den building
Making cozy hideouts
Den building is the activity of constructing a makeshift shelter or hideout, typically from blankets, cushions, branches, or other available materials.
Most associated with childhood play—kids build dens in living rooms, backyards, or woods as imaginative spaces or secret bases.
The activity has gained currency among adults as a nostalgic or therapeutic pursuit: We spent the rainy afternoon den building with the kids.
- blanket fortImprovised fabric playhouse
- pillow fortCushion structure for play
- fortDefensive military installation
- blanketsFabric bed coverings
- pillowsCushioned head supports
couch cushions · cushions · cozy · hideout · shelter · sheets · childhood · draping · nook · secret · cave · tunnel · flashlight · imagination · cardboard · living room · chairs · snug
- outdoor playfree play, water play, sand play, puddle jumping, tree climbing
- animal diggingburrowing, tunneling, excavating, denning
- octopus behaviorscamouflage, inking, jet propulsion, color change, mimicry
- outdoor activitieshiking, kayak rental, biking, camping, camping trip
- adaptationsfilm adaptation, film adaptations, movie adaptation, TV adaptation, TV adaptations
den buildingcommercial construction
Erecting non-residential structures
structural engineering · masonry · bricklaying · real estate development · civil engineering
den buildingdemolition
Deliberate structural destruction
tearing down · destruction · dismantling · wrecking · deconstruction
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