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Air Fort

Air Fort
This is a quick Instructable on how to create an Air Fort. An Air Fort is a fort that is supported completely by air.
Air forts also have a green side. The fort uses very little air so it does not take a large fan to keep it inflated. The low power fan keeps the fort very cold. It is almost like a mini air conditioned room.


 
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Step 1Supplies

For this Instructable you will need:

A bed
A sheet larger than your bed(I use a sheet from my parents bed).
Clamps(to attach blankets to the bed).
Tape(duck tape or packing tape work best).
A fan

You do not need the bed or clamps if you don't have them. I recommend using a bed because it is easier but if you want you could just tape the sheet to the floor.
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Nov 23, 2010. 7:36 PMbwool1 says:
I remember one year in 3rd grade when my teachers made a giant inflatable blob out of trash bags, duct tape, and a fan. It had a TV inside it. My whole class got inside it and watched "The Polar Express" and drank hot chocolate... Fun times.
Jul 8, 2011. 11:32 AMMistystar519 says:
whoa do u have pics????????? :)
Jul 9, 2011. 1:35 PMbwool1 says:
I don't have pics of that, since I was only in third grade, but I recently made a clear plastic inflatable bubble in my backyard, and I have pics of that. It's made of a thin painting tarp, and held down with bricks. It's not as big as the one that I got to watch Polar Express in, but it was fun.
Jul 12, 2011. 8:51 AMMistystar519 says:
haha fun
Mar 21, 2010. 6:17 PMangie420 says:
just got done making the playdough off this web site now the kids want me to take my cali king sheet and make this this fort so i guess were cleaning up and then off to make a fort- having 4 yr old twins i need quick ideas like this- so off we go! lol tell ya how it turns out! lol
Nov 23, 2009. 11:29 AMbuddha_123 says:
I built one for my nephew and i can hear him down in it right now shrieking and laughing. Way cool. nice job ;)
Jun 30, 2009. 9:26 PMEtch3 says:
I also see that your picture is of MacGyver I love that show
Sep 1, 2009. 3:06 PMa_traceur says:
One of the best!
Oct 31, 2009. 3:51 PMxZCodmaNZx says:
 bet show


Aug 10, 2009. 10:16 AMlink55t says:
i figured this out on my own by accident, now i can make a sturdy 1
Jul 31, 2009. 8:48 AMcadleqe says:
cool. i made one for a tent in summer
Jul 28, 2009. 7:49 AMSamlakes says:
cooooooooooool!!! i'm definitely trying this out!!! ; )
Oct 26, 2008. 3:37 PMbillbob says:
i used to do this when i was a little kid!! and in winter you can use use a heater vent so the fort is nice and warm:P
Jul 18, 2009. 4:08 AMcoreyt says:
omg i am gonna go try this right now i have a vent right next to my bed and its freezing down here he he runs off and sits in giant warm pillow looking thing he he
Jun 30, 2009. 9:25 PMEtch3 says:
mine turned out to be a fat plump dome! i love it!
May 22, 2009. 6:22 AMArticas says:
i built one of these ages a go by accident .....got real cold.....don't like jumpers
Apr 20, 2009. 3:00 PMhleon says:
Dude this thing is wicked!! I built mine on the floor and used my text books to hold the sheet down!
Mar 18, 2009. 8:35 PMmr. clean says:
i too used to do this when i was young but instead of one sheet i would use two and duct tape the sheets together (i have a very bigh room) it would take three fans to get it really full, and i just pinned the sides down with books on the floor.
Feb 21, 2009. 7:08 PMthe_burrito_master says:
your pics are mixed up pic 3 should be pic 2.
Feb 21, 2009. 7:09 PMthe_burrito_master says:
Other than that it's great!
Oct 31, 2008. 10:06 PMsnuzzle says:
I used to do this all the time as a kid with my window fan in the summer (my bed was right next to my window and the window was low to the ground so it was the perfect height). Keeps you very very cool on those warm nights. I'd just prop some pillows or stuffed animals around the edges of the blanket to hold it down.
Oct 26, 2008. 2:32 AMLftndbt says:
We do this on hot summer nights. Another idea is to use the duvet. Spread it out, unbutton the base attach it to fan and there you have it. No leaks, perfect lil' tent. Very nice on hot nights.
Oct 25, 2008. 8:11 PMDorkfish92 says:
cool. I made one once. If yuo goto Lowes or Home Deopt, ask them for their plastic liner stuff for your car.( It's used to put plants in the trunk of your car) That stuff is really lite plastic so it works pretty well.
Oct 25, 2008. 3:36 PMjakee117 says:
hmmm cool! My instructable does roughly the same thing, but to make a sauna...

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