Q&A for How to Build an Outdoor Fort

If the bush is big enough, hollow it out with clippers and set up sticks as support if needed.

You could make a base of some plywood for the snow to sit on and some 2x4s to hold it up. Then you just put snow around it and on top of it.

Yes, it's called a lean-to. Find a wide tree, boulder, or other anchor, and lean twigs against it to make a triangle.

You need to dig a big enough hole and assemble a structure, metal would be prefered. Then, cover the top with dirt.

If it has thick branches get some wood and nail or screw the wood onto the branches. If you want, you can put walls up with corrugated iron, leftover wood or even sticks.

Yes, just make sure there is a use for it. Otherwise, it takes up a lot of unnecessary space.

You can tie sticks together using rope.

Yes! The only boundaries to this for should be your imagination (and supplies).

You maybe can find thinner, flexible sticks or roots to hold all of your sticks together, or you will just have to build a structure where the sticks all lean against each other, and then rope and nails would not be necessary.

If you want to make a fort in the trees, then there has to be some wood or sticks laying around. If you really don't want to use these materials, maybe consider using blankets.

It can be if the proper precautions are not taken.

Put something soft (like the grass shavings left on the lawn after your parents mow) on the floor of the tree, and arm your den with something like stones in case of attack.

You can make your fort out of different things like cardboard or snow.

You can do something as simple as pitching a tent or a more complex build, like a lean to or a woven stick fort. Use whatever supplies you have available, and get creative.

You can use a tarp or set up wood to give you shelter.

Yes. You could even weave branches in and out using the string of the volleyball net.

Find some easy to climb trees that are close together and tie a blanket or tarp to them. Then, if you want, you can find more blankets or some wood to make walls.

A lean-to is always good. Also if you don't mind getting a bit dirty, you can smear mud on for camouflage, and use clay as "glue."

Use blankets pillows and some quilts, if you want.

Put the sticks down in a circular shape all leaning towards each other. Tie them together with rope and put a stick to hold them up underneath.

Get permission first, then you may have to nail blankets on the supports of the deck.

Stack up the sticks and alternate their directions for added support.

It depends on how hard your soil is, how good your tools are, and how many people you have to work on it. I imagine an underground fort could take several weeks.

You can use materials that you have in order to build a fort in your back yard.

You could secure the sticks in the ground and/or attach them to sturdy trees. Use good rope and tie them well if you choose the latter approach.

You can simply dig a hole, deep enough to get into, the dig sideways to form a tunnel. Just be sure the ground isn't loose, so your fort doesn't collapse.

Yes, if you mix mud, water, and straw/grass, you will have a mixture called "cob." This mixture is used to make aboriginal mud huts and is very strong when dried.

That would be impossible unless you have a big backyard with lots of trees, in which case I would choose one and try to build some kind of tree-house fort.

You could use umbrellas or foldable chairs.

You can make a scent that allows your dog to know it can come in, but tells other animals and people to stay away.