How to make a fabulous den!

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Okido magazine always has some fabulous activities in. This month their magazine is all about architecture.

M and Z had loads of fun creating this den made out of newspaper. First they made 25 long tubes from large newspapers.

We the attached them together, first creating an equilateral triangle and then adding tubes to make a row of nine triangles. We attached them together using a stapler, although later we had to reinforce it with sellotape.

We then has to attach the bottom point on one end of the row to the bottom point on the other end of the row, this created the 3 dimensional structure. We added more tube to complete the first section of the structure with a pentagon on the ground and a pentagon on the second layer, this was rather tricky and this was where the sellotape reinforcements came in.

We then made the star shape with the remaining 5 tubes. And attached these to the structure to make the roof.Processed with VSCO with s1 presetNow the den was complete and M and Z spend the next hour inside it looking at Okido magazines!Processed with VSCO with s1 presetThis den is rather little! I wonder whether it could be made bigger. I’m thinking another row of triangles?! I’ll get designing and make a mini one before attempting to make a big one. I’ll let you know how I get on!

We’ve previously made a rocket out of cardboard, which could constitute as a den, you can check out the pictures here. Also we’ve made an outdoor den from sticks, you can check this out here.

Have you made any dens? What was your most successful?

11 thoughts on “How to make a fabulous den!”

  1. How fun is this!!! I have seen similar structures built with PVC pipe or pool noodles but I never would have thought to roll up newspaper! This is brilliant! So inexpensive! Thank you so much for sharing!
    #fabfridaypost

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  2. So fun; my boys made something very similar one year at our local children’s museum. They were taking engineering classes and the whole class worked together to make a giant dome out of rolled newspaper.

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  5. Oh! We are a big fan of Okido magazine. I love their architecture task this week. This looks so much fun! Looks like your little ones had some much fun making them and exploring a touch of the Architectural world. 🙂 #FabFridayPost

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