A reminder of the fun I used to have as a child has popped up in the blogosphere recently. My family was never one for true Slip N Slides. They just weren't our style. We were more painters-tarp-on-a-hill type people and so is The Inspired Housewife.
Have you ever made a giant slip n slide before? Usually my family was more into water slides on large hills (same method, just don't unfold the plastic and you'll need stakes to keep the plastic in place), but this method from The Inspired Housewife is equally awesome and super simple. An afternoon of (only half way dangerous) fun is just a stone's throw away. It's a great way to beat the heat when you don't have a pool or anywhere to store one.
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centre college does something like this, i've heard, but it's like a slip-in-slide they make out of tarps thats several blocks long.
oh, it's fun, just be careful. yes, sounds paranoid, but i got a concussion on one of these (at age 25 or so). i was a camp counselor, and wasn't able to get out of the way of a kid who slammed my legs out from under me. i also got the wind knocked out of me at age six. maybe i'm just not made for slip and slides...
oh, and figure out a good way to "protect" the stakes. prime suspects for ripping legs and feet open. man I am such a kill joy today! sorry! :)
No, you're not a kill-joy, Hannah_a. You're just stating the facts.
My little one ended up with 3 painful stitches after one of those mushroom-type stakes ripped her leg open. The gash was so deep and wide, I was shocked! The company didn't want to know.
So please be careful! It was safer having a plastic tablecloth with soap and no stakes.
I have about 20 cousins ranging from 5-30 and every Christmas my grandparents set up a GIANT water-slide on a hill. It is sooo much fun, and it's always hilarious watching us older cousins zoom down at breakneck speed!
My extended family rented cottages at a camp in WI last summer, during Chocolate Fest. They did a huge slip in slide like this with chocolate syrup instead of water. Parents held up the sides so the plastic was in a V shape instead of staked to the ground. Oh my god, the mess! But it looked so fun!!