Fort Building
Fort building is one of those creative play activities that can be done from ages 2 (with lots of help!) up to the teen years.
When my sons were little adventurers, they delighted in creating enchanted forts - whether at school, in our backyard, or right in the heart of our home. I discovered that having supplies neatly tucked away nearby sparked their imaginations, leading to frequent building sprees. Our living room often transformed into a fantastical construction zone, where sofa cushions became sturdy walls, kitchen chairs turned into towering turrets, and every sheet and blanket was draped like the finest silken canopies. Soon, the entire space beneath became a secret hideaway, where they and the neighborhood children would crawl in, bringing along their favorite toys and books, ready to embark on the grandest of adventures.
Our Playclips are small and easy for children to use to build their own magical fort! They will clip and securely hold Playsilks, blankets, and sheets onto tables, chairs and sofas.
Our new Playforts are the newest addition to our fort building collection. We've heard from parents and teachers how much they love how lightweight and easy the Playfort set is to build and take apart - each Playfort set comes in its own canvas bag for easy storage! See how our friend Liz and her little ones put together and decorated their Playfort here.
Secret play forts are magical places where childhood memories are made. Being given the autonomy to help create their own play space is incredibly meaningful for children - and with simple fort building tools like Playsilks and Playclips, it's easy for them to bring their dream play space to life!
I hope you'll share some ideas of how your children build forts in the comments below. We will randomly choose one winner that will receive a Playfort Kit of your choice on 8/19.
Everyone who enters will also receive a coupon code for 30% of Playforts on 8/19 through email.
We love seeing the many ways our community uses Playsilks to make their own beautiful forts! Indoors and outdoors, big and small, here are a few examples to inspire your next fort building adventure:
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My son uses couch cushions and blankets for his forts
Robert OBrien on
In my house, nothing is safe from fort building: couch cushions, bed sheets, cozy blankets, chairs, tables! And then the kids ask to sleep in it and keep
It up forever. They love sleeping in the forts!
Lee Anne Denny on
We use the back of the couch and dining room chairs with quilts but we’d rather use the quilts inside the fort!
Candace Maggard on
My kids use their bunkbed with playsilks, play clips, plushies other times the sofa, table and chairs to build different forts. They can play there for hours 🤗
Claudia S on
My daughter is about to be two and she LOVES playing under blankets and her crawling tunnel… I bet she would LOVE to build forts! We don’t have anything like this yet ;)
Katie Harp on
My son is on the younger side of fort building but we do like to play in little tents.
Wendy on
My children are older now, but they still love to build cozy spots with sofa cushions. Silks are such a joy. 💕
Brandy on
My children are older now, but they still love to build cozy spots with sofa cushions. Silks are such a joy. 💕
Brandy on
My kiddo likes to build all kinds of buildings with her Nugget couch, but when she makes her little fort/nook, she adds a blanket and some fairy lights and always begs to sleep in it that night too.
Julie Evans on
we use cushions and blankets to create a “castle” with my 2 year old. She would absolutely love this!
Marlye on
Our 6-year old loves building forts in the garden with sticks and branches. We’ve also grown black eye susan vine and mine pumpkins up the sticks to give it more privacy.
Genevieve on
My daughter uses blankets and pillows from the couch and her room to make a fort. She likes to take toys and a flashlight inside and calls it camping.
Chasity on