Let’s be honest; the best thing about a vacation is the swimming pool. The sight of the diving board, lifeguard, and bubbling jacuzzi in the corner is enough to put a smile on anyone’s face, and many people leave these vacations vowing to build their own swimming pool at home. But building a DIY swimming pool isn’t as easy as it sounds – especially when you only have a small budget. And while these DIY swimming pools get an A for effort, they get a big ol’ F for practicality, aesthetics, and basically everything else. Check out the most bizarre examples below!
Time for Car-Pool
When you think of carpooling, there’s a high chance that you immediately think of morning school runs and famous faces doing karaoke. But have you ever seen a car-pool like this before? While this is one of the most unconventional DIY swimming pools on this list, we have to admire the creativity behind it. After all, this couldn’t have been easy to bring to life, and would have required some hefty power tools.
But with all of the seats and interior bits that make a car removed, this actually makes a pretty cool swimming pool. Plus, it’s fully transportable… maybe!
Pool in a Bag
If you have a roll of trash bags in your home, you’ve probably only ever considered using them to carry your trash. But what if you had the chance to turn a trash bag into your own private pool? It might not be something you’ve thought of before, but these guys decided to try it out – and it seems to have worked! It’s safe to say that they don’t look very comfortable, though.
While we’re sure this cooled them down during the hot summers, it’s fair to say that this isn’t a traditional swimming pool. After all, there’s definitely no swimming going on in this backyard.
Real-Life Dumpster Diving
When you think of dumpster diving, you probably think of people grabbing stale food or vintage furniture from trash cans. But this DIY swimming pool takes dumpster diving to a whole new level. After all, the parents of these kids decided to give their children the chance to quite literally dive into a dumpster swimming pool – and, in fact, turning a dumpster into a swimming pool is a great way to re-use it.
We do really hope that these kids didn’t dive head-first into this dumpster swimming pool, though. Even if they were diving professionals, those metal sides definitely would have left them with a bump on their heads.
Jumping in the Pool Wagon
Who says you need to build a swimming pool in the ground? Not these guys! They obviously wanted to be the life of the party that summer, which is why they decided to build a traveling swimming pool that could be taken from house to house to pick up more party-goers as they went. And we have to say that we admire their creativity. After all, we’d love to jump in this pool wagon.
Sure, there’s not enough space for the whole neighborhood in this particular wagon, but who is to say that they don’t have a whole fleet of pool wagons lined up behind it?
Too Hot to Handle
Hands up if you love swimming pools? Hands up if you love fire pits? We’re going to assume that most of you are waving your hands in the air like you just don’t care, as many people dream of having a backyard that has both of them in. But it seems as though these guys decided to go the extra mile and merge these two ideas into one and create a too-hot-to-handle swimming pool fire pit.
We guess they don’t have to worry about the firepit getting too out of hand, but something about this still seems pretty strange. It’s perfect for making swimming pool s’mores, though.
Got Beer?
Is there anything better than drinking a cold one in the swimming pool? No, we thought not. These guys obviously agree, which is why they actually decided to build a swimming pool out of beer crates. And while we appreciate the fact that they also added a swimming pool liner and waited for it to fill up with water, we can’t help but think that these guys could have thought this through a bit better.
Every time these guys want to open a new crate of beer, they’re going to disassemble their swimming pool at the same time. Surely that’s the last thing they would want to do?
Bubble, Bubble, Boil and Trouble
No, these people aren’t being boiled alive to make human soup. Instead, they’re trying out one of the latest DIY swimming pool crazes – but you’ll have to be careful if you try to replicate this at home. The idea behind this swimming pool is that you build a metal hanging bowl and heat it up using the fire below. It’s essentially a large swimming pool hot tub cauldron, and it looks pretty cool.
The difficulty lies in maintaining the temperature of this homemade swimming pool. And if it gets too hot too quickly, it’s very difficult to get in and out of these things!
All Tired Out
Being a kid means that you can let your imagination go wild and make your own fun, and it seems as though that’s exactly what these guys decided to do. When they grew bored of the summer months, they decided to make themselves a swimming pool out of an old tire – and we have to say that it’s pretty effective. They also chose a tractor tire, so it’s plenty big enough!
Judging by the looks on their faces, they’re pretty happy with their creation. And while it’s no jacuzzi, it’s still a pretty fun way to spend the day when you’re not at school.
The Green Lagoon
Having a swimming pool in your backyard is a lot of work. You need to make sure that it’s clean, maintain and replace all of the filters, and keep it full. And while it seems as though this guy didn’t want to keep up with the maintenance, he obviously still wanted to get the most out of his swimming pool. So, he decided to head into the green lagoon and go boating!
We don’t blame him, really. If that was us, we wouldn’t want to go into that green water either. That looks like a recipe for disaster – and stomach pains.