Our Holes One: Creating a Pool with a DIY Kit

We decided to create our own pool using a DIY kit that came with one outlet hole and one inlet hole. We wanted to put the outlet hole between the two ribs, right in the middle level, and the inlet at the bottom. Since the kit only came with one of these, we purchased a second one and used them both for the inlet and outlet. We placed the part on the inside and applied caulk to the outside to secure it tightly. Once we got to our place, we hooked up the hoses and other necessary pieces.

Before filling the pool with water, we cleaned out any shaved metal particles and dirt that had accumulated using a vacuum cleaner. We also wiped down the inside of the pool with white vinegar to get it clean and ready for use. With no leaks detected, we were confident that our pool was watertight and ready to go.

Finishing Touches: The Raised Bed

We finished off the raised bed by adding small gravel and making sure it looked aesthetically pleasing. Now that our pool is complete, we had the energy to tackle another project - creating an obstacle course with items from the dollar store.

Obstacle Course Fun

For the first part of our obstacle course, we needed a few solar garden lights, pool noodles, and duct tape. We set out to create a tunnel for kids (or adults!) to crawl through using the solar lights as guideposts. We pushed each light into the ground, removed it, and covered the spike with duct tape to secure it in place.

Next up was the "pool noodle meat plunger" obstacle - another DIY creation using pool noodles and duct tape. This one took a bit more effort but was sure to be a hit. We had two of these set up for Garrison to test out, and we were excited to see how he'd handle them.

Backyard Bar Bonanza

But our DIY adventure wasn't over yet! We turned our attention to creating a backyard bar using an old table base that we found in the barn. We measured it carefully, cut some wood to fit the top, and set up the sink. We added a few finishing touches, including sanding down the surface and applying a coat of sealant.

The final touch was adding a bottle opener - because no backyard bar is complete without one! With that done, we stepped back to admire our handiwork and couldn't wait to show it off to friends and family. Our DIY project had come together beautifully, and we were proud of what we'd accomplished with just a few simple materials.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthank you thank you hi my name is Jenny and I'm so happy to be here with you today on handmade it is rapidly approaching my favorite season no I'm not necessarily talking about summer I'm talking about Frozen cocktail season I'm coming to you today with a pretty genius way to make your favorite Frozen beverages let's get started I'm sure most of you have made frozen drinks in a blender I mean we all have but I'm here to tell you there's a better way an ice cream maker you're going to start with one cup of Frozen pineapple thank you one 16 ounce can of coconut milk you could just use a mix and throw it directly in the ice cream machine but making it from scratch is going to taste a lot better so we're gonna blend this so it's nice and smooth perfect that looks so good using the can for all of the other measurements on this drink because it's just ratios one pineapple juice about one half of a can of coconut rum and about three quarters of a can of dark rum and to give it a pretty pink color I'm going to add a quarter cup of grenadine once you have your mixture you just pour it into your ice cream maker and that's literally it you can make your mixture the night before pour it in the machine right before your guests arrived and it takes about 30 to 45 minutes for it to be the perfect consistency we're going to set this aside let it freeze and start on the next one we're going to start with two cups of margarita mix one and a half cups of white tequila half a cup of triple sec half a cup of orange juice and the juice from about three limes okay the biggest advantage of this high-end machine is that you don't need a frozen Bowl or pre-frozen ingredients okay I think this one might be my favorite just look at this consistency perfect last one so the main reason I love making frozen cocktails in an ice cream maker over a blender is because you don't add any ice so they never get watered down laughs foreign foreign back to handmade I'm Jill stock tank pools have been trending and it's easy to see why we've all been home more than ever and this is a much more affordable way to get that backyard pool that we all want so today I'm going to show you how I built this stock tank pool and share with you all the tips that I learned along the way let's get into it our very first step is we are going to use paint thinner and we're just going to give it a quick wipe down to kind of knock off any dirt and some of the extra shine we are going to use some sanding blocks it's a fine to medium grit and we're just going to lightly go over this we're going to knock off a lot of that shine from the metal and that is to help make our primer and our paint stick a lot better and now to get off all that sanding dust and the gray that is accumulated we're just going to knock it down with some plain white vinegar and just clean that up a little bit we want to get all that off before painting so we're going to let this continue to dry but we're going to go ahead and use painters tape and just some cheap craft paper we don't want this lip to be silver we want it to be painted the same as the outside of our pool so we're going to tape off the inside so that we don't have any overflow spray paint we need several coats of primer so I'm just gonna go to town on the outside as many coats as it takes a short I've always wanted to be five eight we let the pool completely dry overnight and now we're ready to start taping off to paint our Stripes so we just took a standard eight and a half by eleven piece of paper taped it together and actually fits perfectly Sarah's going to make little tick marks on the top and the bottom where we need to tape off for our Stripes this is just a really simple way to not have to do a ton of math and it's going to end up perfect I'm going to go along tape off the lip we decided that we want to keep it white just for ease of not having to use a roller to paint over the edge we're going to leave this one white so we know not to paint over it when we're doing our green we're just gonna put a little section in there this is one of the only ways I have found to make perfect Stripes every time you know usually you peel off your tape and your paint has bled we're going to go back with another coat of primer over the tape and that's going to help seal our edges before we paint on our green stripes foreign each have a roller and our paint tray and let's go for it see how it looks all right that went super fast our first coat is done and it is already pretty much dry to the touch so I think we're going to go ahead and add our second coat and I love the color and we are ready for our big reveal we're going to take our tape off and see how it looks fingers crossed we have straight even lines okay so now we're ready to drill our holes one is going to be for the outlet and one is for the inlet you want to put the outlet hole between the two ribs right in this middle level and you want to put your Inlet down at the bottom so the kit that we bought only came with one of these we went ahead and bought a second one and we're just going to use them both for the inlet and the outlet we're gonna put this part on the inside we're gonna put some caulk on this one to go on the outside and twist it together really tightly once we get it over to our place then we'll hook up the hoses and the other pieces foreign hooking up the filter I'm going to climb inside the pool and I'm going to use my little vacuum to get out any of the shaved metal particles and just any other dirt and grass that have accumulated I'm also going to wipe down the inside with just a little bit of white vinegar to get it cleaned before we start filling it with our water before we fill up the pool with a large amount of water we're going to check for leaks no leaks on this one man we are watertight the pool is ready so now we're finishing the raised bed with some small gravel and of course we have to make it pretty summertime is officially here and we have a ton of energy to burn today I'm going to be showing you how to make an outside obstacle course with all items from the dollar store we got to get started now for the first part of our obstacle course you're going to need a few solar garden lights a couple of pool noodles and duct tape this way we'll be able to make a tunnel for your little one to army crawl through let's get started now with this solar light it comes in with a spike and we're going to Simply push it into the ground remove the light take a little duct tape to cover up the hole just in case any of those pool noodles come off first and they are good to go a doll and two laundry baskets if you thought the last activity was easy to put together this one has it beat pool noodle meat plunger this next one takes pool noodles and duct tape you're not seeing double we're going to make another one of these and turn it into target practice all done now it's time to let Garrison put this to the test we love the idea of making a Backyard Bar and what's there not to love really a Backyard Bar and in Texas you for sure need that it's an essential we found this table base and so we thought it would make a great addition to our backyard at the Wonder Inn and put a sink in it and make a little beverage bar it's actually the perfect height it's just kind of counter height instead of being a little bit lower the Top's already gone we don't even know where that where the top ever was we never had the top so we're just going to repurpose this base instead of trashing it and turn it into our backyard bar the first step in converting this into your backyard bar is to get all of your measurements and as dad always says measure twice cut once so we're going to get all the measurements make sure we have a sink that is the right size that'll fit inside here and then go search through our wood pile and find some wood to make the top out of we found some salvage wood in the barn we measured it and cut it to fit so Amy and I found this old turquoise sink years ago we fell in love with it we had to buy it we've been saving it for a long time because it really doesn't work for a house it's super Rusty it already has holes but it does work for this it's going to be perfect typically when we put a sink into a piece you probably build a solid table top and then cut a hole out we're going to do it a little bit differently this time we're going to put our wood pieces in and then set our sink down we're not actually cutting any wood out of the metal now that we've got this screwed down we're going to place the sink good so then you Nestle this last piece just right under the flange of the sink and then you're going to screw that one in looks cute so now at the sink is in there's a lot more steps left we're gonna do some sanding now so I'm going to mask up we're done sanding and now we're just going to add a few finishing touches and no bar is complete without a bottle opener so that's going to be the first thing we add foreign there's so many things that you can add to kind of make it your own you can add cutting boards you could have it on top of top that you can cut on the most important thing though I think you need to add is cold beer\n"