
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED…
WHAT MAKES A POOL FACILITY STAND OUT?
A great aquatic facility is about more than what happens in the water.
From the moment families walk through the doors, the environment can help build excitement, strengthen your brand, and make every visit feel a little more special.
IDS Kids creates custom themed decor for community pools, aquatic centers, and water parks.
From suspended sea life and branded photo ops to prize areas, murals, seating, and play spaces, we help turn everyday facilities into destinations families remember.
We happily serve:
- Aquatic Centers
- Swim Schools
- Recreation Centers
- YMCA Facilities
- Municipal Centers
- Water Parks
BE THE PLACE FAMILIES REMEMBER
BENEFITS OF A THEMED AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT
CREATE A MEMORABLE FAMILY EXPERIENCE
Give children something exciting to discover before and after they enter the water. An engaging environment can turn a routine swim lesson or trip to the pool into an experience families look forward to repeating.
STRENGTHEN YOUR BRAND
Bring your logo, mascot, colors, and personality into the physical environment. Custom decor helps make your facility more recognizable and creates a stronger connection between the space and your organization.
ENCOURAGE PHOTOS & SHARING
A great photo op practically asks to be photographed. Branded waves, mascots, sculptures, and themed features give families and swim teams opportunities to capture moments and share their experience.
CELEBRATE ACHIEVEMENT
Turn swim levels, badges, ribbons, medals, and milestones into something children are proud to work toward with custom prize areas and achievement displays.
MAKE LARGE SPACES FEEL ENGAGING
Pools and recreation centers can have large walls, tall ceilings, and expansive public areas. Murals, ceiling decor, sculptures, and signage help bring these spaces down to a more engaging, child-friendly scale.
CREATE MORE VALUE FOR FAMILIES
Recreation centers serve more than swimmers. Play areas, daycare spaces, seating zones, and interactive activities give younger siblings and waiting families more to do while they are in your facility.
EXPLORE EXAMPLES OF
CUSTOM DECOR IN AQUATIC FACILITIES
WHATEVER YOUR BRAND,
WE HAVE YOU COVERED
Not every aquatic facility needs cartoon fish and coral.
Your space can be playful and colorful, clean and contemporary, heavily branded, inspired by local nature, or somewhere in between.
We can work with your existing logo, mascot, color palette, architecture, and interior design to develop features that feel like a natural extension of your facility.
For organizations with multiple swim locations, we can also create repeatable branded elements that help build recognition from one location to the next.

INSPIRING IDEAS
FREE PDF BROCHURE
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SWIMMING POOL DECOR FAQ
IDS Kids can create custom decor for community pools, aquatic centers, swim schools, recreation centers, leisure centers, swim clubs, water parks, and other family-focused aquatic facilities.
IDS can create custom murals, suspended ceiling decor, 3D sea life, mascot sculptures, wave photo ops, themed seating, prize cabinets, wayfinding signs, branded reception areas, wall and window graphics, interactive activities, children’s play areas, and other custom features.
Absolutely. Aquatic features can be combined with decor for reception areas, daycare rooms, family waiting spaces, children’s activity areas, hallways, and other areas of a recreation or community center.
This allows the children’s experience to extend beyond the pool deck.
Absolutely! Collaboration is how we work best. Your architect and interior designer keep their roles; our themed decor is the layer that brings the space to life on top of the finishes, colors, and layout they have designed. Our job is to make sure what we produce complements and enhances those decisions.
A few things drive the cost of a theming project: the size of the space, how many rooms are themed, whether the decor is custom or selected from our pre-designed IDS Essentials™ Collection, and the complexity of the murals and three-dimensional elements. Custom, fully immersive themes sit at the higher end; pre-designed pieces are a budget-friendly way to get a strong effect for less.
Underwater and ocean themes are natural choices, but they aren’t the only option.
Popular directions can include tropical beaches, reefs, sharks and rays, local lakes and wildlife, rivers, pirates, surf themes, playful mascots, nautical themes, and branded environments built specifically around your organization.
Yes. IDS can develop repeatable branded features for organizations with multiple locations.
A mascot, photo op, prize area, signage package, mural style, or other signature feature can be reproduced and adapted for different facilities to help create a consistent brand experience.
High-impact areas typically include entrances, reception and check-in areas, pool viewing areas, large walls, high ceilings, lesson areas, prize stations, waiting areas, children’s play spaces, and key circulation areas.
You don’t need to theme the entire building. One strong photo op, mascot, ceiling installation, mural, or reception feature can make a major visual impact.
Yes. Existing logos, mascots, colors, and brand elements can be incorporated throughout a themed environment. We can turn a two-dimensional mascot into a sculpted character, incorporate logos into photo ops and signs, or build a coordinated decor package around your existing identity.
Yes, all IDS products have a Limited Lifetime Warranty against defects in materials and workmanship.
All electronics supplied by IDS have a manufacturer’s warranty.
Contact our Creative Consultants for more detailed information on our warranty.
The average theming project takes six to nine months from start to finish — from concept drawings through to installation. The exact timeline depends on the complexity of the theme and the scope of decor involved.
It is much shorter if you select pre-designed items from our IDS Essentials™ Collection.
Imagination Design Studios (IDS Kids) works with therapeutic facilities across the United States and Canada, and we ship our themed decor worldwide (we have installed themed environments in offices across the United Kingdom, throughout Europe, the Middle East, Australia, and beyond).
Within North America we can send our own installation team; anywhere else, we create products designed for self-installation or coordinate with a local contractor — so we can bring a themed environment to your space wherever you are.
Yes. Many themed elements can be incorporated into an existing facility without redesigning the entire building.
Murals, photo ops, ceiling décor, signs, sculptures, benches, prize cabinets, and other standalone features are great ways to transform selected areas while working with the space you already have.
IDS designs themed elements for high-traffic, family-focused environments. Material and fabrication choices are considered based on where and how each feature will be used, and our team can provide product information and specifications for individual projects.
BUILD YOUR BRAND ACROSS MULTIPLE LOCATIONS
ONE LOOK – MULTIPLE FACILITIES
Operating more than one swim school, pool, or recreation center?
IDS can design features that can be reproduced across multiple locations, helping you create a consistent customer experience while adapting each installation to the individual space.
Repeatable theme elements can include:
- Mascot Sculptures
- Wave Photo Ops
- Prize Cabinets
- Branded Signs
- Themed Seating
- Ceiling Decor
- Activity Areas
Build recognition at every location while giving families the same memorable brand experience wherever they swim.




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See more of our magical theming and get inspired! This look book will get you thinking about all of the possibilities for your future themed space. The latest volume features photos from our most recent office installs and great success stories from our clients.
3 STEPS TO
TRANSFORM YOUR SPACE

IMAGINE
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TRANSFORM
Design your dream space collaboratively with our expert creative team.

AMAZE
Reveal your magical new space and build excitement in the community.
EXPERIENCE YOU CAN TRUST
20 YEARS OF PROVEN SUCCESS
IDS Kids specializes in designing and fabricating environments created with children and families in mind.
Our artists, designers, sculptors, engineers, and fabricators work together to turn ideas into durable dimensional environments, from individual branded features to immersive spaces.
Whether you’re refreshing an existing community pool, opening a new swim school, renovating an aquatic center, or looking for ways to make your recreation center more family-friendly, we can help you explore what’s possible.
MAKE YOUR FACILITY THE ONE THEY REMEMBER
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