Today I built a fort under the kitchen table in our dining room. Not everyone may know the steps to building a quality fort, so I thought I would walk you through some of the basic fort buidling skills that I have recently acquired.
Step 1) Pick a strong frame to be the support for your fort. I used the dining room table, butthe front room table, or even a card table will do the trick.
Step 2) Make sure that you clear out all unessessary items from around the dining room that
may fall on your head while building fort (i.e. dishes, candles, chairs). These items are
hazardous and may take up too much fun time later if you try and skirt around this
step.
Step 3) Grab several high quality linens out of your parents linen closet. I have chosen a flannel
for my project, but cotton is a good substitute, especially as we approach the summer
months. Make sure that the fabric is not too heavy as to fall off of the frame support
once it has been laid in place.
Step 4) Lay the linen over the top of the frame, and make sure that there is enough fabric toreach all the way down to the floor on every side of the frame. Then you will have an
enclosed fort that you can play in!
Come in and see what we have going on!
I have made enough room in my fort so that I can bring toys inside, such as my little people farm, and my wind up stuffed sheep. It is important to think about space before you start such a project.
You can also welcome invited guests into your fort. Dads, Moms, and dogs love to come and play in forts with you.
As you can see, I did a little customizing on this baby! I added a rain porch, which isn't entirely necessary considering I built this fort inside our house, but it looks good, and builds skills required to take this type of project to the out of doors.
No door needed, just simply crawl under the flap on any side of the fort.
I hope that this lesson has been helpful. Be creative, and enjoy the fun that a fort provides!
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