Homemade Slip n Slide

Summer is here!! Summer is here!!  Are your kids out of school yet?  Well my daughter is out of preschool already and the boredom has set in (yeah and it is only the first week!) So I guess it is time to start thinking of some more fun summer activities to do with her that will keep her entertained longer since summer lasts for several months!

This weekend we made our own slip n slide.  I know you are probably asking “Why make one when I can just run to the store and buy one?”  And the answer is because for the same money (or less depending where you shop) you can make a bigger and better one with pretty much the same effort or less as the one you would buy at the store

I LOVE this slip n slide because it is so wide there are no worries about sliding off into the grass.  And it is long enough to go all the way down the hill in our back yard.  The plastic we used can be bought in different sizes so no matter how wide or long you need you can find the size you want.  

My oldest daughter was so excited about this that the next morning (after playing on it for hours the day before) she insisted that she did not want to go to the zoo but stay home and play on the slide so by 10am she was out slipping n sliding.  My youngest on the other hand was not so impressed.  As soon as the water touched her foot she screamed.  I thought she would love it if she just tried it out so my oldest put her on her lap and went down but nope she was not having anything to do with our slide.   As a matter of fact she just walked over to her swing and wanted nothing to do with us… oh well more sliding for us (yeah you know I had to try it too!).

Supplies

Plastic sheeting (we used 10ft X 25ft)

Rocks (we used a big rock on each corner to hold in place)

Water hose

Directions

Unroll plastic sheeting and place rocks on four corners.

Wet plastic with water then leave water hose sitting on plastic to keep it wet and start sliding!

Trying to go down with Little Sister

WEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

I think I will just go on my swing!

Yep, clothes and all I had to give it a try... SUPER FUN!

I am Super Girl!!

I can do this all day!

I am fine right here, and don't even think of spraying me with that water!