DIY Tent Weights

We recently purchase a new event tent for this year out at Portland Saturday Market. We were pricing out weights to purchase for our new Event Tent
and found that they are very expensive. Each tent leg is required to have 20 pounds to help stabilize the tent. We found a few weights that we liked but they were outside of our budget. We took

Making Inexpensive Tent Weights

Milk jug bungee corded to the tent leg.

I hear you asking yourself if tent weights are necessary!  I asked myself the same thing. Let me ask you this. Are you doing a show outside? If yes, then yes you need weights. I have seen a tent flip over. The breeze caught the tent just right and flipped it. If you would like to keep your tent grounded, over your head and not blowing down the isle then you need weights on each leg. Not to worry thou, weights don't need to be expensive.

Here is an inexpensive idea how to build your own weights.

We use 4 milk jugs (one for each leg) filled with sand as tent weights. We purchased the sand at the locale hardware store. We were able to buy two 60 pound bags for $10. Some vendors use bleach jugs filled with water. We choose sand because we didn't want to be hauling water around. We had concerns about obtaining water at outdoor shows. The facility may not offer water stations or faucets. Tie rope around the handle and up around the top rail of the tent just under the canvas top. Then bungee cord the milk jug to the leg to keep it in place. We spray painted ours blue but the paint seems to flake off. I would have preferred to leave them clear or white.

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