It’s our 4th year of forting fun (click here to see them all)—I can’t believe it!  This year, we decided to go with a more artsy vibe and came up with the idea of an Avatar theme for our epic fort (the fluorescent planet Pandora).  I haven’t ever done a neon craft before, so this was pretty awesome!
Let’s delve in!
The Video of building, the inside, and destruction:
Epic Fort 2014 from Fort Builders on Vimeo.
 Supplies we used:
- Lots of cardboard
- Fluorescent paints (we got them on Amazon here)
- 2-3 Black lights (also purchased on Amazon here)
- Thick paper (for leaves, flowers, butterflies, etc!)
- Highlighters (NOTE: If you plan to use these on your body, make sure they are non-toxic. Â Most are.)
- Tape
- Hot glue (for gluing leaves on)
- Rope (we needed this to string across the “trunks”, to help the blankets stay up)
- Balloons
- Streamers
- Recommended: Lots of carpeting or rugs—it is painful to crawl if you are on hardwood!
Scroll to the bottom for pictures of the fort as it was being built. Â But for now, let’s look at the final product!
2014 Epic Fort Photos:
Building & Neon Craft photos:
The Fort in the Daytime (to help see how to build a fort inside)
Destruction Photos:
 The Verdict:
This was probably the most well-received fort we’ve ever created.  It wasn’t too intense in terms of crawling or labor (although it was a very long 11-hour day on Saturday!), and the hangout factor was just right—the combination of cardboard, semi-darkness, neon craft, cushion flooring and ability to draw on the walls seemed to be at exactly the right ratios (not that this is a mathematical problem or anything)!  Success!
Looking Forward:
We all had a discussion and think that next year we are going to approach the fort from a new angle (yet again) and focus on blanket walling—a bit more of a nod to our childhoods.  And yet another idea on how to build a fort inside.
Stay tuned—the 3rd weekend in May!
View all our Epic Forts by clicking here!
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are those jellyfish lights in a forest of streamer kelp? how did you make those?
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Yeah they are. My roommates made those—I think they were just purple/blue balloons with a little purple glowing led light at the bottom, and then paper streamers attached to the bottom to be its tentacles.