DIY Tarp Shelter

In this I will teach you how to make a fast and easy shelter for survival or even relaxing with a book! If you become lost in the woods, night is falling, and you need a shelter, then you will be able to make it easily, by reading this instructable.

No worries, it probably will not happen any time soon;

Or will it?!?

Twine or Rope,

a medium-sized tarp with holes in the corners, it is best when it's a square tarp, but I'll be doing it with a rectangle, so you can see how I'm going to do it.

four wooden pins, each six inches long and one inch wide, or however the size of the holes on your tarp.

scissors or a knife,

Loppers or a hand saw (only for small stuff)

In this step you have to, as the name says, Pick your tree! You're not going to want a dead tree or a tree with a disease, you're going to want a sturdy tree that isn't dead, or a widow maker. Find a tree with a "Y" low to the ground, around three feet from the ground. A "Y" is a fork in the tree,

most of the time where the tree split, or a "Y" branch. I put a lot of different "Y" examples.

You're going to need strong, rope for this task, I personally like using twine.

When you're cutting your rope/twine or you could even use paracord, you can cut it as long or short as you want, just remember the tarp is going to go over it, so cut it to match the size of your tarp, I'm just telling you for the next step, we will be only using the rope/twine on one side of the tree, not the other one.

String your rope/twine in between the fork

on the tree, and this is where the pins come in, make them out of one inch thick, six-inch-long pins out of a sturdy tree, I like using beach trees, because they get very strong, even when they are very thin. Tie the rope/twine around the pins, making sure the knots are tight. tie the pins on either side of the rope/twine and push them into the dirt so that the rope/twine is very tight, and the knots are just above the dirt level.

This is the last step, the step that we set down the covering and roof of the shelter. the tarp can be as big as you want, but it has to at least cover the whole desired area. Since I'm using a rectangle tarp, I'm going to just fold it in half and put rocks as weights, so the tarp doesn't fly off. Put down the tarp on the rope/twine diagonally and push the remaining two pegs through the holes in the corners and make it tight...

If the tarp cannot be folded in half into a square, then I made another step for that.

YOU'RE DONE

If your tarp doesn't fold into a square, then set it down just as you would with a square tarp and put rocks as weights on the sides.

Thank you for your time, I hope you liked it!

Now get a move on! Get out of here and explore the great OUTDOORS!!!!!