Epic fail: homemade slip-n-slide edition
Taped a tarp down, added dish soap, connected the hose. Seemed like a solid plan. What actually happened: the tarp shifted, my 9yo slid into the fence, my wife slipped and twisted her ankle, and the hose detached and flooded half the yard.
Everyone's fine but tbh I'm sticking to the sprinkler method from now on. Sometimes the simple approach is better.
We did this exact same thing two summers ago. Protip if you try again: stake the corners with actual stakes, not just tape. Game changer