How to Make a Clubhouse

Last Updated: December 6, 2020

Making a clubhouse is great way to have fun with your friends. It doesn't have to be large, especially if you don't have the room for one. It could be a private room for just yourself, or if you like, you can invite your friends over to play for a while or even have a sleepover!

Method 1

Method 1 of 5:

Turning a Bunkbed Into a Clubhouse

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Create the walls of the clubhouse. Place a mattress, strong board, or anything that is as tall as your bunk bed on one side of the bunk bed. If your bunkbed is in the corner, then you only need to make one wall. If not, then on the opposite side of the bunkbed, place another board or mattress or, if you have a nearby piece of furniture, move it to the opposite side of the board.
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Cover the clubhouse. Find a large sheet or a blanket and drape it over the bunkbed and walls of the clubhouse. Drape it so that it hangs down the front of the bunkbed, where the opening is.

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Make the entrance. Take a chair and place it under the blanket near where you want your entrance to be. This way there is a small hole where you can enter the lower bed of the bunkbed, and inside, you'll be surrounded by the sheet or blanket and the walls you made.
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Put things in your clubhouse to suit your needs. Maybe include a lamp for light, or something that serves a table.^{[1]
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Method 2

Method 2 of 5:

Making a Chair Clubhouse

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Drape a blanket over two chairs. Get two large chair and place them across from each other, so that they face outwards. Drape a large blanket or a sheet over the chairs, creating a hidden from sight area between the chairs.
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Weigh the blanket down. Set something heavy on top of the blanket on the chairs. This way the blanket will stay in place.
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Use four chairs instead if you want. You could also get four chairs and put a blanket over them. This will make a larger clubhouse.
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Put whatever you want in your clubhouse to suit your needs. Maybe include a lamp for light, or something that serves a table.

Method 3

Method 3 of 5:

Using Strings to Make a Clubhouse

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Hang string from the walls. First, get your parents permission and help. Nail a strong rope or string to the wall in a room, or you can tie it to a tall piece of furniture. Nail the string to two opposite sides of the room so that it hangs across the room.
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Repeat with another string. Take another piece of rope or string and tie/nail it to both sides side of the room, again, with the help of an adult. Do so a few feet away from the first string, so that they run parallel to each other.
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Cover the clubhouse. Drape a thin sheet or blanket over the two ropes and let the ends hang down on either side.
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Put things in your clubhouse to suit your needs. You can place whatever items you want in your tent, as long as there is space.^{[2]
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Method 4

Method 4 of 5:

Making a Broom Clubhouse

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Set up two chairs. Find two chairs the have level, straight tops. This won't work with chairs with rounded top ends. Put them across from each other so that they both face outward.
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Find a broom. You can use a broom or any sturdy, long, stick-shaped object. Take the broom and lay it across the two chairs like a bridge.
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Cover the clubhouse. Take a blanket or sheet and drape it over the broom. this will give you tent-like clubhouse
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Put whatever you want in your clubhouse. Go inside to test it out to make sure it's stable first. Then fill it with whatever suits your needs, like a small table, or maybe a light and some playing cards.

Method 5

Method 5 of 5:

Building a Cardboard Clubhouse

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Gather some cardboard. You'll need a large amount of cardboard, so with your parents help, try to find as many cardboard boxes as you can, the bigger the better.
- The more cardboard you collect, the bigger the clubhouse you can make.
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Frame the clubhouse walls. Find your largest cardboard box and open it up so it's in box form. Cut the top flaps of the box off. Then cut out the corners of the box, including the bottom. The corners should be about five or six inches on both sides.
- Place the corners in a square shape with the dimensions that you want for the clubhouse.
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Strengthen the corners with cardboard tubes. If you don't have any cardboard tubes, you can substitute them with flat cardboard folded into long and skinny square tubes and then taped to keep their shape. Cut the tubes down so that they're the same height as the corners. Then use tape to attach the tubes to the insides of the corners.
- This will strengthen the structure so that it doesn't fall apart.
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Add two tubes to the ceiling. First, get or make two more tubes. Cut the tubes down so that they are the same length across as two sides of the clubhouse. Then cut notches in the ends of the tubes so that they can be placed on top the corner tubes without falling. Tape the tubes to the corner tubes so that they run parallel to each other across the length of the clubhouse.
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Make the roof. Get two flat pieces of cardboard that are roughly as long on one side as the length of the roof tubes. Tape the two pieces of cardboard together along one edge. Then tape the other edges to the tubes so that it forms a triangular roof for the clubhouse.
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Finish the roof. Measure the dimensions of the ends of the roof, the triangular holes on either side of the clubhouse. Then cut out two pieces of cardboard of the same dimensions. Tape those cardboard triangles to the ends of the roof to make the roof of the clubhouse completely enclosed.
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Optionally put some walls in. You can either tape rectangular pieces of cardboard to cover all the open areas of the clubhouse except the front, or you can cover the back and then make windows on the sides. You make windows by taping rectangular pieces of cardboard that don't go all the way up the sides of the house, leaving gaps which work as windows.^{[3]
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Community Q&A

Question

Can I make a clubhouse in my small closet?

Community Answer

Sure, as long as you can fit inside it.
Question

How do I make a permanent clubhouse in my house?

Community Answer

Ask your parents if you can make it in a spare bedroom or the garage, or set it up in a section of your bedroom. Without being exposed to the elements, you could make your clubhouse out of cardboard, blankets, pillows, and existing furniture.
Question

How do I make a wooden clubhouse in my garden?

Community Answer

Follow the instructions listed in the article above.