This week I’ve been drawing up some presentation boards on the value of imaginative play. It got me thinking about the first time I made a fort. Could I even remember? And then it dawned on me! It wasn’t me that built it!
My mom and dad had bought a new refrigerator one summer and mom took the card board refrigerator box along with some smaller boxes and showed me how to cut and tape them together to create a cave with windows and doors and secret hiding places. I was amazed and delighted at the transformation!
Do you remember your first fort? Tell us about it in the comments! Even better, draw us a picture and send it to us! We’ll post some of our favorites!
Jaime English is the founder of Kahoots. She has worked with GreenWorks, an award-winning firm in Portland, and The Atelier Dreiseitl in Germany.