If your teen has been nagging you for a hanging chair to spruce up their room, you’ve come to the right place!

What could be cooler than a DIY hanging chair – that you and your teen have made together? Make your tween or teen’s bedroom the coolest place to hang out and read by making a hanging chair.

It’s a great option for a small room, where floor space is limited, and you might like this project so much that you’ll want to make a few hanging chairs for a porch or patio.

What you need:

• 1,8 metres of fabric
• A metal clip that can hold 100kg
• 5 metres of rope
• 1 metre long wooden dowel
• A drill
• Tape measure
• Scissors
• A sewing machine

The tutorial

In the following video, Ava, from Kids Cooking and Crafts, shows us how to make a DIY hanging chair…