--- title: This Genius Created a DIY Pool with Coca Cola and Mentos description: This group of creatives filled an above ground pool with Coca Cola and Mentos posted the whole thing on YouTube to help other bored teenagers wile away the hours. canonical: https://time.com/4383764/this-genius-created-a-diy-pool-filled-with-coca-cola-and-mentos/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-27T16:35:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:33:48.108Z og:title: This Genius Created a 1,500-Gallon Coca-Cola Swimming Pool og:description: "It feels really smooth, actually" og:url: https://time.com/4383764/this-genius-created-a-diy-pool-filled-with-coca-cola-and-mentos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb9965228e8529e1/6988998eab6d7771bf6aa3a3/cocacolapool.jpg?branch=production&width=1081&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1081 og:image:height: 608 og:image:alt: CocaColaPool og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Genius Created a 1,500-Gallon Coca-Cola Swimming Pool twitter:description: "It feels really smooth, actually" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb9965228e8529e1/6988998eab6d7771bf6aa3a3/cocacolapool.jpg?branch=production&width=1081&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Genius Created a DIY Pool Filled With Coca Cola and Mentos > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jun 27, 2016 4:35 PM UTC  by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jun 27, 2016 4:35 PM UTC Psychologists and parenting experts have long stressed the important role that [boredom](http://ideas.time.com/2012/02/10/why-american-kids-are-brats/?iid=sr-link2) plays for kids as [a conduit to creativity](http://time.com/3766375/boredom-and-surprise/?iid=sr-link2). Boredom begets day dreaming and expanses of free time allow those daydreams to become realities. Like this group of creatives who dreamed of filling an above ground pool with Coca Cola and dumping in a bunch of Mentos for a caffeinated and undoubtedly sticky DIY tub. So they did it, and posted the whole thing on YouTube to help other bored kids wile away the hours. After filling the pool with 1,500 gallons of Coke (or a camera-ready facsimile), the filmmakers poured in the Mentos, and ice and convinced Ryan, one of their stalwart crew members, to jump into their refreshing beverage pool. “I feel like I’m in a pool of Coke, man,” Ryan said in an accurate assessment of the situation. To further stave off potential boredom, the “bros” then flew a drone straight into the pool, because why not, right? It’s summer after all. 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