Building a Yoda's Hut! The best survival and warm amazing shelter (part #1)
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- One of my childhood memories was the Star Wars movie, I loved the place and its little shelter in this imaginary cave!
Today I will try to make a small identical shelter, very happy to share with you my passion for survival
If you want to survive in the woods you really have to find the means to be able to make shelters according to the places and it is adapted with the environment!
Here is my new shelter, in this place I use a lot of small branches to build but also clay for insulation and protection from the rain.
In this episode you will find the main features to know how to build a shelter of this type.
As you can see I only use natural materials!
This shelter is designed to withstand at least 6 months! I invite you to subscribe to discover the rest of my adventures. Afterwards I will make the fireplace inside and a dining table and bed. This shelter will be adapted to spend olus of time warm in all conditions.
Thank you all very much for your comments and support!
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I was lucky enough to grow up in a time where kids actually just ran around playing in the woods, building treehouses and exploring, and parents only cared that you came home by supper time.
Yep!
Me too. This level of construction and dedication is on another level!
Same here 😀
You got me reminiscing.
The good old days, I was lucky enough to have an awesome brother to share it with.
I’m a 72 YO 👵🏼 and really loved this video. Back when I was young, my grandparents lived near the river with very high walls of clay deposits. People with families would live there. They would dig into the clay and make shelter to live until the snow came.
Thanks for a great lesson on survival! 😉
WHERE WAS THIS PLACE AND STATE
That’s crazy, where?
Yes where did you live at that time? I would love to make one of these shelters.
Cave ins = suffocation. Clay is very unstable.
@@3ehahn ice on stairs = very unstable. Could slip and fall
I love channels that show things without any actual talking. It’s refreshing and so easy to relax to while learning at the same time.
I was thinking the same thing this morning!!!
Me too!!
same
I agree👍
u just pinpointed exactly why school is useless and undermines education to promote indoctrination
This is exactly what we were trying to build in the woods behind our grandparents house, I miss those days
"Work hard you must, but sleep warm and dry you will be." -Yoda probably
I hope some little kids find it and create wholesome memories. You are awesome!
until it rains and the daub turns into runny mud that falls on you. Bad design.
@@rigrog5777 says at the end will withstand for 6 months.
@@lisaknight5787 I don't believe that... Not in the kind of weather where you'd need it. Daub is just mud, dung and straw... and this daub is lacking a few things. What happens when mud gets wet? That basket won't keep out the water, or even much wind, on it's own.
Have you hit your head?🙄🤦♂️🤡
Maybe a time lapsed video too prove is durability after would assuage your mind. Do share what would make this better I'm curious
Imagine a small village of such houses deep in the woods!! Amazing craftsmanship.
At that point I'd think the smurfs were real lol
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If the lock down idiocy and forced jabs keep going then I might just disappear into the woods
It would get raided, and destroyed by the u.s. forrest service. And every one would get arrested by game and fish. This , is totally illegal, in my state of Arizona.
@@daveybass655 way to be a party pooper. Hell with legal if its your own land doing it
Thanks for the nice sharing, your support is very valuable to me.
What a difference between hearing about wattle and daub in history lessons, and seeing it! Beautiful!
We still use mud and tree-fibers to build our homes.
But we call it sheet-rock or dry-wall.
Paper facing is tree-stuff, gypsum core is compressed dirt.
@Ray J Cob won't disintegrate after it dries.
@Ray J
It’s clay. What they make bricks out of.
He could improve the strength by heating it but not by much as it wouldn’t be placed in an oven. The dirt he coated it with will allow the moss to grow therefore improving its resistance to weather.
"Gypsum core" is not just "dirt." It's what it says it is, gypsum rock. Closer related to chalk than dirt.
When a person connects with nature, he finds happiness! Peace to your home!
Thank you
No lie I'm looking for a place like this
Yes! What a wonderful peace
Amen 🙏❤
You're not just a survivalist, you're an artist, awesome job.
alll the above
He is neither. A sucker is born every minute.
🍃Like mom said, "Closely study your surroundings and environment, for everything you need to survive is right in front of you.."
This Yoda inspired hut is adorable and amazing.🍃
you mean left in front of you
There’s no McDonald’s there.😢
When I was younger me and the other kids used to love making den’s, nothing as elaborate as this but it was great fun and a good way to spend time. Kids don’t go out anymore and do this sort of thing which is a reflection of so called development. This shelter if maintained could las longer than 6 months I reckon, it would make a splendid retreat for kids and those of us kids that never grew out of these kind of adventures, when I retire in 4 years I will have a go at making one of these especially the wattle and daub plastering. It won’t be as good as this but I will have a hoot having a go 😁
Same here build dens outside and at home build tents at the balcony with friends to chill
Kids still go out you know. Also its the parents most of thr time that are at fault. Keeping their kids inside by giving them ipads and computers whenever they are annoying then instead of dealing with them or sending them out. And people are too protective of younger kids nowadays. Some things like stay away from roads and take an adult or older person with you is ok but people just dont seem to want kids near any kind of dirt or cuts and bruises.
@@AlyxAesthetics I have no doubt about your point but nowhere near the amount that used I suggest, there is a paedophile around every corner and child murderer at large (most of these offences are perpetrated by family members or close friends the evidence supports ) parents are gripped with fear which has been sensationalised by the media so many parents are happy to have their kids at home as a consequence.
I second this, me and my oldest best friend used to have a massive lane out our back, and I think summer time building dens is up there with my favourite memories ever. Still friends today aswell
Same here, we where military brats so we always went into the wood and built forts. Lol great childhood!
Amazed at the quality of the clay he is digging up.
If I may brag, i have incredible clay as well. It just happens to fill my garden...
Can't lie, that's fly. May the force be with you.
Very good clay. You could put the clay on the inside as well as the outside, then fire the structure both inside and out. It would be like a fired clay pot, and last a thousand years. Awesome video, again.
Gigantic tandori oven.
@@sweynforkbeard8857 tea pot i thought..had a spout..just needed a handle lol
I used to make little ovens just the way you say,and bake little breads, for fun.....
Tomorrow evening is the continuation of the video with details on the inside of the shelter
Don't you need to dig down to a certain level of soil to make this though? Here in my area there is so much slate in the ground you have to look for particular places that are near running water to accumulate clay to make these. I live in a very mountainous terrain
I’ve never seen that tarp mixing mud/grass technique before! Thanks for the pointers! I shall cherish this knowledge! 😎✌🏽
How fun is that - reminds me of when I was a kid and we used to make forts down my a creek, in the trees. 🥰
Off the grid skills are on a whole new level. For anyone who's going to embark on building a off the grid house what ever the size you want you want to double that size and you'll thank yourself for it in the long run.
7 people disliked it, wtf is wrong with them? You did a great job
Maybe they can build a castle hahahaha
Sith Lords?
@@kenet71 exactly
They probably were under influence of thought more than reality they were thinking probably oh I wouldn't live in this forever it's not made forever it's meant to survive
Probably because it looked like he was using store bought twine? 😂
Это невероятный труд- сначала сплести из прутиков каркас, затем замесить немалое количество глиняного "теста". Также необходимо предусмотреть устойчивость будущей постройки, но....
Я обязательно сделаю такую хижину на своем участке для игры детей🎯
When I grew up I didn't have much and I would build my barbie a house like this. You are an amazing artist. Keep up the hard work and creativity. Loving the videos!
Unless you put a treatment on it to protect it from the rain, it will slowly wash away.
Mouse says I will move in when it’s finished! Anyone that feeds the smallest of wildlife has a good heart!
I cant help but think one might want to make that "teapot spout" end tip to be more angled so that when it rains, snows, hails, etc. That having it come to an angled end, its more likely to not have as much precipitation run its way down into the inner living space. Even limits having directional wind too maybe-especially on the colder windy weather kinds of days 🤔
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Those were my thoughts exactly.
🤔🤔🤔I wonder if on those days with the right kinds of conditions when its windy-do places like this lovely establishment make that blowing-into-a-jug/bottle kinds of sound?? Or no? 😁
Cause I bet sometimes that could sound kinda eerie....or annoying.🤔🤪🤪🤪
In architecture that bit is called a stiffy. No need to thank me
Yes that would be the better idea multiple angles would also slow the heats dissipation so the building would be warmer especially if you embedded fired stone into the walls. You would fire the stone to prevent it exploding while in your wall.
you know you got a great build going when the other outdoor survival youtubers comment on the success of your design and build. Now I'm looking forward to seeing this shelter in action complete with a nice fire in the hearth and a fabulous meal being prepared! Well Done, Good Sir!
I comment on all videos and yes I'm a youtuber a small one ,happy new years to you.
and youtube on the tube!
I am struck by the beauty of the area, your respect for it, your abilities in W&D, construction, weaving, etc., and how evocative this is. Thank you so much for bringing us back to our "within" most have forgotten.
Good job. I love the way you covered it in moss and vines after. its nice to see someone creating primitive shelters that can actually be lived in.
That's a lot of detail gone into this build. I built an Igloo type shelter in Calif. While I was out there. I ended up building 4 shelters while I stayed in one location. The Igloo one I built out of a soft wood that grew in the area. It's was excessively dry while I was out there. I left in March of 2021. Now I'm living south of the most western Great Lakes. Lake Michigan. Jeff B.
Le meilleur artiste
this shows a lot of craftsmanship.. lots of creativity and teaches basic survival skills.. if i owned my a piece of land i would enjoy doing this just to chill away from the unsustainable hellishness of the modern world !
Mate, your chimney design has blown me away. I have a log cabin and was struggling to find enough stones to make a flu. But i have heaps of clay and twigs Ill have to give this a go. Thankyou for the inspiration :)
Clay & cement mixed together works great...
Fire some clay bricks,there will be tutorials on here.
Good luck,wish I could be there to help,its my dream to be off grid,self sustaining in a log cabin
Good luck bud.
@@markrussell2233 I feel like the way to go isn't a log cabin, but to be dug into the earth to have the benefit of heat retention in the cold and cool damp in the heat. Keeping the square footage small you could just create small buildings all around for special needs.
Just be careful how much flammable material you add to your chimney. London burned down on multiple occasions because they mixed clay and straw for their chimneys. Get one of those hot enough and they go right up.
@@collin3012 So what can we use in the forest? Only clay? :)
the things we do when our time and interest goes beyond games and social media.
well done!
We can all build a mud hut. Some just choose to do so, while recording it. Other watch someone building it on their phone. Like you and me. Lol
Really love seeing this shelter - also from one of my favorite childhood movies - come into existence from raw components. Really brilliant work!
@@user-rl1wv5yh6n 500 kg of clay?
That's A LOT of clay!!
1kg of clay =$10
This is fun for Star Wars fans. It’s not practical bushcraft or camping because it is far too time & labor intensive, but it looks like a fun project.
You have remarkable builder skills. Your ability to use naturals resources is to build huts like these is amazing.
Thank you !
Impressive. You create something out of nothing with simple tools and a lot of hard work
Very cool.
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That’s is the best part to me.
Having lived thru a winter in a tent, I discovered that an entry hall of three to four feet gives you a mud room - to take off wet clothes before entering the sanctum. This also allows you to cook in gas stove in the entry. But I really like this Yoda Hut. Good work!
A great idea, but wasn't the planet Yoda was hiding on fairly warm and muggy anyways?
@@Tiniuc Perhaps. But Yoda's living here now.
I think this build is awesome though I wonder how it would fair over a few days of heavy rain.
This is everything I love rolled into one perfect little dwelling.
Worked hard you have. Creative you are. Proud you must be.
Thanks a lot
Love the shelter. Round, wind goes around, rain runs off. Safe and water tight. Easy to heat.
That was some amazing clay deposits! Would love to spend a year or two in the woods living in something like this, just a larger version.
The passion and love he has for his art is amazing. And no annoying music or useless chatter, this is best of the interweb and what Al Gore intended when he invented it.
Alright guys, who’s ready to build a village?
In Soviet childhood, we built huts wherever we could and out of anything. Within a month we could build up to 15 huts in different places. There were also secret places, and we hunted other guys in order to find out where their huts were and captured them. Bright childhood memories. :) Hello from Russia!!!
After watching this I wanna take the time to do this with my 8 yr old daughter that just last christmas requested a bunch of survival gear as gifts. I think this would be a great project for us to do! I've never met a child so interested in such things as such at an early age!
That’s pretty kool. Instil it young and even if she drifts away from the hobby she’ll probably always go back to it later on I’m sure. Opportunity to make and leave some great memories that will carry her through the trying patches. Maybe take a few memories away from it for your very own too.
That would be amazing brother I bet your daughter would love that it's a great idea 💡 when I was younger I used to love making dens and bases in the woods or somewhere in the garden
We even used to make booby traps for each other us brothers lol. Until it got taken abit to far once and we stopped lol 😂😊 growing up 20 years ago was completely different theses days
You likely are just setting a good example. 👍
Thats a wonderful,loving gift from a father.....and all of the enjoyable times she can have in there if you do this on your property......swank it up....solar lights ,flower boxes,herb garden....
When I was a young girl we were poor,my dad was abusive and times were hard...but I would walk my 4 little brothers uo the alley into a field that had an enclosure nature made of twigs,vines,etc....I would have them go inside and sit and eat a little lunch I packed....crackers,pickles.
I had hoped that memories made would soften the blows of a violent and harsh environment,upbringing...
Your idea is truly a blessing for her....
How beautiful it is to see other people live out my dream of living somewhere that soils actually go further than 2 inches. Gotta love Missouri.
I would say he's in a river valley judging by the clear layers of sand and clay. We dont get that much in my part of wisconsin because everything got mixed together by glaciers.
Better than here in south Florida... all I get is sugar sand in each shovel 😆
How l wish we never left the simple and basic to have come to live in a life full of complex things and relationships. Life was better when it was simpler.
I love the fact that you considered animals and their environment in the environment that you created (feeding the mice on the tree branch) so cool. Amazing it reminded me of Andy Goldsworthy’s art work.
Genius! I feel like we ignored this technique entirely when talking about shelter building in the boy scouts but when you see it done like this I'd say it's actually an elegant solution way more than I would have before. Great video!
The whole time he is building this structure I keep on going this knot or lashing or this scout skill would be used here or there, oh this is knot a scout project never mind, keep the sky up and feet on ground.
theres a lady who won the show ALONE survival tv show, she had a similar use of treee branches, really nice shelter...
No it's just a lot of skill it's not genius
Does the rain wash away the mud??
The Filming and Editing was also EXCELLENT on this video!!!
Thank you very much 🙏
Luke- "but I'm not scared. " Yoda-"you will be. You WILL BE." 👍💯
My daughter's daycare center built some of these on their property, different design, but same process. Basically three sided play huts with wooden roof, approved by the city. All the kids also made mud bird nests, we also used a wooden roof on these. Wooden sticks weaved with ivy, then mud/straw clay.
Looking forward to "Part 2"! You know those gourds people grow, and dry out and turn them into birdhouses? This structure reminds me of that, looks just like one of those dried gourds. Very cool! 👍😊
This takes playing in the mud to a new level, it looks like a work of art!
Literally out here making his own compass to dig a circle for the shape. Love it! Sharing with my husband!
The only part I was unclear about was the conical topper. Maybe to redirect the force of rain against the most vulnerable part of the dome?
I would think we'd want to shape the flue so that rain doesn't get funneled inside. Would be easy enough to make the top part of the cylinder extend further outward than the bottom part.
The window was a nice idea.
Would create coverings for window and door of possible, for when wind and cold is worse than usual.
If you use the Eskimo igloo design you have the interior floor higher inside so that cold air can be inlet to feed an interior fire without you having to freeze.
Would also think about drainage around the hut, making the whole thing just a little bit higher than the ground around it
And piling a thick layer of dirt and mud around the bottom part could aid in insulation
Athos, I am awestruck to the point of almost tears of joy. This is magnificent and marvelous. It must bring so much happiness to be able to use these wonderfill skills. Thank you so much for sharing these amazing videos.
Yoda: Strong with The Force this one is. Yoda Approves.😎👌
Approves Yoda does.
@@Tsamp-lp6ep LOL😆👊
How amazing- must give this one a try. Thank you for showing us how its done.
This is a great sculpture. Inspiring to see an artist at work in the peaceful environment.
This is great, the next stage would be to plant Trees that can sustain you, so plant a good quantity of nut Trees along with fruit Trees and under story bushes that you can forage on for food in a wide circular pattern.
Clay can't stop surprising me. How versatile it is.
Round house goes back to the dawn of time. Still a winning design 💛
Here in South Africa we call them rondavels. It's pronounced ron-DAAR-vills
Really brings out the kid in me, we used to build camps on the edge of various wooded areas, a few damned good ones too that would most likely have survived a tree falling on them .
Since I can't do things like this right now cause of my location, watching this is the next best thing! Fills my little nature-loving country heart with joy! Thank you for sharing!
Mais..... c'est la maison des Barbapapa.... 😂
Super Athos, Bravo !!! 👌
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I'm so curious how this holds up to rain. I would think adding grasses to the mud definitely helps it to last longer but it would just be neat to see how it ages.
I like that he is finishing up with mudding the exterior and has not got ANY mud on his clothes.
This took some time to build by hand as you did and deff alot of bushcraft skills. Hats off to you
Another impressive video! You did an amazing job buddy 😍💪🔥
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Thanks you very much bro! That you need to survive! 👌💚
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I am wordless. I am going to build this in my garden.
What a wonderful and clever old bird this nest maker is!! Happy as a lark.
This is so cool. It reminds me of shelters built with live hazel, and insulated with moss
A stunning example of a man's ingenuity & skill. Excited to see the finish.
It's like a fairy house! It's amazing!!!!!!
That's a Teapot house AND I LOVE IT. It would be perfect for a ghibli movie house
I love how this is called "A Yoda's hut" not just yodas hut. Its like there is adventure under every rock and log
Adventure in his pants like?! That’s an adventure. Lol! Weeeeee!
@@d.st.michael4195 mmmm, felt this way in eight hundred years, I have not
Do, there is no try
Yoda was a child molester
@@thisismagacountry1318 Trump lost so hard
This is a work of art
Crazy that he made that in only 15 and a half minutes! 😳
What a perfect place, with so many different varieties of plants and vegetation as well as clay and water! Spot on!
This is excellent sir! My cousin and I built a few of these when we were kids. Not at this level of course but it brought back fond memories of being on the creek. It amazes me that many people now would perish in the woods when food water and shelter are right in front of them. Sad really how far we've came from our ancestors. It's good to embrace technology but bad to become dependant on it. Y'all stay safe and God bless
Age 12ish my girlfriends and I "built" a home with sugar cane or bamboo looking plants in NOLA..3 bedrooms kitchen and living room...pretty hard work for us and our baby dolls!...of course my brother and his brood tore it down. Was reminded of THIS while watching! Cheers!
So cool! I would not hesitate to live there for a time and just escape the ordinary life:-)
100% brilliant. I will do this as soon as possible. Thank you.
beautiful! brings to mind the times several of us would play in the woods of Venezuela making forts in this same method. We loved it, would bring a lunch and stay out all day. yes, this was many years ago
Wow this is amazing! Very skilled! Dreamman who can actually do something when disaster is strucking!
Wanted to see inside to see if he took out the middle post. It reminded me of a teapot. I like seeing the functionality inside. Reminded me a bit of whoville also.
That was the coolest thing I've seen yet in off grid living. Ok- well, I've seen some fairly cool things, but this was just pretty cool to see so many materials in one place being used for a shelter;amazingly creative! Resourceful.
Always looking to the future to the horizon. Never knowing where he was, what he was doing. ~~Yoda
This is a work of art. Beautiful to watch
fantastic project !!! 👏👏👏
In the past the populations of northern Europe built similar houses which could last up to 30 years.
I love it! I want to make a playhouse for my little girl that's all natural and actually works
I wish we could all live simpler like this in peace and content .
I used to do a lot of soil cement road base designs.And mix in place or pug mill.For state high ways parking lots etc.Using either orange clays sandy to loamy and shell mixes.Usually with about 6%-8% cement max.(4% the lowest and still met psi requirements). Orange loamy sandy clays with a good gradient of silica sands the best. Thinking it wood be great for adobe homes too properly engineered. Thanks Good Job Man!
Your true artist. Your shelters are sculptures. These videos are performance art. Beautiful. Thank you for your time and efforts.
Thanks for demonstrating so well how to go about building in this way, it's such a feast for the eyes as well as being informative.
Simple tools, hard work, and everything else from the land. Bravo!
l like how you prep everthing, the tools you use and how this all unfolds. l appreciate the silence. l can come here and be completely inspired with your designs. Thank you You Rock!
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I dont, I hate the silence....
I too appreciate the silence. It’s so much more calming and you can almost feel as if you’re there.
"The shelter good it is and good job done he has" - Yoda
So right you are!
Good,this shelter is,job done well,he has
Indeed.
Thank you, refreshing to the soul. Nostalgia for life.
If this guy was on Alone.. it'd be over with. Lol. THIS IS AMAZING.
Looks amazing! I’d build one here in Scotland but we don’t have potatoes that big to start from