Coloring playhouse



 Do you like to color? Well I do... but I like to do more than just color on sheets of paper or in coloring books. I like to think outside of the box.
My roommate decided that she wanted to be creative in the coloring department as well, but we faced a bit of a challenge; we were not entirely sure what it was that we wanted to color, we just knew that we wanted to color something cool that most people did not have the opportunity to color on.

And then my roommate remembered the perfect Christmas gift that she thought about getting me... a coloring playhouse that she saw at Target... but who wants to buy a coloring play house when you can clearly make your own?

The installation of the house

So my roommate and I decided to liven our lives up a bit, we found a massive thing of cardboard, we got several different colors of duct tape, and we got a knife and decided to have an adventure. We constructed our very own coloring playhouse that is now proudly sitting in our bedroom.

It ended up taking four of us to work on it but now we have the best house ever; it has a door and a handle and it currently has a sun roof (we haven't finished the top yet). Several people can fit comfortably into the house and anyone is welcome to share their coloring talents on the house and decorate it anyway they would like.



From the inside looking out





















The Fort

So I am sure that most of you have been waiting anxiously to hear my first suggestion on what to do when you need a fun activity. Well wait no more friends, here it is; BUILD A FORT!

OK so you might be thinking that this is a lame idea, 'how could a fort possibly be cool'? Well first off if you are thinking that, I am judging you a little bit, but you are not the only person out there to think such a thought.

Let me just tell you that forts are incredible things.

Step 1. The Simple Fort. You can do the simple 'build a little fort in the living room' tactic. Inside of that fort your possibilities are endless. You can play games in your fort, talk in your fort, you can even watch a movie from your fort. This summer at the camp I worked at, I led a Bible study inside of a fort.

The party does not stop there my friends...

Step 2. You can build a MEGA FORT. This summer we built a GIANT fort and then we put up a projection screen and watched a movie on it from inside of our fort. We had popcorn and 13 teenagers comfortably inside of the fort. Inside of another mega fort I was able to hide a few dozen balloons that I blew up right before dispersing them into someones room at camp for a prank (that is another story in itself).

Step 3. Build a permanent fort in under your beds. My roommate and I have a huge room here at school and we pushed our beds into a little nook in the corner of our room. We decided it would be a sweet idea if we lofted our beds and built a fort in under them. My roommate and I now have a permanent fort under our beds filled with pillows and a light.



From the inside of the Simple Fort



My roommate and I like to do our homework in the fort, we will bring friends in there to talk. We have watched movies on a computer inside of our fort and I have even taken a nap in our fort.



I strongly urge you to grab some cloths hangers, heavey materials, and a lot of blankets and find a great place to build a fort. It is a lot more fun then you may realize.



So release your inner child and build a fort gosh dang it, it is a blast!





Getting started

Princess Sarah: someone put a crown on me for this picture

Hello world. I am going to be truthful with you, the reason that I am starting this blog is due to the fact that I need to make one for my journalism 2.0 class. I have been struggling with trying to figure out what the concept of this blog should be.

Most people that know me know about my love for creativity. So I think the theme for this wonderful blog will be based on my creative skills.

If you are wondering if this blog is right for you here are some helpful hints to clue you in: do you find yourself getting easily bored and wishing you had a fun activity to do? Do you love being random? Do you wish you could come up with more fun creative/ random ideas to do? If you answered yes to any of these questions then this blog is perfect for you!

In every post I am going to give you; the reader or the viewer if you will a fun new activity to do to keep you from being bored or to help you up your randomness factor. The suggestions will not be simple things such as go to a movie or go ice skating. Oh no my friend this blog is not called 'The power of creativity' for nothing.

Instead I will give you ideas that are 'out of the box thinking' ideas that will help you to have fun in ways that you have never thought of before. So get ready to put on your creativity shoes and have fun with me. I look forward to talking with you in the future.