How to build an indoor fort with kids

by Gabriella Samms

There isn't a child I know who hasn't had the opportunity and relished in the exciting experience of building their own fort. It's the ways in which they utilize their own creativity to construct them that is such a pleasa...read more

by Susan Lower

"Charge!" screams my three year old soon as he runs head first through a barrier of hung blankets. The entire ensemble falls down. From inside the collapsed heap, another voice shouts out in dismay. My daughter's precio...read more

by Dreidle Flare

Nothing sparks a child's imagination and creativity like building a great fort. Inside or outside, it can be lots of fun, as kids love crawling around in tiny spaces, acting out their adventures, or simply creating a spac...read more

by Danielle B

Indoor forts are the coolest things that kids can build and they are fantastic for a rainy day or in the wintertime when it is too cold to go outside. It allows for their imaginations to run wild and yet it is still a pre...read more

by Laura Leigh Fields

When I was small, my family didn't have a whole lot of money. We did without very little but we didn't have many extras. When it came to entertainment, I didn't have all the brand name toys like the kids of today. I loved ...read more

by Patti Winters

The first thing you have to determine is if you are going camping, taking a fishing trip or hiding from aliens from outer space, because they all require different indoor forts. Have fun with your children, let them use th...read more

by Kessie Carroll

I have fond childhood memories of building forts in the living room with my brothers. Building forts with the dining room chairs was the Deluxe Fort edition. It involved moving the chairs and finding blankets, and when you...read more

by S J

It's a shelter from a torrential storm, a hideaway for secret friends, a bunker with a view of the enemy and a haven from homework and chores. What else could it be but a fort! A rite of passage for every child, forts ar...read more

by Kelly A. Mello

When I was a child, building indoor forts, and outdoor ones for that matter, was one of my favorite activities. I never realized that this was the popular thing to do until recent years. I suppose it makes sense though, be...read more

by Chiara Prezzavento

Lately, Tommy, his brother and I have been playing The Fall Of Constantinople a lot. It doesn't take much. The sofa stars as "The Walls": you kneel on it and look at the Turks over the back. On either side of The Wal...read more

by Ethan Womack

I remember as a kid constructing castles in the living room of my parents house. Though my castles were nothing more than a few chairs with sheets draped over them, I enjoyed them throughly. It seems to me that kids are in...read more

by Jennifer Bresee

I listened to the rain hitting the window, I wondered how to keep today upbeat for my two school-age children. A flickering memory guided me into other parts of the house to gather supplies. As I staggered into the ...read more