Make-A-Fort Explorer Kit
Why is fort building so great for children?
Great question!
Building forts require no batteries and no screens. There are no blinking lights or loud sounds.
Make-a-Fort is a product that lets kids be kid and allows a child's imagination to run wild!
Fort building:
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Promotes gross motor development - children crawl in and out, reach up, bend down, move around
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Promotes the use of imagination and creativity
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Stimulates problem solving skills, hand-eye coordination, cooperation, collaboration, social skills development and patience
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Builds spatial awareness
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Teaches planning and follow through
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Fun for almost any age and it's a great way to spend quality time together as a family.
What Creations Can Be Made Using The Explorer Kit?
All creations use approximately 6' x 6' of floor space, are great for 4-8 year olds, take 30-60 minutes to build and require 1 Explorer Kit to create.
Zen House
The Zen House X1 can become an entrance to another world where your kids must escape the tickling clowns. They can even chase each other and come up with games like tunnel tag.
Fun Maze
The Fun Maze X1 is great for many adventures. Kids can pretend they are lost in a magical maze. Listen to their excitement as they imagine digging a tunnel to escape the giant mole.
Crazy House
This fort is ideal for the kiddos to play house. Let their imaginations run wild! In this fort, they can find themselves on an adventure with some of their favorite characters from shows and movies or recreate scenes from their home life.
Mansion
This spectacular fort is perfect for your kids to imagine themselves as Kings and Queens! They could even pretend their fort is a castle under attack by a fire-breathing dragon! How will they save their castle before the dragon wreaks havoc?
Hexagloo
You can see it now! Imagine your kids using this fort to protect penguins from being chased by angry polar bears! Or your kids might even imagine they are superheroes with superpowers saving the innocent Ice Princess from the villainous Snow Wizards!
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Perfect for Those Loooooong Canadian Winters!
As a Canadian, you're also likely spending half of the year cooped up indoors.
The Make-a-Fort Explorer Kit provides an opportunity for young children to continue their gross motor development and gives them something unique to explore while indoors.
It also provides a much needed outlet for creative and active play when it's too cold or too rainy to get outside for long.
Make-A-Fort's Mission
Make-a-Fort was created by two fathers who wanted to challenge children to be creative in the real world without negatively impacting the environment.
Make-A-Fort is a fun way for children, parents and grandparents to play together without staring at a phone or tablet.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Explorer Kit includes:
20 x Large Panels (each 23″ x 23″)
18 x Yellow Triangle Braces
86 x Black High Density Foam Connectors
1 x Carrying Case (24” x 24” x 4.5”)
Children ages 4-5 years old may require parent assistance.
Children 6-7 years old will likely be able to build on their own.
Things you can build with one Explorer Kit:
Forts that use about 6′ x 4′ of floor space and are about 4′ tall
Tunnels that are about 12′ long and about 2′ x 2′ in size
Or any of these 5 Creations with X1 in the name
Building forts with boxes is great but this is way better than boxes…it’s panels that kids can connect together to build whatever they imagine.
It stores back in a provided case when not in use, can be used over and over again, and is much easier to build/tear down.
This kit is also quite durable (checkout the See How Strong page). and can be reused for years to come. It’s worth every penny!
The Explorer Kit is the original fort building kit that allows building really big forts easily.
The Creator Kit is an expansion pack that can be combined with the Explorer Kit to build more intricate and challenging forts.
Yes. This kit is made from an upgraded cardboard that is much stronger than normal shipping box cardboard.
To put this to the test, the creators of Make-a-Fort placed bricks on a Make-A-Fort panel and a on a piece of cardboard cut the same size from a normal shipping box. The Make-A-Fort panel easily held three heavy bricks. The normal shipping box cardboard collapsed with about half the weight of a single brick. The Make-A-Fort panel was over 6x stronger than normal shipping box cardboard.
Note: We do not recommend putting heavy weights on the Make-A-Fort panels like this. This was only done to demonstrate that this isn’t typical flimsy cardboard.
It can be used over and over again with reasonable care.
Check out the See How Strong page for a demonstration of the strength.
Yes.
To assemble, simply slide the foam connectors snugly into the panel slots.
To disassemble, simply remove the foam connectors from the panels.
Can be reused over and over again.
Yes.
Each fort building kit has been tested by a certified toy testing laboratory to ensure all components are non-toxic and safe for use as a children’s toy.
All components fit back in the provided carrying case.
The carrying case fits under a bed or in a closet when not in use.
A single Explorer Kit can make a 4’ tall fort that requires about 4’ x 6’ of floor space.
Browse the Creations page to see the floor space required for different types of structures.
Many families use their main family room to build a big fort during the day and then disassemble the big fort back into the provided carrying case in the evening to reclaim their family room.
The Explorer Kit includes 20 large panels, 86 black foam circular connectors, 18 yellow triangle braces, a Getting Started Guide, and a carrying case.
Yes. Each fort building kit is made from recycled cardboard and can be recycled again when you no longer want to play with the toy.
Simply push the black circular foam connectors snugly into the panel slots to connect panels together.
Connect lots of panels together to form forts, tunnels, mazes, etc.
The Explorer Kit is intended for anyone that enjoys building forts. These forts are easy to build, are big enough to play with inside, and have a stronger structure when complete.
The Creator Kit is intended for advanced builders that want a challenge. These forts often require following a long sequence of instructions, can be too small to play inside, and can be "wigglier" when complete.
For 1 young child, a single Explorer Kit may be enough.
For multiple children or for an older child, two to three Explorer Kits are recommended.
For very advanced builders, adding one or more Creator Kits to your Explorer Kit purchase is recommended.