First off, I would like to welcome all of you who are visiting from Celebrate the Boy over at MADE! And for those of you who are regular visitors, I am guest posting today at MADE, and I highly recommend that you hop over and check out all the amazing boy inspired projects.
Boys, boys, boys. The silly things they say and do keep me laughing all the time. In fact, as I was working on this post my three year-old came blasting by, one arm outstretched, clutching his toothbrush, shouting (in a deep manly voice) "Oh, Mr. Plaque I am coming to get you!" Dental Superheros make my day!
My favorite part of making this tutorial, by far, was the photo shoot. Not just because the pictures crack me up, but that my boys actually agreed to do it, AND enjoyed it! Normally (98.7% of the time) they want nothing to do with "crazy mom and her camera," but for some reason, this time was different. They totally hammed it up, AND they happily agreed to wear the short-shorts I made. Wow! Shocking. I am still in a state of disbelief - but also still smiling just thinking of their silly poses in front of the camera. Oh, how I love those two!
I am so excited to share this project with you because it is as fun as my two silly boys.
The design of the RETRO DUFFEL is based on the original Duffel Bag - the manliest of all the bags in the luggage family. The simple, functional design, and durable fabric make this an ideal boy bag.
This is a miniature version of the typical duffel bag, perfect for an overnight stay at Grandma's, hauling gear to the big game, or for storing my all-time favorite gift - the FORT KIT!
So, today I am giving away a RETRO DUFFEL Fort-Kit!
The RETRO DUFFEL Fort Kit includes:
- RETRO DUFFEL bag
- two twin sheets with ties attached
- suction cups
- clips
- clothespins
- flashlight
- rope
- HOURS of FUN!
Giveaway Rules:
- Leave a comment on this post, that's it!
- Leave your EMAIL ADDRESS in your comment.
- Only One entry per person (leave only one comment please).
- Open to US and Canadian readers only.
- One winner will be picked via random.org.
Giveaway Ends: FRIDAY, March 4th at Midnight (pacific time). The winner will be announced Saturday, March 5th.
Thank you for visiting!
I wanna win!!! So stinking cute!
ReplyDeleteTarray22@yahoo.com
Such a great idea
ReplyDeletekarwil29@yahoo.ca
I love those photos! hilarious!
ReplyDeletethanks for the chance to win!
brockdiva at hotmail dot com
How fun! I have a energetic little boy that could have hours of fun!
ReplyDeletejenn@jrmartin.com
Super cute! My nephews love making forts.
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ReplyDeleteGoing to visit family in Brazil and this would make me the favorite aunt for sure!
ReplyDeletetiffany.goldengirl@gmail.com
what a great idea!
ReplyDeleteamberortega at gmail dot com
utter and complete coolness!
ReplyDeletempsstedman(at)gmail(dot)com
These are amazing! I've built many a forts as a kid with dining room chairs and tables but never had the luxury of suction cups! Would totally be excited to do some fort building with my boys. What a lovely idea. Thank you!
ReplyDeletemich_26@live.ca
oh my goodness. my kids would love that. What a great idea
ReplyDeleteloveslove00@aol.com
I love it! What a cute idea for boys!
ReplyDeleteanneranallo@gmail.com
I love the versatility of this kit! SO cool!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win.
Love to sew bags and the duffel is awesome. I have a boy and its always hard to find fun things to make for him. Thanks Jamie
ReplyDeletejpalerino@yahoo.com
I have 2 boys, 7 and 4 and one due in May. We build forts out of blankets and couch cushions and go camping in the back yard.
ReplyDeleteThis would blow their little minds.
jenragansmith@gmail.com
Love your ideas! Great pics too!
ReplyDeleteThat is SO COOL!
ReplyDeleteindgoviolet@yahoo.com
so cool! my son would flip out for this! thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteandrea_swan1(at)yahoo(dot)ca
SO generous! Thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeletebeckymac1 at hotmail dot com
My little guy would LOVE this! He and my husband make forts ALL the time!
ReplyDeletealisonmhollowell at gmail dot com
Great Idea! Nothing beats a few hours in a fort! Paragonpropertymngt@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteOh my! This is the coolest idea!!! My four year old would FREAK OUT over this fort kit :) I hope I win!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool. I have the perfect fabric to make one. Going to get a little funky on it. LOL Great giveaway also!
ReplyDeletetotally awesome. My Max would love this. kelliwashburn(at)gmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteI *LOVE* this bag. It reminds me of the duffel I used to carry my gym clothes in junior high (1981 or so). I'm not interested in winning the fort kit - my daughter is too old to make forts anymore - but I wanted you to know what a great bag this is. It's definitely going at the top of my things to make.
ReplyDeleteI love making forts with my kids...I got it from my mom who would spend hours building the most elaborate forts all over the living room, and then let us eat lunch in them. :)
ReplyDeletelindsey(at)thedeleos(dot)com
great idea, i loved tents when i was little! love the photos too!
ReplyDeletecweime1@lsu.edu
I SOOO want to win this!! My little boy AND girl would LOVE this!! Thanks for the opportunity!!
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when I saw on the MADE site that you were blogging about your fort kid, I had to come over and thank you. I saw your tutorial days before Christmas and had to literally drop everything and go and make two of them. My kids were wondering what to get for their cousins, and I told them I had just found the perfect present, but no, I couldn't tell them what it was because I wanted to give it to them too. So they agreed to give it to their cousins without even knowing what it was. Huge hit. They built forts in our loft all Christmas weekend long.
ReplyDeleteVery awesome idea, my kids loved it.
Thanks
Hello! I made a fort kit from your wonderful blog and gave it as a birthday present to a THRILLED little neighbor boy/friend...would absolutely love to win this one for my three year old son. Your photos are so awesome and I love your ideas! Would love it if you could drop by my blog sometime:
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I think you will like it!
sent with kind regards,
Quentin
How fun! My littles (and their cousins)would love this!!
ReplyDeletenatalie.erdmann at gmail dot com
I love the Fort Kit idea, and the free giveaway as well. Our kids always love it when we put blankets and sheets over the furniture and make a tent/fort. bill@thedigifix.com
ReplyDeleteI love this! It's such a great idea.
ReplyDeletejessica(dot)wentworth(at)gmail(dot)com
Awesome giveaway. It makes me yearn for summer to roll on in.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea! And I love your pictures. Your boys did a great job hamming it up!
ReplyDeleteGotta be in it to win it. Sounds like your boys would get along swimmingly with my 6 year old nephew Todd! Best regards, pegele03 at yahoo dot com.
ReplyDeleteso cute! and your boys are adorable.
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what a great give away!
ReplyDeletetarget725@gmail.com
This is a brilliant idea
ReplyDeletela_hagen(at)mac(dot)com
oh my, best giveaway EVER!! My boys would love this!
ReplyDeleteSo awesome my three boys would love this!!! Thanks:) summerdespain(at)gmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteso fun.
ReplyDeletebethanypitman@gmail.com
What an incredible idea! My little boys would love this!
ReplyDeletejillcalcote@gmail.com
Omigosh, omigosh, omigosh - I've never wanted to win something so badly!
ReplyDeleteGrowing up, I was the single girl in a passel of boys. Our living room was a perpetual fort: flipped couch cushions, flowery sheets, crates and pillows everywhere!
Now I'm months away from finalizing the adoption of my first child - a BOY! And he is the perfect age to start tent building lessons!
My fingers are crossed!
LTabora(at)orlandoweekly(dot)com
How cool! deshazer(dot)jennifer(at)gmail(dot)com.
ReplyDeleteSo fun! My boy definitely needs a retro duffle bag (and a fort kit wouldn't hurt!!)
ReplyDeletecarashroyer(at)mac(dot)com
Found your blog from MADE and love it! The photos of your boys crack me up :) Thanks for the giveaway :)
ReplyDeleteleighannerushing (at) yahoo (dot)com
What an awesome idea for my fort loving little boy, or any fort loving little boy really.
ReplyDeletesophia(dot)crane(at)gmail(dot)com
Oh my gosh this is cool! I would have loved one when I was a kid, and I'm not exactly a boy. : ) Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteYou sound like such a fun and creative Mom. I'm a Mom of two active and creative boys who love to build forts!
ReplyDeletemarya_public@comcast.net
I love this with two boys my oldest 8 yrs and my youngest 3 mon old. I happy to see more boys things
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michelleml28@yahoo.com
Love it!
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What a great idea! My boys would LOVE to win this.
ReplyDeletekendrapete(at)gmail(dot)com
My Son and my Daughter would love this! I thinks it may be a must have!
ReplyDeletelindseycastle@hotmail.com
LOVE the bag! Now I'll just have to invest in a white sweatband...too cute! Lindsay
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Wow, so much fun...thanks!
ReplyDeletethegoldsberrys(at)yahoo(d0t)com
wow! this is so cool. My son would love this!
ReplyDeletesmooze13 (at) aol (dot) com
My boys would go crazy over this~ thanks so much!
ReplyDeletelindsaymcdaniel2(at)hotmail(dot)com
Who wouldn't want a fort kit
ReplyDeletedonnya_89{at}yahoo.com
This is awesome! I'm the mom to two boys who love to build forts. I am always sent scrambling for "building materials." Having them in one place would be so helpful!
ReplyDeletemeganlbaker {at} gmail {dot} com
In the off chance that number 663 is chosen, I'm tossing in my hat! I'll be checking back tonight to see if I won. This would such a life saver at my house....(not to mention a sheet saver).
ReplyDeleteI think we actually have a picture of my husband and his brother as little boys back in the 70's in these exact outfits. I love the simple bag design.
ReplyDeletejkleins123@embarqmail.com
I LOVE this fort kit. I'm making it for my nephews' birthdays for 2011!
ReplyDeletesherrietraveling at gmail dot com
This is so awesome! Hope to win!
ReplyDeletescrchica1@live.com
Completely cute photos. My friends and I (even though we are seniors in high school) love making forts and having photo shoots too.
ReplyDeletepeace_love_cookie at yahoo dot com
Hello! I need this kit so my son will have something fun to do while I sew!
ReplyDeletemarydemerath@hotmail.com
I am cracking up over those adorable pics! Would love love love to win this for my 2 kids!
ReplyDelete4bergs(at)comcast(dot)net
I would love to win!!!
ReplyDeleteTiffanymjack at gmail dot com
What a cool idea. Thanks for giving one away!
ReplyDeleteestaats(at)eup(dot)k12(dot)mi(dot)us
Awesome! My boys would love this fort kit!
ReplyDeleteAmy.c.schroeder@gmail.com
I love the fort kit!! Hope I win!!!!
ReplyDeletebethpredd(at)yahoo(dot)com
Those pictures are absolutely priceless! And I remember those bags well. I think we each had one as kids.
ReplyDeleteLove the fort kit. I'll have to give the duffel bag a try.
ReplyDeletehopplez75@gmail.com
Oh my gosh. Love those duffel pics. Love the fort kit. Not sure which I love more. You rock.
ReplyDeleteSuper awesome idea! We adults may make more use out of it than the kids, but I think we can share. ;) sneakfuzz(at)hotmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteso awesome!
ReplyDeletestephanie dot e dot carroll at gmail dot com
Bravo! What a clever gift idea. So very great!...
ReplyDeletematthiesampm@yahoo.com
Cool! What a great idea for the kiddos on a rainy day.
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I just love the fort kit, it really inspired me!
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Great idea!!!
ReplyDeleteMariaEble (at) yahoo (dot) com
How fun! I LOVED doing that when I was a kid!!
ReplyDeletekristen_taylor111(at)yahoo(dot)com
I can't wait to make some of these!
ReplyDeletealiseon(at)gmail(dot)com
Awesome! Love it :)
ReplyDeletesuzysetter(at)cox(dot)net
Sweet! This would be awesome to share with the wee ones in our family. Thanks for the chance.
ReplyDeleteI would LOVE one to put all of my crafting supplies in! This is so creative and well done! Thanks!
ReplyDeletejojopinky@me.com
this is adorable!
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I LOVE this idea! You're so creative! I'm a foster parent and have kids in and out all the time. This is a great idea!
ReplyDeleteFabulous! :-)
ReplyDeletemarajclark@gmail.com
Love this! I am used to finding super cute sewing ideas for girls but not so much for boys! Thanks for this!!
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