A couple of months off 6 years old and this kind of thing is the favourite game. Take everything out of the bedroom and transfer it to the hall; take everything out from under the stairs and transfer it to the hall. Now transfer many of bedroom contents to under stairs whilst hanging blankets over the bannister to form a wall. Wear most of wardrobe, regardless of weather.In Australia we call this 'making a cubby'. In the UK it is 'making a den'. In the US I believe it is called 'making a fort'. It seemed to come naturally to the Baby Angel. I have been recently horrified that the Small Boy and his mate from down the road, have no clue as to how to make a cubby!!!! And they are 8 and 10. It is a sad state of affairs. I blame X Box. One day that machine will mysteriously break down and the warranty man will discover the best part of a bottle of nail varnish inside the 'works'. :-D
The other thing I remember from this time is that the boxes of carefully labelled and sorted toys from the family room would all be utilised in a myriad of forms in a game and then they would gravitate back to the boxes. Any box really. In a sort of 'Toy Soup' as my friend used to say. From time to time we would sort them all out again and there would be exclamations of delight as items missing for weeks were uncovered in the bottom of the 'wheels' box.
Off to snooze before trying to knock off some Year 9 English marking. Countdown to exams is HERE!!! :-(
2 comments:
Ah yes, that sounds like a 6 year old, dragging out every imaginable thing to make a grand fort/den/cubby! It is sad to me that kids these days don't play in those imaginative ways.
What a fun memory. Lauren is doing that right now. If there's any kind of structure that she could remotely use to make a fort, she does.
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