Q&A for How to Build a Fort in Your Room

Electronics, like laptops, tablets, etc. Also, you can put magazines and all the things that keep you busy, but make sure you're not too loud. Keep sharp things out of there, it is meant to be a soft, cozy place.

Gather bean bags, blankets, a rug and some stuffed animals. You can also add a lamp for gentle lighting.

You can use stuffed animals or any other soft item that can work as a decoration in your fort and/or cover holes in your room. For example, roll up sheets or duvet covers, use cushions off the couch and use towels.

Yes. Put a sheet over a table and let it drape over the edges. Don't be afraid to be creative! What do you think would work? Start basic! Take two chairs and throw a blanket on top. Then, you can add what you like!

Put the chairs in a square, one on each corner, and put the blanket over the chairs. You could use the tables as an entrance and exit.

You can use some clips to attach a blanket on to the top of all of them then you use smaller blankets or pillows for walls.

There's no age limit. You can build forts on any age and for any purpose. This could be from making a secret club to hiding your valuables.

Yes, some people have small room like you and the best way to make a fort is to create space in your room by moving some furniture out. If it is too heavy, ask for a person to help you. Then you will find some space to build your fort.

You could get a fitted sheet and drape it over the corners of the doors, and then get a long item to keep the sheet up.

I'm pretty sure everyone has made at least one fort in their lifetime, so all you really need is imagination to picture how your fort will turn out.

Make a double fort! Or you could make 2 forts and connect them using clothespins. Be sure to use lightweight sheets so your fort is less likely to topple over!

You could use a mattress as a base, put chairs around it, and drape a blanket or fitted sheet over it all.

Masking tape and duct tape work quite well. You can also try push pins or thumbtacks. They won't damage the wall like nails.

Just do the best you can with what you have. It doesn't need to be a big fort. You can also bring in some chairs or couch cushions from other rooms.

You can pin blankets together with clothes pins and then duct tape them to the walls or ceiling.

Check if your sibling is okay with the design mentioned in the article. If not, then take pillows and build a wall on each side of the bunk bed. Then add the blanket!

Yes, that should be a great spot, especially if your siblings don't ordinarily go in your closet. If they do, just tell them you need some privacy and ask them to stay out (unless you want to invite them in).

Add fairy lights which you can twine under your top bunk boards. If you bed is near a wall, put posters onto it to add your own touch.

You could attach a bed sheet to the ceiling with duct tape and drape it over your bed to create your fort. Sheets are usually lighter than blankets, so it should hold better.

Yes. Try using pillows or boxes to build a wall around the bed for your fort.

Maybe a book or a Rubik's cube, or something like yarn for knitting. Think about your hobbies and then go from there!

If you have a bunk bed put a blanket on it, or make a fun comfy space inside your closet.

Get some chairs and put them in a square, then get a blanket to put on top of them.

Put entertainment under each umbrella and sit in the middle. The entertainment could be a tablet/phone, food, and more. Remember to be creative with your fort.

Chip clips are plastic clips that are often used in kitchens to keep open bags closed.

Try making a fort over your bed by taking a huge sheet and pinning the right and middle to the wall. The left will drape over the bed and make a wall.

You can tuck the blanket into the top drawer of the dresser to make the ceiling higher.

You can tape your blankets to the ceiling so the top bunk is high in the air.

Make a square with the chairs, then put the blanket on top. This is probably the easiest way.

Yes! Drape a blanket over the two beds and use clothes pins to hold it in place. Decorate it by putting a blanket or rug down and string some fairy lights around the mattress.