, an only child who spent years drawing, building sofa-cushion dens and staring out of windows. When I went looking for tents that were genuinely made for that kind of play, almost nothing measured up.
So I built a shop around the few that did, proper fabric, trusted makers, and a person on the other end of every order.
“Today I'm an adult, and I still get my best hours under a garden umbrella.”
Genuine stock from trusted makers
Real products from the makers we work with. No grey-market copies, no unbranded lookalikes.
14-day returns
If it isn't right for your family, send it back, no drama.
Shipped straight from the makers
Your order is packed and sent by the workshop that made it, on a tracked service. No warehouse detour in the middle.
How this actually works
I don't keep a stockroom. When you order, it goes to the trusted maker behind it, and they send it to you directly, tracked. Our corner tents are sent from our US supplier, so they take a little longer to arrive.
That's a deliberate choice, not a shortcut. It means I can carry a proper range without charging you for storage nobody needs, and the people who made the thing are the ones handling it right up to your door.
What I do is decide what earns a place on the site, and answer every email myself.
Two little worlds
One shared idea: spaces that help children play, read, rest and imagine without a screen in sight.
Cosy Corner
Cotton teepees, canopies and corner tents that turn a bedroom corner into a proper reading nook. The kind of den I'd have refused to come out of as a kid.
Explore Cosy Corner →Designed with children in mind
Safety information and product-specific details are provided on each product page.
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Find their little world
Two ranges, one idea: a calm, cosy place to read, rest and imagine. Pick the one that sounds like your home.
Questions? Email hello@playtents.co.uk, I reply personally, usually within the day.