Indoors · Quiet & calm

Blanket fort reading den

Build a cool, dim fort in the aircon with blankets and cushions, then fill it with books, torches and audiobooks.

  • Ages 3–12best for 4–9
  • 1–2 hoursabout 15 mins of prep
  • Prep on the dayplan below
  • Freenothing to buy
  • At home (inside)on a hot day
  • Kids run itlow mess

Plan it

Good planning makes a good day. Tick things off as you go.

1Days before

2On the day

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You'll need

From home

  • Sheets
  • blankets
  • pegs
  • chairs
  • cushions
  • books
  • torches

To buy

  • Fairy lights
  • a library audiobook app
🪄 Wizard's tip

This is the 1pm-to-4pm plan on a 40-degree day. Everyone gets a quiet reset in the coolest part of the house.

How to do it

  1. Drape sheets over chairs and peg them down.
  2. Fill with cushions and books.
  3. Add torches or fairy lights.
  4. Quiet reading, audiobook or story time.

Younger kids: Read together inside and use a torch for 'reading by torchlight'.

Older kids: Set a reading challenge, or record their own audiobook of a favourite story.

⚠ Safety Keep fairy lights battery-powered and away from bedding heat.

Builds Reading & languageFocus & patienceIndependence

Clean-up 10 minutes.

Make it a bigger day Turn it into a blanket fort cinema in the evening.

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Blanket fort reading den