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!

Fort Friday!

Fort Friday of a 3 day weekend here (Monday is Veterans Day!) I know my kids are excited because we are actually cooling down a bit.

The Holiday gift guide is coming out next week!! I didn't realize how much work it was going to be so I really hope you all enjoy it!

Speaking of gifts Zulily.com has some events coming up with Star Wars, LEGO, Hurley, and Quicksilver so you may want to sign up and watch for that! They take a little longer to ship if you're used to Amazon but there are some great deals to be had if you're planning ahead!

Speaking of Star Wars who has already downloaded Star Wars Angry Birds? So fun!

Now on to the forts!

Kevin Langan has an awesome site where he's challenging himself to create 100 wild huts on different types of land!

We still have Mickey on the brain - here's a cute Mickey themed playhouse on HGTV

It's a little Hobbit Hole! From Wooden Wonders

Or maybe you're a little more Knightly and need a proper castle - from The Playhouse Company

Have a great weekend everyone!

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!

Love this gorgeous cardboard castle from The Busy Budgeting Mama (just found her site - love it!)

An inflatable fort from Step 2

I would love to know the original source of this one I found on Pinterest - Found! Made by Gregg Fleishman

A Playhouse that Daddy Built from Paging Supermom

This fort/playhouse from Extreme Home Makeover is pretty darn cool too!

Have a great weekend!

Fort Friday

A happy Fort Friday for me - sleepovers, Halloween preperation, and a top secret trip for the boys (I can post this now because they won't read this until they know)

This entire playhouse from Green esCape is SO cool

and this room from Ikea Family Live is pretty amazing as well

An easy to store play tent from H&M

Residents from the Kirkland House at Harvard made the world's largest cardboard fort. I think I know where my boys want to go to school. (from the Harvard Gazette)

best reason to buy new large appliances - a fort - from Darci Stitches&Scissors on Flickr

Fort Friday!

Another week another Fort Friday! Thank you all for inspiring me every week to find and share awesome forts for us all to enjoy!

This 17 month old is showing us how to put those diaper boxes to good use!

The easiest fort is the throw a sheet over the table fort. Become the "best mom ever" by adding a movie and party lights ;)

How about a vacation to Treehouse Point?

Gorgeous cardboard fort/playhouse at La Maison de LouLou

This whole house is SO amazing but check out this fort on Grateful Shed

Here is a simple and cost effective way to make your child's room a bit more fun from Emilie sans Chichi