A fort built by a group of Ames kids has come down, but not by city order.Ames city officials said last week that a fort in Munn Woods violates the city's policy on park land use, but the group of ...

Building forts in the living room is what childhood memories are made of. Back in the day, we would take a sheet or two, ...

Your kids went from playing house in a cardboard box to telling ghost stories in a sturdy castle made of chairs and one nifty sheet (thanks to these instructions from IKEA). But now, they're ready to ...

Every child needs a place to call their own. Unfortunately, not every home comes equipped with a playroom or even a bedroom a child can call his own. But most kids don't need an entire room to ...

Ames city workers have told a group of kids that they have to remove their fort built inside a city park. The children started working on the fort at Munn Woods Park along Clear Creek just after their ...

In their hunt for just the right materials to make an epic play fort, kids tend to raid the whole house, ripping the cushions off the couches and blankets off the beds. What if they had a dedicated ...

FORT SMITH -- The Fort Kids Children's Museum will combine creativity and STEAM learning with the Fort Building Competition on Saturday at the Chaffee Crossing Food and Artisan Market. Open to ...

Professor, dad, and literal rocket-scientist Brian Lilly designed a fort-building kit for kids (and adults) that won’t collapse the way pillow forts so tragically do. Most children spend countless ...