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“Design it. Built it. Love it. Have someone else clean it. ”
— Matt

Listen: To our pillow fort sketch for inspiration

Read this aloud: A pillow fort doesn’t have to be not just a pile of cushions and blankets. It can a headquarters. A creative studio. A top secret base of operations. There is one thing that a pillowfort cannot be: a toilet.  Plumbing is very expensive.

IDEAS OF Stuff to BUILD WITH:

  • Couch cushions

  • Pillows

  • Blankets

  • Chairs

  • Pegs or bulldog clips to hold things together

  • A torch

  • Snacks (essential)

  • A toilet roll (because every craft activity needs one)

  • Broom stick (for flag pole)

  • Tarp (boss level)

instructions:

Pick your location. The lounge room is classic. Under the dining table is a classic

  1. Build your walls. Stack cushions, drape blankets over chairs, and use pegs to hold things in place.

  2. Make a door. Just leave a gap. Use a couch cushion as a sliding door. - You’re the architect, you decide.

  3. Set up your torch inside so you can see what you're doing.

  4. HAVE Snack inside.

Want to keep going?

FORT COOL

Welcome to your new house!

  • Name your fort: Try: Fort Awesome, The Blanket Palace, Camp Couch, Operation Cushion, Squishy City.

  • Flag: What colours and shapes say "this is OUR pillowfort"? Is there a symbol or picture that could represent your family. A family crest as it were. Draw your flag and stick it on a ‘flagpole’ (or broomstick).

  • Rules: What are the top 5 laws? Write them down and stick them at the door.

  • A password: Your own ‘open sesame’. (maybe something from the Family Dictionary)

  • Language: Make up at least 3 words that only people in your country know

  • Garden: Every country has one. Even a tiny pretend one counts

  • Passport: Make one. Nobody gets in without it

  • Anthem: Does your country already have a song? Can you write one?

  • Menu: Design a menu for the fort’s imaginary restaurant.

  • Movies: What movies are on in the cinema?

  • Animals: What magical creatures and you see in pillow fort’s zoo?

  • Blueprint: Draw a map of the other rooms inside.

DESTRUCTIONS

Dress as monsters and destroy! (Maybe let the parents do this - sometimes they need to vent a little rage).

CLEAN UP!

All good tradies clean up the work site! When you are done with your fort. why don’t you be a total legend and put everything back where you got it from!