FORT GILLESPIE
Well the latest project at our house has been FORT GILLESPIE! We decided to loft
Cullans bed and build a fort underneath for the boys to play in. What a great idea, the absolutely love it. It has been the best idea ever. I found the loft in the local swap sheet (great deal), I found the fabric on
clearance at Wally World for a $1.00 a yard and the shelf for like a 1.50 I think. Anyways, so slowly I have been trying to get it together. So tonight, we worked on the sign for the fort. I used a small
piece of 2X4 left over and our
dremel. (Cullan helped as seen in the picture to the left) Anyways, then Cullan and I began painting the sign. Cullan really loved the painting part, but then again he always loves the painting part of anything. So we
painte
d the letters that I had used the
dremel to kind of cut out. And this was the first part of the painting effort. Cullan liked to hold it, he kept saying cool, cool. It was very very cute. So then
Garran came over to add his extra touch. He and Cullan painted kind of shading onto the letters. After we finished all of the painting, the boys went back in with the
dremel again to add kind of a distressed look. It ended up looking great and then we went in and hung it on the fort. That was
Cullans favorite part. He thought it was really great.
It is so much fun doing things that your kids really enjoy. Cullan really likes to help with all fun craft things like this. I think he will
probably really enjoy doing art stuff with mom and dad as he gets older. I hope all of your kids like to do fun things as a family. Anyways so we finished it all up and got it hung. This is the fort so far.. like I said a work in progress but still, Cullan loves it so far, I am sure he will
only love it more by the time it is all done. I will have to put the pictures up as we slowly get the fort done. It is something we just do little by little. But it is a fun project to have!
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Well the latest project at our house has been FORT GILLESPIE! We decided to loft Cullans bed and build a fort underneath for the boys to play in. What a great idea, the absolutely love it. It has been the best idea ever. I found the loft in the local swap sheet (great deal), I found the fabric on clearance at Wally World for a $1.00 a yard and the shelf for like a 1.50 I think. Anyways, so slowly I have been trying to get it together. So tonight, we worked on the sign for the fort. I used a small piece of 2X4 left over and our dremel. (Cullan helped as seen in the picture to the left) Anyways, then Cullan and I began painting the sign. Cullan really loved the painting part, but then again he always loves the painting part of anything. So we painte
d the letters that I had used the dremel to kind of cut out. And this was the first part of the painting effort. Cullan liked to hold it, he kept saying cool, cool. It was very very cute. So then Garran came over to add his extra touch. He and Cullan painted kind of shading onto the letters. After we finished all of the painting, the boys went back in with the dremel again to add kind of a distressed look. It ended up looking great and then we went in and hung it on the fort. That was Cullans favorite part. He thought it was really great.
It is so much fun doing things that your kids really enjoy. Cullan really likes to help with all fun craft things like this. I think he will probably really enjoy doing art stuff with mom and dad as he gets older. I hope all of your kids like to do fun things as a family. Anyways so we finished it all up and got it hung. This is the fort so far.. like I said a work in progress but still, Cullan loves it so far, I am sure he will 
only love it more by the time it is all done. I will have to put the pictures up as we slowly get the fort done. It is something we just do little by little. But it is a fun project to have!
3 comments:
How fun!! What cool parents! And Cullan is staying in his bed without falling off!? How great! ...and Meghan, I almost didn't recognize him with his clothes on! :)
I love the picture of Cullan holding the sign! How funny!
P.S. Thanks for watching Jaren and Eden today!
wow oh the memories...we made forts out of tents and also the sofa...great pirate ship...oh the good times.... that looks super cute and way fun!!!
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