Kid Forts

The other day, I passed some kids in the neighborhood with a play fort. Plastic, solid, impurvious to rubber bands and cost a pretty penny. Well, technological leaps of this dimension were unheard of when we were kids.

Our forts were makeshift. They were a cross between a bedoiun camp and laundry rack. Simply:

1. Place a certain number of chairs in a circle or square
2. Throw a blanket or sheet over it
3. Find rocks from the garden wall to hold down the edges ( be sure to leave room for an opening or you just wasted good play time and
4. Voila.... a fort.
5. For enhancing appeal and reducing bug bites, add a rug and a few magazines to justify spending time in a hot tent.

Even better was laundry day when the sheet were already on the line. Simply take the middle of the sheet and place it along the laundry line and go to step 3 and 4. This was the most expedient, but not popular with management.