Redneck Summer #2: Pool time on a budget

This year our redneck waterpark has grown! For around 30$, we've added on to last year's purchases to have a pretty nice setup. The large pool was 16$ at Walmart. Noodles, buckets and other toys all came from the Dollar Tree, and the tarp was about 10$ at Walmart. The smaller pool, the umbrella, chairs, plastic table and sprinkler are leftovers from last year. Collectively, those probably cost around 30-40$ at Walmart. 

Setup:

Stake down the tarp at all four corners to make it more secure. This also makes a great splash pad in a pinch! For 10$, how can you go wrong?

I put the baby pool on the tarp very close to the large pool so that my little one wouldn't feel like I was far away if she was too afraid to go in the larger pool. 

I set up chairs and an umbrella nearby in case the water was a no-go altogether. 

Completed "waterpark"

Enjoying the sun!

Our Lifeguard

Asleep on the job. I don't feel very safe.

Just splashing around

Our system for keeping the pool clean: step in the baby pool first before hopping into the larger pool. So far so good with very little grass ending up in the water! This only works because she only wants to be in the big pool now. I wouldn't use it this way if she was going to be spending any time sitting in her own pool. (Also great for cleaning dirty toys)