diy, forever flexible fort
Posted: January 5, 2012 | Author: Jena | Filed under: Artsy Fartsy, Building, Developmental Themes, Experimentation, Imagination, Literacy, Tradition, Working Together | 17 Comments »
Forts are a super important element to play in this house. Whether the boys are hiding from an erupting volcano or reading books, the play usually goes hand in hand with building some sort of awesome structure.
Here is a great read to go along with fort building:
Oliver Pig and the Best Fort Ever by Jean Van Leeuwen.
For Christmas, Auntie K puts together a fort kit for the kids, that includes the Oliver Pig book. I don’t know who’s enjoying it more, the kids or the adults. The first time we set up a fort using the kit, Little J spends the afternoon, snacking and stockpiling toys inside. That night he camps out under the huge sheet suspended by bungies and drapes across the living room with all his toy planes and trucks and remnant crumbs from all his snacking in there.
Fort Number 2, we set up in the boys’ room.
Auntie K gets her gift idea from Saltwater Kids. What I like the most about this diy fort kit, is that it’s open ended.
You can set it up anywhere, using almost anything to support the sheet. The kit comes with suction cups, clips, ropes, and the sheet has loops sewn to each corner and one loop in the center. The possibilities are endless and I have a sneaky suspicion that we’ll be using this fort endlessly.
Yeah- gave me a big smile this morning!
What fun! We like to make cubbies like this too, under the dinner table, or a fitted sheet from the back of the sofa and around the coffee table – I have great memories of doing the same as a kid. Popping in from TGIF.
happy fort building…I also have great memories of forts, but I never got as advanced as using clips and ties.
This looks great – my daughter also likes to make forts (sometimes called princess houses by her) The kit you have seems to make it even easier. Visiting from TGIF.
Our forts are usually shelters for erupting volcanoes. Funny the difference between boys and girls…I need some princess action up at my house.
my lil guy would LOVE this..but we are still amateurs…throwing blankets over a couple chairs
… stopped by from TGIF linky
That’s the best kind of fort!
This is fabulous!!! Would you please share this with our readers for Fun Stuff Fridays? http://www.toysinthedryer.com/2012/01/fun-stuff-fridays-5.html
thanks, and sure thing
How fun! I usually just drape a few blankets over the bunk beds, but this would make a great DIY kit for all the little ones in the family!
I still favor the blanket over chairs, because the kids can do it themselves. Then they are the true master of their structure.
I LOVE all your cool forts!! We too love making our own! I sewed a fort that fits over my son’s bunkbed so that he could sleep in a fort that looks like a castle =-) Thanks for linking up to TGIF! Have a GREAT weekend,
Beth =-)
We have bunk beds too…how’d you get it to look like a castle?
love this. My Goblin would have so much fun with this
so funny…i call my youngest boy a gremlin, you know, the cute fuzzy one that you can’t get wet or feed after midnight? love it! Thanks for commenting.
[...] Jena made a massive fort out of old sheets and bungee cords. Like her, we have been interested in the fort kits which are flying around pinterest. I love how she created her own fort kit collection of items – and the finish product revolutionizes a living room into an adventure. [...]
Love this! My girls are huge fans of forts! Thanks for linking up to Fun Stuff Fridays!