Fort Friday!

Now I know why people don't always like going on vacation - it's crazy when you get back! This week has flown by for me and next is the boys' last week of school. So crazy!

Here at All for the Boys we celebrate Fridays with some awesome fort inspiration from around the web. Whether made of sheets, cardboard, wood, or sticks, forts are a place we can go to transport our minds to wherever we want to go. You can play, dream, relax, or create in a fort. Everything is better in a fort!

You can share your forts by emailing me, Facebook, or Instagram and tag @allfortheboys and #fortfriday (by contacting me you are giving me permition to share your photo on the blog. Let me know if you want it linked up anywhere) - some are tagging me properly and I'm not able to pull it up again later :( So if you don't see yours here, email it to me!

You never know what you'll come home to when you leave the house - a huge fort maybe?

Anything goes when fort building - use anything you can find! from The Natural Mom

Love this happy fort from @lifeasyouliveit on Instagram

Whether it's for your action figures or yourself you can't go wrong with a cardboard castle from Reading Confetti

Check out this awesome fort Six Golden Coins found!

Happy Fort Friday!

Fort Friday Space Edition

Here at All for the Boys we celebrate Fridays with some awesome fort inspiration from around the web. Whether made of sheets, cardboard, wood, or sticks, forts are a place we can go to transport our minds to wherever we want to go. You can play, dream, relax, or create in a fort. Everything is better in a fort!

You can share your forts by emailing me, Facebook, or Instagram and tag @allfortheboys and #fortfriday (by contacting me you are giving me permition to share your photo on the blog. Let me know if you want it linked up anywhere) - some are tagging me properly and I'm not able to pull it up again later :( So if you don't see yours here, email it to me!

I'll be back to sharing some of your creations next week but this week I wanted to focus on spaceships since I found so many to go with space week.

This one from Fairy Dust Teaching looks so real (well to little ones)

We all know this famous spaceship from The Party Wall

Loved this one from the brilliant space party by Sara Westbrook Photography

Rad spaceship from Mr. Mcgroovy on Flickr - you can download a spaceship plan from his site

A how to from Stryker on Instructables

an AWESOME spaceship bed built for one lucky little guy from Reddit

Fort Friday

Happy Fort Friday!

Here at All for the Boys we celebrate Fridays with some awesome fort inspiration from around the web. Whether made of sheets, cardboard, wood, or sticks, forts are a place we can go to transport our minds to wherever we want to go. You can play, dream, relax, or create in a fort. Everything is better in a fort!

You can share your forts by emailing me, Facebook, or Instagram and tag @allfortheboys and #fortfriday (by contacting me you are giving me permition to share your photo on the blog. Let me know if you want it linked up anywhere) - some are tagging me properly and I'm not able to pull it up again later :( So if you don't see yours here, email it to me!

Are you ready for your weekly dose of fort inspiration?

These kids look like fort pros with indoor and outdoor forts!

And these kids know the art of building a quick fort - quick because your little brother/sister may destroy it at any moment!

Love this teepee from Fun in the Making

The BoxTENT from Cakoseoglu design is definitely unique!

And not one you could get in (but your minifigs could!) a cardboard castle from Ann Wood

and a magical blanket fort from The Lemon Grove

Fort Friday!

Fort Friday wraps up our Fort Week - I hope you enjoyed it!

Here at All for the Boys we celebrate Fridays with some awesome fort inspiration from around the web. Whether made of sheets, cardboard, wood, or sticks, forts are a place we can go to transport our minds to wherever we want to go. You can play, dream, relax, or create in a fort. Everything is better in a fort!

You can share your forts by emailing me, Facebook, or Instagram and tag @allfortheboys and #fortfriday (by contacting me you are giving me permition to share your photo on the blog. Let me know if you want it linked up anywhere) - some are tagging me properly and I'm not able to pull it up again later :( So if you don't see yours here, email it to me!

These 3 boys tried out our broom fort with great success. They loved it. Great job boys!

Hello perfect fort lighting! It's a light saber from @apstagram on Instagram

Loving this spring tent from One More Mushroom

A gorgeous elephant sized fort from The Mother Huddle - this post gives some great info!

A snow dog fort? from Daily Mail - photo by North News & Pictures

Love the lines on this one from Post and Courier

Fort Week Part 4: Fort Magic Giveaway!

Are you ready to see a truly awesome fort structure kit? We are so excited to share this with you today because we love it that much!

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Fort Week Part 3: Building Tips

There are SO many ways to build a fort so today we're sharing some of our "go to" tips as well as several other ways to construct a fort!

Makedo makes cardboard fort making easy - we used a sheet to make it a bit cooler in the summer

You can create a fort with no structure by hanging it from the ceiling

A favorite of my boys is using a broom in between couch cushions to lift up a fort - we used a fitted sheet so the corners could grab on to the edges of the sofa

I think the boys like this one because they can lay on the couch - it's fun to turn it into a nighttime fort!

A fort from newspaper is different but still simple and fun

And their favorite when they were younger is the table fort.

Stick-lets are fun to have on hand to make stick fort building quick and easy!

The leaning fort is an easy one - lean cardboard, sticks, a mattress up against a wall and you have an instant fort. This one from I'm Bloggin

 If you have a bunk bed - fort making is pretty simple! This one from A Lemon Squeezy Home

There's always the traditional wooden fort (ok there's nothing traditional about this one from Wood Manor)

What is your favorite "go to" fort?

Fort Week Part 2: The Fort Kit

A fort kit (in my opinion) is one of the greatest kid gifts ever. You can put as much or as little effort into it as you want and any kid will get hours of fun out of it! I like a fort kit to include

• sheets
• heavy duty clamps
• binder clips or clothespins
• rope
• flashlight or glowsticks

Any extra is bonus! Here are some kits I've found around the web

A superhero fort kit By Hook & Thread

Build a Fort from Bloom

Star Wars fort kit from teehee4two

Fort kit by Meg + Andy

A fort for Brady by Armommy

The Mad Libs are a cute addition from This Enchanting Life

from Saltwater Kids

from Jodi Michelle

from 4 Men 1 Lady

What do you think should be included in a fort kit?

Fort Week Part 1: Cardboard!

Cardboard is awesome. It's the perfect material for your imagination. Before you recycle your latest collection of boxes hand them over to your kids or help them create something of their own!

Ikat bag has a post on several different things they've made from cardboard

Not quite a fort but a great place to play from 45wall Design

Love this 2 story clubhouse from bennelson on Instructables

A simple banana box fort from Cardboard Collective

Love Fort Rex from Kat This Kat That

An epic fort with multiple entrances from Supriseaholic

So they can play in the dryer (which my boys always wanted to do) from Estefi Machado

Do you save your cardboard for the kids to play with?