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We're excited to share this "Idea of the Week", submitted by either the MAiZE staff or one of your fellow siteowners. There never seems to be a shortage of ideas and the truth is that some of the best originate with all of you! So, if you ever have an idea you'll like us to pass along to the group, please just send it our way. Also, please remember that we'll be archiving these ideas on the siteowner web site, so that you can go back and view them whenever you like.
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They're Back...For Real This Time!
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They're back! Just when we started emailing the 2010 Ideas of the Week earlier this year, they stopped soon after while our staff focused on conference preparations, wrap-up and year-ahead planning. We apologize for the temporary pause in sending the Ideas out and are excited to resume them again! In fact, to make up for lost time, we'll be doubling the fun and sending out TWO ideas each week for the next month.
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Put a Bit of COLOR in Your Maze!
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Feel like your maze design is lacking a strong newsworthy appeal this year? Looking for a WOW factor to attract more attention? You may want to consider adding a bit of color to your maze. Many of you may have received a forwarded email from someone you know this past year containing the amazing images of the rice field designs in Japan. They were pretty spectacular and we probably had them forwarded to us at least 20 times by different people we know. Obviously, they caught the attention of many - due in part to their use of color. The colors were created from using different varieties of rice plants, rather than from any ink or die. If you never saw the email, just take a look at two of the photos...
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The rice fields of Japan aren't the only place that color has popped up. A handful of corn mazes have done it over the years as well. Some by planting flowers and others through the use of paint or chalk. The picture below is from the MAiZE folks in Burlington, WI. It's one of our all-time favorites and you can probably see why. Whether you're a Bears or Packers fan, we can all agree the aerial turned out great. Following is a description from Jamie Stuenzi re: how they created the color effect...
"We actually purchased pallets of sod and laid that down in the middle of the maze first. Then we rented a commercial sprayer and painted the sod. The grass held the color really well. We only had to paint it the one time. What also helped is that it wasn't a walking path. People could walk on it if they wanted to, but the path was actually on the edge of the grass. I think excessive foot traffic would wear it out pretty quick. It was a huge amount of work but it did look cool!"
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