Seth recently attended a Debris Shelter Birthday party hosted by the coolest mom on our hillside Stitch Diva! If you want to learn how to make a proper British debris shelter, watch this kookey video. Or you can follow along and see how the kids at the party built them.
First you start with a tripod of two short sticks and one long stick lashed together in a pup tent configuration.
Next you build the skeleton out of beefy sticks.
Then you haul whatever debris you can find to your shelter.
This is a great way to channel some of that hyperactive birthday energy.
Then you pile as much debris on the shelter structure as you can. Or in this case your thoughtfully place the sticks 
Finally you settle in for a rockin’ after party in your rad debris shelter!
The kids all got compasses with emergency whistles on them which Seth loved! The birthday boy gets a big Boy’s Almanac thumbs up because he decorated his cake with bugs and a rat. This is a photo of him liking the icing off the rat ~ yum!
and follow the adventure:
I love how you documented the party!!!! Beautiful photos and write up.
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I love this, Alis! I have a copy of Shelter, Shacks and Shanties at home and I think we should crack it open soon. Suddenly the boys are big enough to wield all those large fallen branches that the winter storms have blown down. Ooh ooh and we need to schedule a fort-building escapade down at San Gregorio soon, too!
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I love this idea! I’m going to show this to my kids. I predict at least three debris shelters will be made at my house in the next week.