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i really don't know if that went in or not but if it did it's pretty cool
one interesting thing about me that you guys might not know is that i'm one of the greatest
box fort builders on this planet let that sink it now if you don't know what a box fort is
it's pretty simple it's a cardboard box that you turn into a fort and i'm not joking i do think i
may have built some of the best box forts in the world if you can think of a fort we've
done it we've made floating box forts we've made underground box forts we've made forts that have
gone to outer space we've even made a music video about box forts that got over 20 million views
i think it is safe to say papa jake and logan are the two best box fort builders in the world
i probably need to humble myself a little bit right now obviously there are other great box
fort builders on this planet however i'm here today to make a video about how to build a box
a lot of you have left comments over the years how do i build a box as one of the great masters
of building box forts i'm here today to show you exactly how to make your very own awesome
box fort now of course if you're brand new to the channel and you don't want to miss another video
consider hitting the subscribe button so here are the five things you guys need to know in order to
build your box forts so i got my guy jake here who's probably one of the best box fort builders
i invented box fort building back in the day you can see that me and logan were building box sports
since we were little tiny babies that's right that's right i want to know what is the first
thing you need to know when you're building a box fort first thing you need to know is where are you
gonna get that cardboard so there's two different things you need to know obviously in our videos we
make huge box forts the size of buildings and all that cardboard we get is shipped directly
to our house but if you're at home watching this you probably don't have nice perfect flat slabs
of cardboard in fact you're probably gonna be using cardboard that you find in the garbage wall
sound that's why i'm going to be teaching you how to build your very own box fort with
cardboard you can find around the house while logan teaches you how to build a more advanced
cardboard box for cardboard you can get from the store the second thing you will need is tape
the more tape the better and the more colorful the better tape is something that you're going to need
no matter what kind of box for your building you can get some duct tape from your local hardware
store or you can get some dollar store duct tape the only thing i wouldn't suggest is using scotch
tape because we tried that once and it went horribly horribly wrong okay we've got our
area where we're gonna be building the fort the third thing you need when you're building a box
fort is your floor plan so we're gonna grab our cardboard make the floor figure out the walls
all right guys so now you're on with the papa j cam and we are going to be heading into the ghiraj
because that's where we're going to be finding our cardboard now obviously we make a lot of box
forts so we have a lot of you know old cardboard but for the purpose of this video i am only going
to be taking cardboard that was at first some form of something your parents get a brand new
washing machine or a brand new fridge then you get a lot of cardboard i'm gonna gather up my
cardboard and resources and once we've got a good enough amount of cardboard i'll show you the next
step all right guys so we are now back in the nerf room and i have gone ahead and scavenged
as much garbage as i can possibly find i might have to go back to the garbage and grab some more
but for the sake of this we're going to start with what we got unfortunately we didn't have any super
big boxes that's normally how i would start this build because i'd use like a ginormous amazon box
or something like that but this should be good enough to get us started and don't forget guys
you can use other stuff like blankets or tables really anything around your house to make your
fort as awesome as possible one of the things i love about building with used cardboard is
oftentimes you'll get a really unique and cool looking box fort and you'll be able to use items
in ways you never thought you could so now we've got our floor plan it's gonna be a very simple one
by one box for it and we're pretty much gonna fold all the walls up like a piece of origami all right
we got our four walls box works looking pretty good so far now we're gonna make our front door
that that may have been uh a little too small for me to get through so
note to all of you make the doors uh big enough that you can fit through i found this yellow slab
of i don't really know what it is but this is gonna be the base of our house we're gonna go
for a simple house here this slab has this thing on it i don't i don't know what it is but it's a
piece of plastic and i think i'm gonna use this as a bubble window on the side of the fort and there
we go now we've got a nice little bubble thing that could either be a hat there's not a hat or
a bubble window if you're an expert box fort builder you might be using a box cutting knife
but these things are really really sharp so i would highly recommend if you're starting out
don't use one of these all you actually need is a butter knife if you use a butter knife you can
still cut through boxes you just got to kind of saw them and then you have to worry about hurting
yourself
okay so now we're inside the box fort we're gonna tape up the walls so they're secure
that's another part about box fort building you wanna make sure
everything is secure and it's not just gonna fall over collapse
got the basic structure of our box fort down now we're gonna add the roof
thinking we add a nice slanted roof like a classic house
now with the box cutter just going to make some slight adjustments make it look pretty
we got the roof look at that we have this cool little detail here that i just i think it's really
cool slanted roof is looking looking like a home we are almost done here and as you can see because
i used garbage uh my box for not only looks really cool because it's got like a custom paint job on
the outside but the inside is looking awesome as well a couple things i want to note though which
logan will probably go over in his more advanced tutorial but if you can see here uh make sure when
you're connecting the walls you always want to of course tape them do not forget at the bottom
you need to make like a 90 degree angle tape job that goes all the way around your box fort so it
keeps the walls from pulling out another thing is if you're going to be using garbage boxes which
are probably not in the best shape or form you're gonna have a lot of places that are all cracked up
and maybe need some repairs and that's where your tape comes in so there's actually an entire hole
missing here but i just went ahead and taped it so you can't even tell there's a hole and this box
had like slits down the side here so i just want to reinforce these with tape um basically if
anything goes wrong duct tape is the answer but i also noticed i have these little peepholes which
are pretty cool so i mean you could cover these up or you could use them as like shooting holes
if you want to bring a nerf blaster in here you can add any sort of accessories you want and if
you guys like these videos on logan's land let us know in the comments because maybe we'll do more
advanced videos like how to build a box fort lock how to build a working box fort toilet or even
better a box or car that you can actually drive now a couple cool things to note i did install
the window here which you can see out of but obviously it's plastic so if you were in a nerf
battle or something no one's going to be able to shoot in there so next box fort building tip i got
for you if you are gonna be making windows and using a box cutter before you make your windows
make them in tape we've got our window like so time to cut it up boom and we got our window the
walls the windows the door it's time to do some work on the inside when you're sitting
in your cozy box fort you're gonna need lights maybe a pillow or a blanket make it comfortable
something that's fun so you can amuse yourself and we have our little uh talking station over
here so you can talk through here if you want to be like hey who's there uh the door opens like so
and then inside the fort it's pretty basic but we do have a table i used an old box as a as a table
and then you get the really cool window view that you can look out and see everyone coming towards
your port a box fort doesn't necessarily mean that the whole thing has to be built out of box so what
i'm gonna do is use a sleeping bag now depending on the material and how you actually put the roof
on you might want to tape it down we still have the ability to come on over here to the door
look how bright that is it's like a sunlight that is crazy so you can see out the bubble window
we got the roof above our heads and then obviously we've got our little pee-pee hole that we can uh
look out and see if anyone's coming and our talking thing so we can talk to them if they
do come if you get more cardboard expand on open up another part to the fort keep adding on adding
different areas and the more you use the more you build the more ideas you'll have in your head
gee the fork's looking good i've shown everyone how to make their very own box fort using stuff
you can find around the house in fact this fourth was completely free minus one roll of tape
these nerf gun boxes jake these nerf guns are expensive yeah you got to spend at least 800
and nerf guns to get the cardboard but once you got the cardboard it's free to build your
own fort check it out jake we got our simple basic beginner box for well this is a bit more
advanced well you definitely need to buy the cardboard logo my cardboard was not this strong
mine had garbage on it this is a beautiful house it's a great beginner box but you got a nice roof
if it rains the water will fall right off come inside check it out
check it out we got the xbox the gaming setup leds welcome into my home jake that's pretty
cool you got a lot of comfy stuff i mean yeah this is pretty awesome for beginner box sport
we're sitting in some pillows the only thing we're missing is snacks well there you have it five ways
to make a simple box fort if you guys enjoyed this video remember to smack that like button
go out into the world go out into your homes find some cardboard build a box fort
anyways this is my box fort i hope you guys enjoy it and i'll see you guys you