A blanket fort is a construction commonly made using

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s, and

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s. It is also known as a couch fort, pillow fort, sheet fort or den. Parenting books frequently suggest building blanket forts as an activity for parents to participate in with their children. A blanket fort is made by grabbing blankets around the house and setting them up in a room-like matter.

In popular culture

As a staple of early childhood entertainment, blanket forts are commonly referenced in children's books, such as '' Corduroy's Sleepover'' and '' If You Give a Pig a Party''. In the third season of the television series ''

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Pillows and Blankets "Pillows and Blankets" is the fourteenth episode of the third season of the American television series ''Community''. It originally aired on April 5, 2012, on NBC. Plot The episode, framed as a documentary in the style of Ken Burns' '' The Civil ...

" focus on the idea of building the biggest blanket fort.

World Record

According to

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the largest blanket fort ever was 625.8 m² and built by Shawn MacArthur, Victor Rundbaken, Heather Harteis, Sarah Kershner, Murderboat Productions, Rumpl, Kyle Bulloch, Alexa Soles and Rachael Klaus. Afterwards, they donated the blankets to homeless charities in the

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area on the 9 December 2018.

References

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