How to Make a Wipe-able Bleacher Seat Cushion

Outdoor events like a football game or concert can often times only provide seating on cold, hard and sometimes wet bleachers. Make this wipe-able bleacher seat cover and you will have a bleacher seat cover that is easy to carry with you, easy to clean and easy to use. You can even take your wipe-able bleacher seat cushion with you to sit on while fishing in a boat, enjoying a picnic and sitting on the grass at any outdoor event. The seat doesn’t take much space to pack or carry.

Things You'll Need

  • A roll of thin Nylon cord at least 3 yards long (longer if you make a carrying handle)
  • Newspaper pile (still folded in half not scrunched up)
  • Thick plastic tarp 20"wide x 42"long ( The kind used to make thick outdoor tablecloths with a non slip backing)
  • Hole punch
  • Metal skewer with a sharp end
  • A work surface that can take sharp objects and won’t damage the surface
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Instructions

    • 1

      Cut a rectangular piece of tarp 20" wide by 42" long. You can vary the size to whatever size you like. Fold the tarp in half.

    • 2

      Take a pile of smooth folded newspapers and set them inside the fold. You can cushion it with more paper. Push them up against the folded end.

    • 3

      Close the tarp over the paper. There should be a edge around the paper that only presses against the other side of the tarp. Hold the tarp and newspaper firmly in place and with the sharp metal skewer poke through the top half of the tarp, and then through the bottom directly underneath the first hole. This marks matching top and bottom holes in the bleacher seat cushion. Continue doing this every ½ inch to 1inch all the way around the three open surfaces of the tarp.

    • 4

      Take the newspaper out and set it aside. Then, with the hole punch, punch all the marked holes out.

    • 5

      Put the newspaper back in the folded tarp. Take the nylon cord. Begin on the side closest to the fold and thread the cord from front to back. Go all the way around the cushion as if you are sewing it together from front to back. Tie the lose ends off so it won’t come apart.