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North Pole - various times
Virtual - various times
North Pole - various times
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North Pole - various times
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North Pole - various times
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North Pole - various times
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North Pole - various times
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Off the Cuff Links:Play Forts
A collection of links on a random topic.
Forts are a great imagination-building activity for city kids on a cold winter day - or any day. Here's a collection of links to get your imagination going:
Wondertime (via nursery.apartmenttherapy) article featuring three different ways to build forts.
For the ambitious, check out MrMcGroovys awesome fort plans including instruction for cardboard castles and, perfect for city kids, skyscraper forts.
Playhut pop-up forts are perfect for apartment dwellers. One minute you have a suburban-style playroom, then fold it up, tuck it in the closet and nobody even knows you have kids.
For one dad's take on the fun of forts check out Ryan's Rage blog post, "Busy Hellions".
For more fort-building ideas pick up a copy of The Kid's Guide to Building Forts from Amazon.
Find more great activities like this in our Indoor Activities Guide.
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A fourth-generation Brooklynite, Anna started Mommy Poppins in 2007 to help families find the best things to do with kids in NYC, with a particular emphasis on sharing activities that are free, affordable, and enriching. The site, used by millions of families, has grown to become the ultimate resource for parents in the major US cities, plus travel guides for 100s of destinations.
Anna is a believer in the magic of summer camps, traveling with kids, and that you can raise kids on a budget and still have a rich life full of amazing memories. Anna's first Mommy Poppins book, The Young Traveler's Journal and Activity Book, published in 2025 and co-written with her daughter, Amelia Eigerman, brings that ethos to life, in addition to this website.