This fall I not only got a husband but three nephews! Over the last five years I’ve helped pick out some pretty cool Christmas presents for these little boys but this year I decided that as an official ‘aunt and uncle’ we had to get something for the boys on our own; not with the other uncles.
Leave it to me to wait until a week before Christmas to finally get my rear in gear and think of something really really cool. After scouring Pinterest for what seemed like hours, I decided to modify an idea that would be sure to keep any house full of young boys occupied - A FORT! I then found myself in Wal–Mart on December 15th (you’ve got it, payday for the entire population – big mistake!) with arms full of supplies in a line nothing short of 35 minutes long.
Here’s what I purchased:
- Three 50x60 fleece blankets (pinterest recommended flat sheets but I couldn’t find any sold separately)
- A matching tub for fort storage
- Extra reinforcement clips (clothespins)
- A small lantern to use inside the fort
- 4 AAA batteries for the lantern
- Pajamas for all of the boys to wear in their fort
- Ribbon (I had this already, but be sure to buy this to sew to your fleece blankets)
To begin, I unrolled the blankets and cut ribbon into roughly 6 inch strips. I angled the ends and counted them into groups of six. Each blanket received six of the strips (all four corners and one on the middle of the 60” side).
I then secured the ribbon with four passes on my sewing machine to make it more durable.
I threw in the other goodies and laid the tag on top so that it didn't get ripped off during the rigorous gift opening that always seems to occur and stuck everything into a matching chevron storage tub for easy storing.
I polished the fort making kit off with these nifty tags from KIN. Watch their DIY fort crafting video here.
Thanks for stopping by the Humble Hammock! Do come back!
Cara
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