Treinen Farm

 

 

 Nathan Laznicka from Hamilton Middle School in Madison is our 2009 Children's Corn Maze Design contest winner.

 

• Open to all kids 12^th grade and under
• Not open to Treinen family members or employees
• Winner will receive $50 prize and a 2010 corn maze season pass for their immediate family
• The Treinen family will judge the entries
• All entries must be received by January  15, 2010
• Entries will not be returned.
• Submit entries to: Treinen Farm W12420 Hwy. 60, Lodi WI 53555 or email to
• info@treinenfarm.com
  

Guidelines:

• The winning entry will be cut into our cornfield in the summer of 2010 and will be open to the public in the fall of 2010.
• The winner's name, and a brief description will be posted at the entrance and on the website (first name only if desired for privacy reasons; winner's picture on website is also optional.)
• The design will be modified to allow it to be cut and to make a good maze (trails may be added/deleted.)
• The design must be ORIGINAL (no licensed characters, etc.) 
• All decisions are final.
• Acceptable forms of submission-

                  -Paper (pencil, ink, crayon, etc.)

                  -Electronic (PDF, jpeg)

• All ages are welcome and have a good chance of winning (a kindergartner's drawing is as likely to win as a high school art student's design...)
• For younger entrants, a simple line drawing is fine.  Too much detail will not work as a maze
• For older students:

-        Field size is­­­ 150' wide and 320' feet long (see example at bottom of page.)

-        Trail size is five feet wide.

-        Must have a minimum of ten feet between trails

• Entrance and exits must be on south side of design only.
  
• Ideas:
• The design can be a true maze (multiple decision points, but only one correct solution.)
• The design can have multiple decision points and more than one solution.
• The design can be a labyrinth where there is only one path and there are no decision points.
• It can be a network of interconnecting trails that make a picture when it is viewed from above
• The design can be a logic puzzle (i.e. no left turn maze)
• For more info on mazes and labyrinths, see click mazes, Amazing art.

• Long dead ends are not fun and too many people will be tempted to cut through the corn.

Not required (But we would sure love to hear from you)

            1) How did you think of your design?  Does is have any special meaning to you?

            2) Have you ever been to a maze you could walk through?

            3) Some mazes have games inside them such as trivia questions: