20 Brilliantly Creative Ways To Repurpose Those Old Kiddie Pools

1. Repurposed Swimming Pool Ball Pit

You can easily turn a plastic kiddie pool into a ball pit and give your little ones some excitement in the pool even during the winter. Just find a place inside where you can store the pit and then fill it up with balls. This works really well with deflatable pools, too. When the kids are finished playing, you can deflate the pool and store it and the balls in a storage container until next time.

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2. Amazing Giant Bird's Nest

If your kids are finished playing with their kiddie pool in the traditional sense or you just need something to do with it through the winter months, fill it with shredded cardboard and giant plastic eggs and make it into a huge bird's nest that they can play in. This is also the perfect opportunity to teach your little ones about birds and nature in general. Plus, they'll love playing birdie and "hatching" their eggs.

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3. Perfect DIY Bubbly Ball Pit

Turn a traditional ball pit into a sensory play area for your little ones by adding bubbles. Those plastic kiddie pools are perfect for holding in the bubbles and giving them a wonderful playtime. Just add bubble bath and some plastic balls and they'll have a blast with the textures and after all, what kid doesn't love playing with bubbles?

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4. Repurposed Kiddie Pool Container Garden

If you don't have the space for a traditional garden, or you just prefer raised gardens for whatever reason, you can turn those old plastic kiddie pools into container gardens. These are perfect for renters, especially. You can grow your own veggies without worries of tilling up your landlord's property. This is a great opportunity to teach your kids about gardening and growing their own veggies is often all the inspiration they need to try new foods.

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5. DIY Critter Pit

If you're looking for a way to teach your young ones about nature, fill that old swimming pool with top soil and then add plastic bugs, lizards, snakes – plastic snakes! – and other critters. Use magnifying glasses, bug nests and other essentials to teach them all about crawly critters and let them explore to their heart's content. Did I mention using plastic critters? I wouldn't fill the pit with real bugs or other creatures at all, but kids will still have a blast learning about the critters, while being safe at the same time.

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6. Repurposed Swimming Pool Duck Pond

Repurpose that plastic swimming pool into an amazing duck pond! I love ducks and would love to have them just casually strolling through the yard at any given time. This repurposed kiddie pool duck pond is perfect for adding a few young ducks and your kids will love watching those ducks grow up. Using a plastic pool also makes your duck pond really easy to keep clean.

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7. Corn Filled Sensory Fun Pool

Corn is great for sensory fun and you can turn an old swimming pool into the perfect place for keeping that corn. Just fill a plastic kiddie pool with corn and let the kids have at it. You'll need about 50 pounds of corn to fill it up, which you can get at any feed or farm supply store. You can also recycle the corn as feed once the kids are finished with their sensory playing.

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8. Beautiful Triple Tiered Garden Fountain

You can turn inflatable kiddie pools into a gorgeous tiered fountain, and it's not that difficult to do so. You'll need three different sizes, if you want three tiers that is. This is perfect if you want to add a large fountain but don't want to spend a fortune and would be a great addition to your outdoor gatherings or parties. You just separate the tiers with planters or other similar items and add a floating pool fountain to the top tier.

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9. DIY Guinea Pig Cage

If you're thinking of getting a guinea pig, or even a rabbit, and you don't want to shell out over $50 for just a cage, you can easily turn an old kiddie pool into the perfect pet cage, and it gives your little pets so much more room than those expensive cages that you get at most pet supply stores. Just add a small pet fence, which you can pick up for under $20, or you can DIY the fence with some chicken wire or similar fencing material. It's a great play space for your pets that won't break the bank.

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10. Repurposed Kiddie Pool Party Cooler

If you're planning an outdoor party or any type of huge get together, a plastic kiddie pool is the perfect way to keep your drinks cold or you can even use it as a buffet type cooler to keep those mayonnaise based foods cool. Just fill it with ice and add in whatever you want to keep cold. This is much cheaper than a traditional cooler, and much larger, too. You'll be able to keep all of your foods nice and cool while you enjoy the outdoor weather.

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