Our Homeschool group went on another fabulous field trip to a brand new attraction, The Angry Bird Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch. By God's Grace, the weather was ideal!
This is a the first year that this farm family invested in preparing an attraction open to the public to generate income. They hired a professional to help set up their 10 acre Corn Maze into countless paths that from the air makes the field look like a giant Angry Bird. I read an article in the paper months ago telling about how the little corn plants were removed to create pathways in a pattern. The farmers also built some fun "Angry Bird" sculptures in full color that are right up against a busy road and have been a great source of advertising all summer. We were looking forward to checking it all out.
We e brought 23 children with us and about 10 adults. Our homeschool group treasury picked up the tab for half of the admission price, making the cost only 4 dollars per child. We do that to make it more affordable for everyone to attend. The more the merrier, always!
This old combine was repurposed into a climbing toy for kids with a slide off the back.
Rubber duckies race along waterways as the children use a hand pump to send water through the course.
Kids love the "corn crib" which is made up of loose kernels about a foot deep.
The kids had fun burying each other.
That is Juby buried and she assured me that she was having no problems breathing.
Talk about "Don't make a wave..."
The children played for almost an hour on the many fun things located in the picnic area while the moms chatted. Then it was time for the Maze. Wow! I am glad that we took the easy trail because we got so lost we were in there for another hour! The corn was higher than an elephant's eye and the paths twisted and winded through 10 acres.The trail we took was a mile long if no wrong turns were made. Ha ha!
The idea was to answer 10 questions at stations posted inside the Maze. These questions were about the game Angry Birds which I have never played. Depending on the answer, one was directed to go either right or left and you would keep taking rights or lefts until the next question clue spot turned up. The mom I was with texted her teen-age sons to get the answers to all the Angry Birds' Trivia.
After all that walking, we took a wonderful Hay Ride around the farm. We viewed the many big beautiful pumpkins. The farmer told us that they had grown over 50 varieties of pumpkins this year.
Then we watched the Pig Races which had a great deal of audience participation.
Our Field Trip was great fun. We all enjoyed being outside together getting so much exercise. It was a pleasure to support a nearby farm family and to delight in God's marvelous Creation.
