On Saturday, Derrick decided that he was going to help the boys make their own sprinklers. I would never have thought to do such a thing! He sat down with them and they designed exactly what they wanted. The "blue prints" as the boys called them were pretty cute. I love how Aaron added all of the grass and water in his.
Then we went to Lowe's. While Kaylee and I picked out hanging flower baskets, the boys browsed up and down the plumbing aisle, picking out PVC pipe fittings for their sprinklers.
They worked all evening gluing, drilling, and testing, until they came up with these...
SO AWESOME! They even attempted a HUGE family sized sprinkler, but it couldn't handle all of the water pressure and kept exploding, so that one will have to go back to the drawing board, but the PVC water gun was a success.
Was it cheaper to make sprinklers vs. buy one at the store? Probably not, but they had so much fun planning and working with Derrick that it was worth every cent.
We hosted a summer party in our backyard for a bunch of friends this afternoon (more details on the party to follow in a couple of days)Â and the kids all had fun with the sprinklers!
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Steph @ Crafting in the Rain says
Looks like a blast!
April says
How fun! I always say, I don't care if it costs more to make it than to buy it, I'd still rather make it!
Lori @ Beneath the Rowan Tree says
How cool (haha!) is this?!
Would you be willing to post it to our family themed link party ~ Playdate at http://beneaththerowantree.blogspot.com/2011/06/playdate-link-party-in-summer-12.html ?
Cheers,
Lori
COme & Play :: Playdate
http://www.beneahtherowantree.com
Natalie says
Those are awesome! It looks like you may have a few engineers on your hands. I found your blog through TT&J and I love it!
Kristie says
What a great idea 🙂 Where do you live, I love all the grass !!!
Rachel at Sun Scholars says
How fun! I've just shared this with my friends on Facebook. I would LOVE for you to share this at my For the Kids Link Party! Stop by and share some of your great ideas with us!!
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Mike Overall says
Wow, those are really neat. I hate store sprinklers, they always fall apart lol
Amy @ Increasingly Domestic says
So fun! Maybe get a pressure regulator for the family sized one...they keep our drip lines from blowing out.