My father the cop used to flex his guns and get dirty for us, digging out the coolest jacuzzi. It was huge, complete with seats, a step and deep enough to stand in. My spa is a litlle less extreme but provides hours of giggles.
Once you have set up camp you can start digging your hole. Depending on your kid, the hole should be about 4- 6 feet in diameter. Digging is a great ab workout... On both knees face hole ( sounds good) and pull dirt toward you with both hands and move it away form edge. You will need these piles of sand to secure your plastic. You will look ridiculous but who cares it pays off. I suggest making your hole close to your camp and making a step for little ones to sit on in the water. If on the slope have the step towards the water.
The trick to keeping the water from drying up is the heavy duty plastic. This can be found at home improvement stores or made from heavy duty yard trash bags. Plastic needs to be cut much larger than the hole about 10-12 square feet. Lay the plastic in the hole and pile the sand on the corners sticking out.
Now its time for fill up, the next workut and we put the children to work. Get the buckets and head back and forth to the water.
It is a lot of work but the kids can hang out in there forever and you can always have a place to rinse hands and toys at the end of the day. That is as long as they dont poo in the pool.
People will walk by and envy your pool. sure you Here is a beach checklist to make sure you dont forget the important stuff and can spend the entire day.
- lunch, snacks, ice in a small cooler
- blankets, towels
- umbrella if not windy
- sand toys, big buckets, shovel one large
- surfboard/ boogie board
- sunblock, chapstick
- hats, glasses
- diapers, swimmers
- chairs
- camera
- change of clothes
- wipes/ paper towels
- water
- small trash bag
- Large circle of painters plastic
