When do the parents get to come by and run around in the fort???? : )

Scott, we own box rivets. They are good for refrigerator boxes. Tape provides a time savings over rivets when dealing with smaller, more numerous boxes because there is a certain amount of futzing involved with the rivets.

Rivets were troublesome for the tunnels because I tried connecting through the box wall and also a pulled-back lid which never quite lined up right after making the pilot hole. I thought, “I’d be done already if I used tape.”

And, our watermelon boxes are even thicker than fridge boxes, too thick for the rivets. I’d want an electric drill to make the pilot holes.

However, we did use rivets in a few choice locations where they were a snap to install.

In that case… why did you guys use tape and not the Rivets?