How to Make a Backyard Ice Skating Rink
Making a backyard ice skating rink can provide hours of fun for the whole family. If you are stuck inside from the snow, then creating your own outdoor skating rink can be the perfect escape from winter cabin fever. Building an outdoor skating rink can be easier than you think.
Thing You'll Need:
- PVC pipe
- Hose with flowing water
- Tarp
- Adhesive glue
- Decide where you want to build your ice skating rink. The rink should be built on a flat section of lawn with no holes or rocks. Go through the section of lawn where you would like to build your skating rink and remove any rocks, twigs, or other debris that may stick through the tarp and cause damage.
- Spread the tarp over the area of lawn where your ice skating rink will be located. Place the PVC pipes around the edges of the tarp in the shape you would like for your ice skating rink.
- Assemble the PVC pipes on top of the tarp. Use weather appropriate adhesive to connect the sections of pipe.
- Cut away the extra tarp. You want to leave a few inches of tarp around the PVC pipe, but the extra tarp can be cut away and discarded.
- Pull the tarp over the PVC pipes and use the adhesive to attach the tarp to the PVC pipes. Again, use weather appropriate adhesive as loose adhesive can cause water to leak out of the tarp.
- Allow the adhesive to dry for several hours.
- Use the hose to fill the rink with about an inch to an inch and a half of water. Since ice expands as it forms, the ice level may grow about an inch higher than the water level.
- Wait a few days for the ice to properly form.