Many a happy afternoon was spent with my brother when we were younger building the biggest den we could! My mum would allow us to move all the sofas, steal all the spare bed sheets and completely take over the living room for the day. Some activities never get old and I think this is one of them! As my eldest is coming up to the age of 3 his love of building dens has increased massively over the past few months (currently have one set up as I write and we had one up yesterday too). He's not overly fussy and whilst loves having a big den set-up is equally happy to sit next to me with a blanket over our heads! So don't feel like it has to look like an instagram post in order to be fun! Ours never have twinkly fairy lights or perfect sitting cushions so don't feel like yours has to either! How to make one: 1. Clear a space in the living room 2. Arrange some chairs/tables* in a sort of circle 3. Find some spare sheets (We two set aside for this purpose, ones just a spare duvet cover and the other is a sheet that's sometimes used for when we do the decorating) 4. Arrange the sheets over the chairs/tables (Pull as straight as you can to avoid too much dipping of the sheets in the middle of the den) 5. Encourage your children to 'make it home' If you don't have the space in your living room then if you have a dining table or kitchen bar then just drape a sheet over and voila! *I've been using a nest of coffee tables in the last few days
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