Something about the aisles, and aisles of super terrific, water toys, this year, has moved me to complete indecision. So, when the heat wave arrived this week, I was caught unprepared. Or, almost unprepared, I did have a couple of empty pop bottles.
Now, I know this might be a bit red necky, but the little ones were gloriously happy with it. In fact, they even told me I was the best mom ever. Never mind, that later when I wouldn't give them thirds on popsicles, I was declared the worst mom ever. They love their pop bottle sprinkler.
All I did was take an empty, two liter pop bottle, poke it full of holes (I made a pattern of lines all the way around it, with a thumbtack), and taped it to the hose with duck tape.
Given the short life expectancy of water toys at our house, and the amount of fun the little ones are having with this one, I'm beginning to think it's not too bad an idea.
It's great to be a homeschooler.
lol they looked like they were having a blast :)
ReplyDeleteI was just wishing I had a sprinkler today - my dog loves playing in the sprinkler and this would have worked perfectly for him. I will make one for him tomorrow:)
ReplyDeleteI was wondering if you could put some food coloring or little plastic balls in the bottle too for a little extra fun!
They look like so happy running around. I am going to have to remember this as here there isn't much need for a sprinkler, we maybe water once a year. This would be a great way to let Selena play in the water!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea, wishing the weather was warm on this side of the world :)
ReplyDeleteDeborah - Food coloring might be interesting. I'm not sure how my husband would feel about colored grass, though.
ReplyDeleteWhat a blast!! We'll have to try this! :-)
ReplyDeleteHow totally clever! My kids would think this was pretty darn cool as well. We just might have to try this out tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great idea!!!
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This is a fantastic idea! Our store bought sprinkler broke this week, so I will be trying this!
ReplyDeleteGreat simple idea! Love it~
ReplyDeleteYou are so smart!! What a fabulous idea! We are having a really hard time finding things here for water play and that is just perfect for us!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the idea and sharing it with us!
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Have a happy day.
Sometimes the best ideas seem "red-necky" to the uninitiated. :-)
ReplyDeleteLooks like fun!
I wish we had a water hose like this - ours has a permanent head on it that we definitely use often for sprinkling our daughter. She loves this water play a lot, and it looks like your girls had a blast!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! I haven't try that before. I've got an idea. Thanks for sharing this post. Keep post!
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Hmmm, I wonder if I could find a convertor of some sort that I could use to put it on by screwing it. Otherwise here comes the duct tape.
ReplyDeleteI must have missed this during my vacation.