Swimming pools are great!
But we're gonna look at ways that you can make your
little pool more fun for your kids or grandkids.
You can fill your pool up with
water balloons and have a water balloon fight.
Let's go!
Okay, I think we're about ready!
Let the fight begin!
There they go! And you can bomb the forts.
Yeah!
Attack the forts!
He dove in!
You can put bubble bath into your pool and let them
play in the bubbles.
You can have a big bubble bath in the backyard.
Hey, Cohen! What else can you do with your pool?
You can put toys in it!
Yeah, and what are we gonna play with the toys?
We're gonna play Sink or Float.
We're gonna play Sink or Float!
So what do you got there?
A little man from Moana. What do you think? Will he sink or float? Float.
You're right - he floats!
What do you have? Mr. Incredible.
Sink or Float? Float. Sink. He's pretty incredible...he might be able to float.
Mr. Incredible floats!
Daniel Tiger! What do you think...Sink or Float?
Float. Yeah! He does!
Let's try Minnie Mouse. Sink or Float?
Sink. Oh, you're right! She sunk!
Let's try a Cohen. What will Cohen do?
Sink or Float?
Let's see what Cohen will do. Sink!
So you can play a fun game of Sink or Float with your pool.
What should we do next in the pool?
We're going to put balls in.
Put balls in!
Instead of a ball pit we could
make a pool pit.
Yeah! Let's go get 'em. Okay!
Okay, we're gonna do it. We're gonna dump
the balls in, and make a pool pit. Ready, go!
Wow!!!
Jump in, Cohen!
Oh, grandpa, your have to come in!
That looks like fun. You can swim with them,
you could have a ball fight with them.
This is gonna be awesome!
There you go!
Let's both go under. Let's go!
Throw it , Cohen , throw it!
Bad weather and cold weather don't mean you have to put your pool away.
If you want to use it indoors, you can also blow up your pool, flip it upside down, and put
it over some chairs. Then put some sheets over it, and you've got a hideout for your
kids to play in.
They can bring some toys under there, and have a clubhouse.
They can eat lunch under there, whatever they want to do during the day.
Your kids can use their imagination, and it can be a lot of different things.
It can be a boat.
They can sit in it and pretend to be out on the ocean.
They might even run into a few sea creatures!
Your young kids might like the
idea of having a pool in the house so much, that they'd be willing to take a
nap in it.
You could put some blankets in there, a sleeping bag, and they could just
take a short nap in there.
Or they might even want to sleep in it overnight.
If you put it over just one chair, you've got another kind of little play area
where they can crawl under,
and have their own little space for a while.
They can dump in all their stuffed animals and play with them all in one contained place.
They can pretend it's their own indoor zoo.
If you've got a good place in
your house to do this, you can also use it for a soccer goal.
You can also use it
as a backdrop for some indoor target practice.
Fill it with balls, and you can make your own ball pit.
Go ahead, Cohen, dump them in! Okay.
Are you ready? Yeah!
Yay!
I wonder if we have that much balls, grandpa. Even more!
Jump in, Cohen!
You can use your pool year-round this way.
Is that fun Cohen? Yeah.
You might have to buy quite a few balls
depending on the size of your pool ,but they're not that expensive.
I'm going back in. Going back in!
We even put pillows in ours, so we had half pillow pit and a half ball pit.
We put a little boogie board in there, and Cohen's like surfing on the play balls.
Don't wipe out!
I tipped over!
Oh, but you're okay!
I'm okay.
That's awesome - whoa!
Make sure you have some towels outside, too.
Well, that was fun, Cohen.