The best fort is the one the kids build by themselves.
“The best fort is the one the kids build by themselves.”
I wholeheartedly agree.
But they may have a problem installing cable, electricity and high speed internet by themselves.
Tying into city water and sewage could be a bit dicey too...
Agreed. But then growing up my brother and I used chainsaws and a front-end loader. Kids today...
Exactly my thought. Don’t kids do anything for themselves these days?
“The best fort is the one the kids build by themselves.”
I would second that. In my youth I built around 3-4 tree forts with my friends. I also cut down some trees and built a 12x12 log cabin on the parkland behind my house with handsaws and axes. That didn’t go over too well with the authorities, but I didn’t know any better then and it was a different time back then.
Fast forward to my daddy years and when my son turned 10, I got exicited about having a bit of land and a boy that age so I built a small log cabin out of recycled split rail fence board for my son. He helped a bit but after it was completed he used it about 8 to 10 times. Mostly during the airsoft wars.
If you build it they wont use it aside for the intial thrill. Make sure the kids have a big hand in designing and building it. You get the supplies and give them pointers.