forts

Do you need a great indoor date night? Go camping! Build a fort together, make smores over the stove, make hot chocolate, play card games inside the fort and end it with watching a movie :)

Do the words "pillow fort" conjure parental fear of messy blankets, all the couch cushions ruined, and all your children sleeping out of their beds for the foreseeable? Well, that last one might be true. But these are #quarantimes, people! Might as well make this time at home special with the help of some sheets, twinkle lights, and just a little bit of magic. But don't just stop at pillow forts. You can build blanket forts, cardboard forts, a simple fort with just a sheet and a clothesline...

I'm always trying to figure out ways to be an adult and a child at the same time. I wanted to make a super-sized pillow fort and was given a beautiful space to execute it. This fort was 40ft tall and made out of quilts that I had created from all my close friends old clothing. I wanted everything to feel extra personal, so I used every bit of the love and adoration I have for my community in this piece. I hung a couch upside down, lit everything from the inside, and made a soft, cuddly...

'pop-up' rooms within rooms - Improvised Life

I want someone to make tents with.

First annual blanket fort party! Gathered some close friend, delicious snacks from the Dekalb Farmers market and had an evening of relaxing and watching movies, and in my case sleeping :)

Build a blanket fort!

fort #rainydayactivity

Another child in a blanket fort.

This is how we made dens then