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!