It is a TENT not a FORT! Jeesh!!!!!

At our house, it depended on who was building the structure. If my daughter was the "contractor", it was a tent, but if my son was the builder, it was a fort. The actual location as well as the shape played a part in the identification of the structure. If built with blankets supported by the clothesline outdoors, it was definitely a tent, however a structure more square or rectangular in shape and supported by something more substantial, such as a table, qualified more as a fort. We lived on a farm, so forts could also be constructed of hay or straw bales, or chunks of wood from the wood pile. There were, of course, snow forts in the winter.

I would tend to agree with you. However, faced with a four year old saying different and perhaps in control of said "fort" - it's a fort! By the way, the flashlight is jolly useful for checking that Mom is still hanging by her thumbs in the dungeon. Look out for rats!

Oh My Dear Pots!! It does sound like you are in way over your head!!! It is clear to me that a fort is certainly larger than a tent needing much more work to make and keep up! A good fort contains several blankets and sheets of which are held together securely with clothes pins and then tied to and draped over and tucked around several pieces of furniture! This is very time consuming and takes great skill to master that it will not cave in! I am well practiced in this though it has been a good twenty years it is something you never forget! I had a very close friend whom I would often have over for sleep overs and we would spend hours underneath the coffee table in our make of fortress type tent which filled the living room! A Map was needed to find your way out for dinner and the whole day was spent in there coloring and singing and laughing and sharing....A wonderful haven shared with a friend! ~Heavens~

Hmmmmmm well recently my son tru to make some place, i cant call it tent or fort, as he just put togather Sofa Cushions at sides as wall and one at top as roof and he can hardly fit in it, LOL No tent or fort lately, but i am thinking of buying him camp so he can enjoy some of his games in it Take care

gosh, didn't uu know tht. lol o.k. , who told you? i haven't built either since my childrem were small. glad for the update. thanks.

Not lately but as a child and as a young parent with my kids. It was always fun!!

You can call it what ever you want. It is not nessacarily a tent. I allow my kids to make a fort all the time in the house. It is something they do as play and keep them occupied. It also helps get their imagination running wild. I love watching them get creative and tell me there stories.

Okay...I am a very bad grandma.....I built a tent with my granddaughter in her room..draping the blanket from the end of her bed then putting it in a drawer to hold it over us.....well when grandma wasn't there she tried it herself....and almost tipped the dresser over on herself.....so last year for Christmas she got a real tent.....boy is it hot in there when there's two people in it! LOL

I will pull my couch away from the wall...take a blanket or sheet and hang it on the wall and drape it over the couch..Then we use cushions to block one entrance and another blanket to drape for a door...That is their fort... They use flashlights and put their sleeping blankets and stuffed animals in there and that is where they spend the night.. Now that is an indoor fort....When I was a little girl..We made forts in the woods out of real wood...we made all different kinds..

I remember building forts when I was a kid, my little sister and I used to make them and then sleep in them usually by the time morning came the fort would be on top of us...lol. The joys of childhood.

The twins made a tent just about a week ago. They used some toys and whatever they could get their hands on to hold it up. They played with it just about all day. No flashlights involved, just the kids and their toys.

When I was a child I very often used to make a tent under the table and spend a very many happy hour playing and hideing from everyone. I haven't built a tent for me in our house lately as I am now 45 but I have had fun teachering the children to do so.

Our kids make a fort just about every week. We use a lot of blankets and drape it over the livingroom and diningroom furniture. We sometimes read stories under it or just crawl around.

Not yet. But I think I'm going to try it not after what I've red here.. God Bless..

We had a "tent" and that's what we called it, made out of some chairs and a blanket. Mom made it outside in the back yard in the summertime. That was years ago. I have a picture of it somewhere in my photo album. I can visualize it in my head, I just can't think of which album it's in right now.