Fort Friday

It's the first Fort Friday of 2013 and I'm glad so many of you love this weekly tradition! 

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!

If you want to share your fort (or an awesome one you found) just send it to me or use the hash tag #fortfriday and tag me @AllfortheBoys on Instagram! YES! I just created an Instagram account just for All for the Boys! We'd love it if you followed us! Unfortunately our Twitter name @4theboys was already taken (the Twitter name Allfortheboys was taken when we signed up) Oh the woes of social media names ;)

Kabloom Studios has  great step by step photos on their blog for this in room A frame tent!

3 boys enjoying their fort last week from @southernfrog on Instagram!

Love this teepee on Seventy Tree this morning!

I am trying to plan a trip up north to play in the snow. Not sure if my cold intolerant boys will want to play long enough to make a fort but I've been researching ;) Love this snow fort from Chilly Chilton

Or this snow fort from Wunderground

Love this cute face peeking out - I would be freezing!! from My Incredible Family

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!

If you want to share your fort (or an awesome one you found) just send it to me or use the hash tag #fortfriday and tag me @allisonwaken on Instagram!

Here is a great blanket fort from Create with Ana Luisa Dziengel

A fort out of upcycled egg cartons?! So cool! From Kindergarten & Preschool for Parents & Teachers

Really love this treehouse from Kid Baltimore!

These cardboard discs by Mio make the perfect fort building material

Love this different take on a bunk bed fort from BeachBrights

I have a feeling there will be a lot of fort building going on this next week. Have fun!

Fort Friday

Happy Fort Friday! If you celebrate Christmas I hope you're more ready than I am!

Dad built forts are the best - check out this pirate ship built by these pirates' Dad!

 

This fort from ArtBar gets me in the fort building spirit for sure!

This is the perfect time of year to stick lights in your cardboard fort. I love doing this! from Babble

Here was our holiday fort last year - complete with cotton ball snow. 

And are you ready to see the BEST holiday card/video? Of course any video that includes forts is good right? ;) Melancholy Smile does a video instead of a card every year and I was so excited she let me share it here!

The snowflakes, the fort, shadow puppets - so. much. fun. Thank you SO much for letting me share! Check out Melancholy Smile for past videos - they'll put a smile on your face :)

And since I can't send each one of you a hard copy of our card this year I'll post it here. Have a great weekend!!

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!

If you want to share your fort (or an awesome one you found) just send it to me or use the hash tag #fortfriday and tag me @allisonwaken on Instagram!

I can't get the code but there is a quick video of a very cool roll up door on a cardboard fort at News from the Crib

Love how proud these kiddos are of their fort - from HappyFolk on Instagram

The kiddos from Tales of the Scotts were busy building forts too!

A great stick fort from Down at the Farm

Love these tents that zip together! seen at LoveIt from logos.ne.jp

It's a table that turns into a house! from dornob.com

And yes I think I'll have one of these please - from Nice Decors

My pup is jealous of this dog fort/mansion from Best Friend's Home

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!

If you want to share your fort (or an awesome one you found) just send it to me!

Here is such a simple way to build a perfect fort from The World Of My Dreams (a ladder!)

I love Ashley Ann's blog Under the Sycamore and was so happy when she said I could share her fort photo from her recent post

and another from this post with a little "tutorial"

Love this cardboard Gingerbread House from The House that Lars Built (has a how to)

Here's an already made cardboard castle that you can decorate - $24.99 from Zulily

Love this fort inbetween trees on Houzz

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Fort Friday!

Happy Fort Friday! Last one in November! SO crazy how fast these days go by at the end of the year. By next Friday you may see our Elf on the Shelf Melvin enjoying a fort ;)

I LOVE getting your fort photos so please send them our way if you want to be featured. You can also tag me @4theboys on Twitter, @allisonwaken on Instagram or just include the hashtag #fortfriday on your photos and I can share them that way!

These boys in IL set up a perfect outdoor space (can we come play with your sticks and leaves?)

My friend Lexi's boys can build a mean outdoor fort as well ;)

Hearthsong has a cool GardenFort framework, netting, and seeds!

McCurdy's Armor - sets up in under 10 minutes (by three people) like LEGOS and is a full blown real life guard post.

While we are still in the 80's here I know some of you have already gotten some snow - how about this 3 level snow fort from When in doubt, duct tape! on Instructables

Happy fort building!

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Fort Friday!

Is it Friday? I'm so confused! Love these Holiday weekends. So who braved/is braving Black Friday? I bought 1 thing on Amazon that I was waiting for last night and that looks like it's going to be it for me.

It's Fort Friday! We celebrate here at all for the boys with fun fort inspiration. If you'd like to participate by sending in your fort you can email it here.

We'll be at home enjoying family and the time off! My boys have been regularly setting up a tent in the backyard that they got from a friend whose son has grown out of it. If you have a chance to get a small easy to set up and take down tent - do it!

The Little Paper Dog made a newspaper tent - we posted about those here

Love this topsy turvy set from Monstrum

How creative is this cardboard log cabin - decorated gingerbread house style from Mrs. Butterfield's First Grade

Here's a DIY tent from On One Hand

This DIY fort made from foam and fabric is just genius - from Weekday Carnival

Fort Friday!

Happy Fort Friday! It's cooling down here and starting to feel like the holidays (well for Phoenix anyway) I hope you are all enjoying the Gift Guide this year. More to come with that!

I love seeing all of your forts so please send them to me if you create one and would like to share!

This little man is excited for Christmas and since his parents weren't ready to decorate the house yet, he thought he'd decorate his fort. Smart boy!

Over at Silly = Sane they make and find forts all around their house!

A colorful cubby house seen at home improvement pages

This space looks SO much fun - on Dwell

This site Monstrum is so amazing for fort inspiration and I'll have to share more on Fort Fridays but this one definitely caught my eye!