Build Your Own Ball Pit, Hermaphobes
For children, public ball courts are colorful pools of joy and wonder. For parents, these are disgusting incubators for germs, a place where boogers die, wet plasters and PB&J moldy crumbs.
A Reddit user had a solution to this annoying paradox: he built his own . With less than $ 300 worth of supplies (mostly PVC poles, netting, and 2,500 balls bought from eBay and Amazon), the DIY dad created a four-by-four-foot ball pit for his daughter to jump, wiggle, and wade through. wade. easy to clean – once a week, it simply sprays the common area with disinfectant.
The best part? “It’s also a fantastic way to hold her back for a while if other chores or something needs to be done,” he writes.
Ball Hole Making Instructions | Reddit