Childhood Activity: Building a Tree House

One of my favorite childhood activities was building a tree house. Instead of a traditional closed box structure, my friend and I built a tree house with multiple platforms on different branches of the tree. We used wooden steps that we nailed into the tree trunk to climb to the different platforms. Constructing the tree house was more enjoyable than actually playing in it. It was my first experience using a hammer and nails, and it provided a great place to play, use our imagination, and create games.