In short
At the shop
Buy:
- 12 4’x8’x1" sheets
- 3"/6" tape
- cutter and blades
- gloves and masks
At home
Just two people.
- Cut 6 sheets at the diagonal: 3 in one direction, 3 in the other direction. (If you want all logos inside, and all shiny outside.)
- Tape points and bases of the 12 triangles, and the 8’ sides of the rectangles.
Make 2 semi-walls
Make 2 semi-walls, each made of 3 panels: (Logos towards you.)
- Place 2 panels with no gap between their 4’ sides, tape them together, fold like a book, and tape "the spine of the book". We call this a tight hinge.
- Place the 3rd panel along the 2nd, with a gap wide as the thickness of a panel, tape them together, fold like a book (with a panel between them to keep the gap), and tape "the spine of the book". We call this a loose hinge.
Top view: panel 1 panel 2 gap panel 3
Side view: ==================||==================| |==================
Make 2 semi-roofs
Make 2 semi-roofs, each made of 6 triangles:
- Place the 6 triangles as "1 triangle, 2 roof-sides (each is 2 triangles), 1 triangle". (Logos towards you.)
Top view: triangle (gap) triangle+triangle (gap) triangle+triangle (gap) triangle
Side view: triangle (gap) triangle+triangle (gap) triangle+triangle (gap) triangle
- "Diagonal" = line between triangles in "triangle(gap)triangle".
- "Vertical" = line between triangles in "triangle+triangle".
- Do the diagonals first, the verticals second.
- The diagonals have a gap the size of (important) half a panel. Tape, fold, tape the spine. It's a loose hinge, but remember the gap is _half_ the thickness of a panel.
- The verticals have no gap. Tape, fold, tape the spine. It's a tight hinge.
For travel
Stack the folded 2 semi-walls and the folded 2 semi-roofs, bundle them, place on top of car or inside truck, drive.
At the Playa
- Unbundle.
- Tape the semi-walls together.
- Tape the semi-roofs together.
- Put roof on top (with help).
- Tape roof to walls.
- Add strings and pegs.
- Add windows and doors and other niceties.
- Enjoy.
- Separate roof from walls.
- Separate 2 half-roofs.
- Separate 2 half walls.
- Fold, pack, go home, store.