Home Outdoor Fun 11 Easy Backyard Waterpark Ideas by Allison SutcliffeJuly 21, 2021 iStock Search more like this how towater parksdiyobstacle coursesbaseballbatting practicefun activitiespottery barnready to gotheme parkswater slidesballoonfunwater cannons Advertisement Trending Now Celeb & Entertainment Melanie Lynskey Talks about Being Body-Shamed in Hollywood & ‘Starving Herself’ Viral & Trending Viral TikTok Explains Why You Don’t Owe Toxic Parents a Relationship with Your Kids Celeb & Entertainment ‘Bluey’ Season 3 is Coming to Disney+ This Week! Viral & Trending Dad Gets Shamed for Using a Leash with 5-Year-Old Quintuplets News Chrissy Teigen Announces She’s Pregnant Almost 2 Years after Losing Jack Advertisement Avoid the crowds and beat the heat on the hot summer days by transforming your back yard into your own private water park oasis. Whether you’re looking for some simple summer activities—rainbow inflatable sprinkler, perhaps?—or a DIY project to get the kids pumped for summer, you don’t need to leave the house to have your kids slipping and sliding the day away. Read on for some easy backyard waterpark ideas of your own. MomEndeavors.com Get Drenched with Water Blasters You know those self-serve water cannons at theme parks that let kids totally drench anyone who’s innocently walking nearby? You can make one in your very own backyard! Your kids will love aiming and firing their personal water blasters at anyone who gets too close (don’t say we didn’t warn you). Get the instructions on how to create this backyard waterpark idea from Sara at Mom Endeavors. Amazon Epic Sprinklers From a pink elephant that squirts water out its trunk to a giraffe that spews sprinkles from its mouth, there’s a veritable menagerie of sprinklers to choose from when it comes to watering your kids. Check out our faves here. NothingToDo Crew via Youtube Play Slip ‘n’ Slide Kickball Kickball has never been more fun (or wetter)! Put a few Slip ‘n Slides together, add kiddie pools, and you’ve got a kickball diamond your kids will be talking about for years. NothingToDo Crew has fairly easy (and under $70!) instructions on how to make the game field here. Pottery Barn Inflatable Fun Whether you want to blow up a sprinkler, a slide or a pool (or wow your kids with a combo of all three!), you’ll find a plethora of backyard water park ideas out there. Giant rainbow? Check! Ginormous water-spraying dinosaur? Why not? Full-on inflatable water park? Yes! Check out our list of some of the best inflatables out there. Becca Beach via Youtube Make a Giant Water Blob It’s squishy and filled with water … but it won’t get your kids wet! This water blob will have your kids rolling, slipping, sliding—and just wishing some of that water would squirt out (but, if you make it right, it won’t!). All you need to make this super-cool blob is plastic sheeting, parchment paper and an iron to seal the edges. Mom Becca Beach has the instructions on how to make these backyard water park ideas a reality on her Youtube channel. Jodi Durr via Meaningful Mama Set Up a Water Obstacle Course Obstacle courses are double the fun—and double the challenge—with water! For tips on designing one that’s guaranteed to be a big splash, visit Jodi at MeaningfulMama.com iCandy Handmade Whack Some Water Balloons What do you get if you combine baseball with a water balloon fight? Answer: water balloon batting practice—it’s one wild way to cool off! Head over to iCandyHandmade.com and play ball, err, balloon.Want more water balloon games? From wet pinatas to water balloon jousting, check out this great list of fun water balloon games from One Crazy House. Inner Child Fun Bombs Away! Sponge bombs that is! You’ll have lots of splashy fun and no balloon bits to pick up. Pop over to Inner Child Fun for the easy how-to (FYI: You only need sponge strips and rubber bands to make them!). Familylicious Make a “Kid Wash” Ever wish you could run your kids through the wash like your car? Now you can! HGTV has a step-by-step tutorial for this super-fun activity—(which, by the way, is a sneaky way to rinse them off when they’ve been in the sandbox too!). Little White House Make a Personal Splash Pad Splash pads are the latest thing! Lauren’s lucky little guy has his very own, for those oh-so-hot Alabama days. It’s a surprisingly easy and inexpensive project to build. At Little White House Blog Lauren and her husband Brett show you how, with a little help from son Baker. Check out Lauren’s Instagram for more on the family’s farmhouse life. Amazon Ready-To-Go Waterslides If you don’t mind shelling out a few bucks to give the kids some backyard thrills, options abound when it comes to home water slides. In fact, Target has quite a few of the slip ‘n slide variety, all for under $40 bucks each! Want something a little bigger? Head to Amazon to find mega-slides that you can set up on a hill for extra speed. —Taylor Clifton, Melissa Heckscher, Allison Sutcliffe with Jesseca Stenson RELATED STORIESBest Water Games for Summer Birthday PartiesFun Alternative Uses for a Kiddie PoolBest Pool Floats for the Summer Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on Copy (Opens in new window) Search more like this how towater parksdiyobstacle coursesbaseballbatting practicefun activitiespottery barnready to gotheme parkswater slidesballoonfunwater cannons Welcome to our Tinybeans family! Be sure to check your email for new activities, recipes and parenting hacks – and to see if you’ve won! Do you have a dog or cat? 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