This indoor child's play-tent turned into a REAL castle the moment my 3 1/2 year old granddaughter set her beautiful blue eyes on it. It took about 10 minutes (or less) to set this super cute imagination inspiring tent up. It is 54 inches tall from the base to the top of the castle tier, and the circular base is 41 & a half inches across.
There are two screened windows on the sides to allow more light in and to allow my young princess to look out and connect visually with me or or her mom, giving her a sense of security as she venture's into the independence stage of development. The "leave me alone but don't go too far" stage, lol.
It comes with a carry case that is 17 inches across, and yes, this castle does fit back in the bag! She uses it as a backpack purse to pack toys to take into the tent.
Comes with 4 segment poles (held together with an elastic rope inside of the poles) for easy set up. They come in their own tie-pouch that fits into the carry case with the tent. There are 4 white tab "pockets" inside of the tent at the base for the bottom of the poles to set in, and four pink pockets at the top of the roof on the inside that the top of the poles slide into. The poles tops are labelled with a sticker, and for added security they are tied into place after being installed into the pockets (I double-tied the bows).
There is a tent-flap type of door that has two velcro tabs for securing it closed that is easy for tiny fingers to open and close. It can be rolled up and tied above the door for quick entrees and exits. The glow in the dark stars are an added neatness that she loves, and during nap-time she lays there and looks at them until she falls asleep.
She tells everyone about her Castle that her Gigi gave her (while jumping up and down). Being the younger sister of two older brothers, this tent gives her a place that is just hers where she can play.
