PVC Kiddie Car Wash – Slip and Slide Water Park
Materials:
- 4 each 4′ pieces 1″ PVC Pipe (top cross bars) or ( 2 – 4ft and 4 – 2ft pieces if you are doing 2 sprinkler attachments)
- 12 each 5′ pieces 1″ PVC Pipe (6- side cross bars and 6- bottom cross bar supports)
- 16 each 3′ 6″ pieces 1″ PVC Pipe (arch way/ side pieces)
- 8 each 1″ PVC T-joints
- 12 each 1″ PVC 90
- 4 each 1″ PVC cross joints
- 4 each 1″ threaded PVC T-joints
- 1 to 2 each hose adapters
- Pool noodles- we used about 20
- Lots of sponges
- Plastic table cloth, shower curtain or vinyl table cloth (bright color)
- Strong string
- drill and small drill bit
- tape measure
- pvc cutters
- PVC Adhesive (this is not required but recommended for long term use)
- Optional – slip n slide
Directions
- Begin by prepping all of your pieces, if you do not have the pvc cutters the store will sometimes cut the pipe for you
- Refer to image below for assembly
- Once assembled you will want to drill your holes- first begin by checking out how much water pressure you have.
- Attach your hose and turn on to see how much pressure is coming through your 2 sprinkler heads, if you have an abundance you can start drilling your holes
- Start by drilling several small holes in 1 to 2 of your other top braces or your side braces- check your water pressure between each section to see if you can add more
- We had 2 hoses attached (see image below) with a lot of water pressure so we where able to have 2 sprinkler heads and holes drilled in both the other top braces and all 6 side braces
- Next begin to decorate- we added pool noodles up and down each side and hung them from the front entrace
- We also hung sponge bombs across the top braces- make them by cutting up several sponges and tying the pieces together with a string in the center about 8-9 1″ wide pieces
- Lastly we cut up a vinyl table cloth and tied the pieces to the last top brace
- Optional- since we placed ours in the grass we laid out a large slip n slide down the center for the kids to slide through the car was on
Extra tip: we found that the weight of the water running through it made it want to tip so we pushed out the side legs so it had almost a bowing affect or an A frame look and this balanced it out and made it stable. For extra stability if using it in grass add ground steaks to hold in place.
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