9 creative indoor forts

Round up your blankets, sheets and cardboard boxes, we've got the blueprints for the perfect indoor fort for your kids.

Get a load of these awesome DIY creations!

Lights, fort, action!

We love this idea of adding twinkling lights to a simple fort made with string, sheets and clothespins. Who wouldn't want a fort that glows?

Get the instructions here: Art Bar

With nothing more than newspaper and tape (or a stapler handled by Mom or Dad), kids can create a newspaper fort that is both fun to play in and worthy of an architecture award.

Get the instructions here: Modern Parents Messy Kids and All For The Boys

Got a fort-loving kid's birthday coming up? We have the perfect gift idea!

Put together this fort kit, complete with glow sticks, and you'll see faces light up in more ways than one.

Get the list of supplies at meg + andy

Get the instructions at saltwater-kids

All you need is three tension rods and a piece of fabric to turn any hallway or doorway into a fort.

Just make sure you don't build your hallway-house at the entrance to the kitchen if it's almost dinner time.

Get instructions here: ikatbag

Tea parties are even more fun when they take place underneath the table instead of above it.

For all you sewing devotees out there, check out this homemade teepee!

Thankfully, because it's an indoor teepee, your kids won't have to worry about any bison wandering past in the night!

Get the instructions here: Smile and Wave

This cardboard castle seems a world away from the forts made of cushions we played in as children, but it's pretty easy to put together.

We think this would be perfect for your little kings and queens. Don't you?

Get the instructions here: Built by Kids

By simply changing the fabric on this A-frame tent, you can customize the fort so your polka-dot-obsessed toddler will be extra pleased during playtime.

Get the instructions here: Grosgrain Fabulous

The original!

Sometimes all you need are the basics (blankets and pillows) to create a cozy fort for little ones.