This hideout will not stand up on its own. I don't know how they got it to stand up like that for the picture because I can't even make it stand up by leaning the two top edges together like a teepee. I paid less than $10 for it and it still isn't worth the money. There are only wires running rectangularly through two sides and there is no support across the front or back of this thing. This was so disappointing to my son!