Tip 1: Set up a tarp A tarp underneath your camping tent helps to prevent moisture from entering from below. Additionally, you can set up a small tarp as a little roof that shelters the entrance of your camping tent. You can then get in and out without getting wet whilst opening or closing the zip. Also, the rain won't enter your tent every time you open the door. If you have a large tarp, you can cover a bigger area so that you can have some sheltered area outside your camping tent. Especially when it rains for days, you will appreciate an occasional walk outside. You might even be able to light a fire underneath your tarp. When the weather is nice, such a tarp provides great shelter from the sun. Ads by Google Tip 2: Do your seam sealing Check carefully if your camping tent requires seam sealing. If it does, make sure you have what you need, and do a proper sealing. This does take a bit of work, but it will prevent moisture from entering your tent uninvited, keeping you and your things dry even in the rain. Many camping tents feature a bathtub floor which has no ground level seams that might leak. These tents require less seam sealing and save you some time. Tip 3: Set up your rain fly Make sure you know exactly how to set up your camping tent's rain fly, and that you have it with you when you go on your camping trip. Don't wait for the rain to set it up. Yes, it's a rain fly, but it's clever to set it up in good weather already. Rain often starts out of the blue, and you don't want to rush out in the middle of the night into the rain to throw the rain fly over your camping tent.

1. Use a ground cloth, or tarp, under your tent. Not only will this keep the bottom of your tent clean, it will keep the floor of your tent dry. Just be sure to tuck the edges of the tarp under the tent so that it does not catch rain. 2. Never wear your shoes inside the tent. When you enter your tent, sit in the doorway and remove your shoes, then place them on a floor mat, rug or towel near the door way. You can even leave them outside by tucking them between the tent and the ground cloth. 3. Bring a Ziploc bag for trash to keep the inside of your tent clean. Don't litter inside your tent--especially with candy and food wrappers which can attract bugs or larger, furrier nuisances. Better yet, throw your trash away in an animal-proof trash can outside of your tent. 4. Pack a whisk broom and dust pan to keep your tent clean. These even come in small, easy to pack camp sizes. Sweep the grit out of your tent every day, and once again before packing it. 5. Never store a wet and dirty tent. If you have to strike camp in the rain or even a heavy morning dew, be sure to pitch your tent again at home to dry. You can pitch it in the sun, a garage or porch. You can even dry it by hanging on a clothes line or over a fence. Clean any stains. If your tent goes into storage wet and dirty, it will come out stinky, sticky and moldy for your next camping trip.

Are you asking how to set up your tent? Or do you want to make your own tent? From your other questions it looks like you're going to purchase a tent. They all come with instructions on how to set them up. Each is a little different. If you can't find the instructions you can always look it up online or call the manufacture. As for making your own tent, I'm sure you could find instructions on how to sew together a tent from a kit you purchase or using your own materials on line as well. Some people that really rough it up take a tarp and use that as a shelter stringing it up between trees.

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