It’s only the third day of December and Travis is on the second snow day off from school. That meant we had to test out Highlights magazine’s tips for making the best snow fort!

Highlights recommended first delineating an area for your fort with a stick. We used a shovel instead, making a big square on our patio and then mounding up the walls to give us a base.

To make bricks for the walls, fill a rectangular container with snow. Drizzle with a little water, than add a final layer of snow on top.

Depending on the consistency of your snowfall, you may or may not need that extra water. We soon found that we did not – today anyway! Continue building until you have several layers of “bricks”.

We even tried adding windows.

Simply twist an empty soup can to drill a little peephole.

Even more fun was adding food color to a spritz bottle; now we could decorate our fort’s walls with art (though I wish Travis hadn’t opted for orange!).

 

Travis loved being in charge of the “moat”, shoveling a long path away from our fort.

And we even armed ourselves with ammo, in case enemies (i.e. neighborhood friends) happened to storm the castle!

Don’t forget a side door to sneak out of! What special activities to you do on a snow day off from school? Please share in the comment!