Best Kiddie Pools for Summertime Fun
Swimming Pools Designed for Kids
Kiddie pools are the greatest way to keep the kids occupied during the hot summer months as children enjoy nothing as much as splashing in the water.
After all, grownups also enjoy lying on a float lounger, while tanning. Some even bring the pleasure to a higher level sipping a cocktail while doing nothing but having contact with the sun.
Pools make also fantastic party activities for sunny summer days and friends gatherings.
So, if you are looking into buying a kiddie pool to place in the back garden this summer, here is a list with the different types of pools that will help you choose the right swimming pool for your kids.
Convertible Backyard Swimming Pools for Children
Hard plastic or wooden supports
A first alternative for little ones to take pleasure from spalshing in the water is a convertible pool/sandbox. Sandoxes are hard built and can agreeably become small pools.
Convertible kiddie pools are generally made out of hard plastic or wood to which one can add a vinyl pool insert and fit any kind of backyard.
They’re extremely handy if you don’t have a big yard. Naturally, there come in different sizes, from water activity tables to playing centers.
Little Tikes Butterfly Sandbox & Wading PoolStep2 Naturally Playful Summertime Play Center
Banzai Bazoom Aqua Play Sandbox
Little Tikes Turtle Sandbox
Unfold and Pop UP Swimming Pools For Kids
Quick and easy to assemble kiddie pools
Ocean Reef Snapset Instant Kids Swimming Pool
These types of pools for kids are generally round shaped and, although also popular don’t come in as many different designs as inflatable ones.
Still they are affordable and a good option for the whole family to take pleasure splashing around in the water.
They are generally bigger than inflatable items and their sides are made out of hard plastic or metal frames instead of inflated tubes.
Pop-Up Canopy PoolIntex Ocean Coral Reef Snapset Pool
Intex Mini Frame Pool, Yellow
Splash-in-Shade Play Pool, 8′ by 20″
Inflatable Kiddie Pools for the Backyard
The most popular option for family fun
Intex 117-by-76-by-53-Inch Rainbow Ring Pool Play Center (japan import)
The most popular pools nowadays are inflatable kiddie pools; which are really easy to install as well as quite inexpensive as one can find inflatable kiddie pools for as low as $20 on the market.
These pools for kids have been cleverly conceived: tubes are big enough for the kids to sit on them but not too much so as to enable the kids to get out of them without trouble.
Inflatable kiddie pools come in many different designs, ranging from animal shaped pools to boat shaped pools; some may even be complete playing centers.
Intex Lil’ Captain Inflatable Baby PoolIntex Mushroom Inflatable Baby Pool
Li’l Squirt Baby Wading Pool
Intex Whale Spray Pool
Banzai Baby Sprinkles Splish Splash pool
Intex Rainbow Ring Inflatable Play Center, 117
Disney Princess Canopy Pool
Banzai Spray ‘n Splash Giraffe Pool
Intex Dinosaur Play Center Pool
Fantasy Castle Inflatable Play Center
Which Type Should You Choose…
All these types of kiddie pools are excellent choices for your fun kids activities in the garden. All types of pools are quite easy to set up and the difference lies into the use you plan to do with these pools.
The advantage of the plastic and the convertible ones is that they won’t require an air pomp to be inflated while an inflatable item will allow you to choose between many different designs and even water activity centers.
The principle thing to look into when choosing a pool for children is the number of little ones who are going to fit in it and the kind of use that’s going to be made with these items: are they going to be family activity centers only or are they going to be part of summer party games? While the plastic ones are bigger than the inflatable models, the latter come in a wide range of sizes and designs and convertible sandboxes allow toddlers to take part to the fun.
As for safety, while most models listed in this page are safer than deeper backyard swimming pools, as parents you should always have a eye on your children when they play in the water.
My preference goes for inflatable pools. I’ve always bought these. Whether I only had a patio or a bigger garden. I have never been disappointed with the models I chose: small inflatable pool when my boy was a toddler, bigger one when he grew up.
Some More Pools To Check Out
Splish and splashin’ fun
Lazy Fish Inflatable Baby PoolCrazy Crab Spray pool
Sea Turtle Shade Inflatable Baby Pool
Water Spraying Shark Kiddie Pool
Puppy Love Inflatable Baby Pool
Sun Shade Inflatable Pool
Sea Land Adventure Pool
Hippo and Coco Fun Play Center
Big Splash Inflatable Activity Center
Dinosaur Play Center And Kiddie Pool
Banzai Slide N Splash Dragon Pool
Inflatable Slam’n Curve Slide Kiddie Pool
Kids love little pools! They can be kept busy for a long, long time.
Those delightful new kiddie pool designs are a real treat! Cute gift for a baby shower too!