How to Make an Outdoor Hideout

This is a how-to article about making a hideout anywhere with anyone. This information can be helpful in many different situations.

Steps

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    Find a place to build your hideout. Look around for a good, hidden area to build your hideout in.
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    Look around for materials to build your hideout with. This could be anything, like wooden boards, branches, and rocks. Another suggestion is to make a cave or dig a hole in snow, for example.
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    Start building your hideout. You'll probably want to make it big enough for 2-4 people and make some room for extra items.
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    Cover your hideout so no one will be able to find it or see it. You could cover your hideout with things like leaves or twigs to make it seem like other people think that there's nothing there.
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    Decorate your hideout to make it more fun and useful. You could bring in things like lawn chairs for people to sit in, a snack drawer, or pillows and a soft blanket for people to lay on.
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    Make a good door. You'll need to make a good door to keep people out whenever you leave your hideout. Again, things found in nature work perfect. You could also improvise by getting a wood board and gluing things on it like bark, leaves, or twigs to give it a more of a nature look.
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    Have some good rules so everyone there knows what's good and what's bad. This might be a secret hideout for you and your friends, but remember, safety first.
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Community Q&A

  • Question
    How do I make a shelter with stones and sticks?
    Community Answer
    Community Answer
    You can push the sticks in the ground and form it in a square or circular shape long and tall enough for a fort. The stones could be used for support.
  • Question
    Where do I go for a hideout?
    Earth_Lover
    Earth_Lover
    Community Answer
    Go to a forest, your backyard, or anywhere that has nature. The best place is a forest.
  • Question
    I want to do this at school because other people keep taking over our bench - how could I make sure nobody but me and my friends know about it?
    Community Answer
    Community Answer
    You could try finding a more secluded area, if it's a bench, people are likely to take it.
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Warnings

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Co-authors: 27
Updated: July 10, 2022
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Categories: Forts and Treehouses
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