{"id":1221,"date":"2023-02-10T10:48:17","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T08:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/?p=1221"},"modified":"2023-02-10T10:49:10","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T08:49:10","slug":"newspaper-fort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/2023\/02\/10\/newspaper-fort\/","title":{"rendered":"Newspaper fort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Take two sheets of newspaper, lay them out flat and start rolling it from one corner.\u00a0The tighter the roll the more support you\u2019ll have.\u00a0My boys aren\u2019t tight rolling masters yet but they did pretty well for their first time!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1217\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/files\/2023\/02\/Bild1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/files\/2023\/02\/Bild1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/files\/2023\/02\/Bild1.jpg 394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Secure the end with a small piece of tape.\u00a0An ideal amount would be around 48 but it can be enough with less.\u00a0Next, you\u2019ll be making triangles with your newspaper rolls.\u00a0Tape or staple the ends together to form a triangle.<\/p>\n<p>Create as many triangles as you can with your newspaper rolls.\u00a0Finally, you\u2019ll secure each triangle to each other creating whatever size structure you want!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1218\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/files\/2023\/02\/Bild2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/files\/2023\/02\/Bild2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/files\/2023\/02\/Bild2.jpg 491w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Your structure size will depend on how many triangles you made.\u00a0Just make sure you have enough for the roof which will provide the final stability for your fort.\u00a0\u00a0You can secure the \u201cjoints\u201d with some extra staples or tape to be sure it doesn\u2019t move around too much.<\/p>\n<p>The rest is up to your imagination! The structure should even be sturdy enough for a blanket on top!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1219\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/files\/2023\/02\/Bild3-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/files\/2023\/02\/Bild3-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/files\/2023\/02\/Bild3.jpg 503w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The idea is taken from<a href=\"https:\/\/modernparentsmessykids.com\/play\/\"> https:\/\/modernparentsmessykids.com\/play\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take two sheets of newspaper, lay them out flat and start rolling it from one corner.\u00a0The tighter the roll the more support you\u2019ll have.\u00a0My boys aren\u2019t tight rolling masters yet but they did pretty well for their first time! Secure the end with a small piece of tape.\u00a0An ideal amount would be around 48 but &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/2023\/02\/10\/newspaper-fort\/\" class=\"more-link\">Forts\u00e4tt l\u00e4sa<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201dNewspaper fort\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2590,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30020],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2590"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1221"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1223,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1221\/revisions\/1223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}