I Built A GIGANTIC Cat Fort For My Cats

[Music] earlier this year i built the world's greatest cat fort but ralph and i have since moved out of my parents house and he's been left decidedly castle-less and though he's got a new friend bella he's struggling to adapt to life without a luxury palace he's been bugging me constantly to build him a new one and so i'm finally giving in but with some conditions number one the castle has got to be entirely made out of cardboard chateau de ralph had a wooden frame so it wasn't really a box fort at all rather a wooden castle with cardboard cladding and that really bugged me so this time it's got to be entirely cardboard and number two it's got to be so big that i can use it as a human fort too because who doesn't love box forts so how do you go about building something of that size entirely out of cardboard well i found these cardboard bricks online that slot together sort of like cardboard lego this isn't sponsored i've had no contact or affiliation with the people who make them but these bricks are perfect or nearly perfect the trouble is they come flat pack and the go big or go home approach i was taking meant i had 800 of them to assemble 800 it took about 12 hours and by the end of it my hands were completely covered in paper cuts but i didn't care about that for it was only now that i truly realized the potential of these 800 chunks of cardboard this is gonna be the funnest day of my life i got started right away using the rug as an approximate footprint for the castle although making sure the two towers that would be on either side protruded slightly and leaving a gap for what would be the doorway thanks to the bricks just slotting together i made incredibly quick progress and before i knew it the fort was already knee height the doorway was a little more challenging i had to build above first and then fill in the gaps from below to hold it all together [Music] and my plants were constantly getting in the way [Music] soon it got tall enough that i could only just climb over the walls it was time to test out the doorway [Music] i made it yes oh already it was enormous and i was only about halfway it now occurred to me that i should probably include a window on either side i made a small lip out of outward facing bricks and doubled them up underneath so sort of we're in the nice perfect brick pattern it's a really sturdy windowsill and i've done the same on the other side before i could continue though my project managers decided to check on my progress bella was first and seemed less than impressed preferring to sit under the christmas tree instead some trees tempted her inside but only briefly [Music] ralph however was much more approving gladly hoovering up the treats bella had left behind he sat down for a minute or two inspecting my building work before joining bella back on the bed and so i wasted no time getting to work on the rest of the castle so that's it we've used up all the ordinary size bricks it's looking pretty good this is me stood on my tiptoes so it's actually slightly taller than me and then each tower well they're quite a lot taller than me holy hell from the outside it's enormous i can't even fit it all in one shot that's huge obviously i know this is the size of my living room but this is the first time i'm really getting that realisation so after using up all the regular size bricks next i use the single bricks to create battlements that little square pattern often found at the top of castles this is it very final brick it's done and then it was finished structurally at least in the morning i decorated with flags and banners and all that wonderful stuff but for now i needed some sleep i set up some motion sensor night vision cameras to see if either of the cats were brave enough to explore overnight ralph is first to enter noticing one of the cameras straight away bella follows although she doesn't enter the castle the camera cuts out but when it's triggered again you can just make out her tail sneaking away to steal ralph's food a few minutes later she returns and has a little sit completely ignoring the castle once more before disappearing back upstairs ralph however spends most of the night in the castle he doesn't sleep but spends the time bathing scratching it and wondering what on earth the cameras are over and over again at one point he even gets hyper and pounces on something just look at that butt wiggle here it is from the other angle and then he's hyper which is bad news for bella who's hungry again on her way back he pounces and she retreats upstairs and then soon i can be seen wiggling through the doorway in my pajamas to turn off the cameras so ralph seems to like the castle but bella's completely disinterested maybe she'll warm to it if i make a flag with her face on i made a banner for either side out of card and cut out to paper ralph and paper bella to stick on each one as well as their names in a medieval looking font as for the castle's name i asked for your suggestions on my community tab and then put the most popular ones in a poll the runner-up was boxing and palace which i might have stolen from the simpsons and by far the winner suggested by arjun armin was the royal feline residence of raphael and isabella now that's a few too many paper letters for me to cut out so i'm gonna combine the two i cut out boxing and palace in the same medieval font as a banners but cheated in new stickers for the rest of it all that was left was a few additions to the interior i'd always wanted to put ralph shay lounge in his old castle but it just wasn't big enough well that was no longer a problem with this giant of a new one i just had to try and squeeze it through the doorway i added a silver platter as a food tray fit for royalty and as a finishing touch i added an art print which is available at half asleep chris.com yup that's a not so subtle merch plug i'm also selling colouring books plectrums temporary tattoos and more go check it out the link is in the description but enough of that it was time to formally open boxing and palace may i cordially introduce you to her majesty the queen of boxing shire i was surprised to see that bella absolutely loved the castle probably because the shea lounge was in there and then his majesty the king of boxinghamshire decided to make an appearance too he was once again inspecting the quality of my work and judging by the way he rubbed his face on it i'd say he was happy and he soon discovered how fun it could be to jump out the windows bella followed suit out of the other window whilst ralph jumped back in and had a bit more of an explore before once again leaving through the window i really needn't have bothered building a door bella eventually found the food and had a royal sized feast whilst ralph posed regally as though he was getting his portrait taken now i know what you're probably thinking what if we ever come under attack from enemy cats who wish to claim boxing and palace as their own while bella's got that covered with her very own cardboard tank on second thoughts maybe don't attack us please but the one who enjoyed the castle most of all was undoubtedly me i mean i got to live out every child's dream and turn their living room into the ultimate box fort and i guess the fact that the cats liked it too was just an added bonus [Music] you

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Length: 8min 26sec (506 seconds)

Published: Mon Dec 14 2020