It seemed like a lot of kids made forts back in the '80s. Or maybe this was just because I remmeber it during this time more than in the '90s because I was a kid in the '80s. We use to make forts in our backyard and it was SO much fun. I remember one eleaborate fort we made by using our pool ladder and patio chairs and other materials. I'm sure my mom just loved helping us clean this stuff up.

I used to love making forts.  Wither it be inside with tables, chairs and sheets, or outside with lawnchairs and sheets 8)

I used to make snow forts. I dug tunnels through the snow and used to crawl through them.... Come to think of it, that sounds kind of dangerous; if the snow had collapsed on me I don't know if I would have been able to get out. But.... whatever. ;)

It was fun.

Yes, back when we actually used to get tons of snow in the winter (our backyard would be full of it), my dad would help us build igloos....it was so much fun.  We never really built a fort because when we were younger, our grandpap had made us this great clubhouse that sat in our driveway (off to the side)...it was awesome (it had a window and door and everything).

When I lived in Montana in the late '90s the kids at school always made snow forts.  It was fun :)

I used to make forts inside my house with chairs, blankets or sheets, and books (to hold the blanket down). Later my dad went and bought some clamps to hold the blanket to the chairs, lol. I also built a huge multi-room snow fort Winter 1996.

I used to make forts inside my house with chairs, blankets or sheets, and books (to hold the blanket down). Later my dad went and bought some clamps to hold the blanket to the chairs, lol. I also built a huge multi-room snow fort Winter 1996.


It snows a lot in Ohio right?

It snows a lot in Ohio right?


In northeast Ohio yes, usually, though we've had some slower years like this year where we only had 50 inches for the season. In 2005 we had 117.9 inches for the whole winter, that was a record though. The primary snow belt about 30-50 miles east of us may get 100 inches more than us.

In northeast Ohio yes, usually, though we've had some slower years like this year where we only had 50 inches for the season. In 2005 we had 117.9 inches for the whole winter, that was a record though. The primary snow belt about 30-50 miles east of us may get 100 inches more than us.


Only 50 inches? Here in Oregon we're lucky to get a quarter inch a year  ;D

Only 50 inches? Here in Oregon we're lucky to get a quarter inch a year  ;D


Really I thought they got a lot of snow, that must be in the mountains. A lot of our snow is the lake effect variety, because Cleveland is southeast of lake erie.

Really I thought they got a lot of snow, that must be in the mountains. A lot of our snow is the lake effect variety, because Cleveland is southeast of lake erie.


Well, most of Oregon gets a lot of snow, but I live in the Willamette Valley, which gets almost no snow. It's like northern California, only wetter and cooler.

I used to make forts way back in the 50s.  Snow forts in winter, cardboard in summer, turned over furniture on rainy days.  :)

On Nantucket, we have a state forest. I made forts in the 90's with logs and other forest stuff. If you go in there, there are tons of them.

I used to make fots and build things out of couch cushions or anything I could find. I really wanted a tree house though. those were popular for kids in the 80s.

I used to make fots and build things out of couch cushions or anything I could find. I really wanted a tree house though. those were popular for kids in the 80s.


My best friend and neighbour from Kindergarten to Grade 2 had a treehouse. I was a little bit envious, even though I was deathly afraid of heights and only rarely wanted to go up there.