Playpen suitable for camping

Gday,
We used a porta cot, you can throw a mozzie net over the top to keep the flies out too.
Cheers

We didn't have a playpen (at home or camping) only a portacot for sleeping. We just have a large shadecloth that we put on the ground and they crawled around on that.

The Oz Trail 3m x 3m fly proof tent works a treat. We bought the wet weather fly to go over it for a bit of extra shade protection. It has zippered access on all sides.

Cheers Kev

i immediately thought of 4 star pickets and a small roll of chicken wire to run round them.(as a joke of course)
but then i thought, a playpen is a small wooden prison for children when you think about it!
so maybe refine it with 4 wooden stakes. also use the stakes to support a shadecloth.
and a good space saver too as opposed to a playpen.
i'm off to the patent office right now!

Hey Gav,

I bought a wooden playpen and made a drop in floor for it out of waterproof ply. Hinged it in the middle with a piano hinge, trimmed it up with vinyl. We let the kids go mad outside of it during the day, then after bath time put them in the playpen until bedtime. Worked a treat. Also used the portacot but found they outgrew it pretty quickly.
Mike.

Was thinkin' maybe some of that white ribbon stuff you see out in the country...seems to keep the cows under control :-)

I really like the look of these Kindacots:
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very neat idea and a lot more compact than a portacot.

For both of our girls (now 7 and 3 yrs) we used a small dome tent. It was a mesh tent that had a rain fly over it that could be opened right up on hot days. We found it worked great as they had a 'play' area set up for good or bad weather. Also worked great for me when I was ejected from the main tent after too many grogs and started the midnight chainsaw :-) Small domes take up no room, are cheap and take only a few minutes to set up. We tried the portacot - but they take up way too much room.

Hey Gav,

Just bought JollyKids playpen ,

It is injection moulded plastic , so it doesnt matter if it gets wet and breaks down into flat panels for the sides and small corner panels .

It has no floor and we use foam tiles inside the house and a tarp when away.

It is 1150 x 1150 cm square when erected

www.jollykids.net ( on the box )

Glenn

Thanx everyone for your advice,

i can believe the answer was staring me in the face. a small dome tent. i even have a couple kicking around the shed.
ill give it a go!

as for the voltage/power supply required for a live fence, you guys have too much time on your hands.

Cheers
Gav