I’m not one to get into themes of any sort so don’t consider this a “summer themed” Item of the Day. It’s not. It’s just that it’s really hot right now and if I could do anything, it would be to set up a Slip ‘N Slide outside of my apartment like my mom used to do in our back yard. Aside from the few times I was nearly killed by a hidden rock under the slide, I had the best time ever on these. We would turn them on and go a few times, then sneak inside and steal detergent and soap it up so it was way faster, more slippery and bubbly (and dangerous). One of my favorite childhood memories for sure.
Image via-toysrus.com
Um! We DIY’d a slip and slide for my brother’s college graduation party a few months ago! It was awesome, made it from tarps duct taped together, and a blow up pool at the end.
I am thirty and had a blast slipping and sliding with my 8 year old nephew on the 4th of July weekend. I am making up for never having one as a kid.
My brother and I suffered a number of bloody knees and grass stains from soaping this thing up and then flying too fast off the end. Worth every scrape.
I pulled a serious tantrumfest in order to get my parents to buy me Crocodile Mile. I wanted so badly to run, slide, hit that bump and take a dive. I only ended up using it once because the thing was a bitch to fold up and store. To this day, I still feel terrible for forcing them to waste their money.
Also, WOW the Photoshop on that package is BRUTAL.
The orange “slide boogies” are new to me. When I was a kid we just slid down on our stomachs and suffered the inevitable consequences.
The house I lived in while we owned a slip and slide was on a dangerously steep hill, but did that stop us from buying a slip and slide? No ma’am, it did not. We took a running start, slid all the way down the hill, and the pool at the end always ALWAYS busted from the force of us sliding into it. Bought a new one every summer.
Unfortunately, I can assure you that Slip N Slides are not nearly as fun as an adult unless huge amounts of alcohol are involved and you don’t mind not being able to walk the next day. Sheesh.
We never actually owned a slip ‘n’ slide so my mother would tape black garbage bags to house wrap and run the garden hose over it haha, it worked… as long as it was going slightly downhill
I love the bit just below the logo on this particular type of Slip ‘n Slide. “Allows you to hydroplane!” Doesn’t that just sum up all the best things about childhood? And, of course, the orange slide boogies.
I, too, hit my share of rocks. Brutal!
these were fun but those hidden rocks were killer.