Can You Find the Maze Design Mistake ? Part 2

I love making weaving mazes, but they present some challenges for the maze designer in addition to the solver. So much that I made a full post of my mistakes to test your observation skills. Turns out, there are now enough mistakes for a Part 2 !!! Not sure if that should get any exclamation points, but here we are.

If you want to try making this type of maze yourself you can read how I make a Weaving Maze, or the revised, improved weaving maze option. And if you think you would enjoy real, correct weaving mazes to solve like the ones below you can check out multiple books on Amazon. Almost all of these mistakes were part of the editing process and come from the books.

Let’s test your observation skills !

Here are the 2 main types of mistakes I made. A path that ends under another, or one that never comes out from under another.

Examples of mistakes you might find.

Let’s get started with our first maze which looks like a window. I like the design of the weaving maze but, it wouldn’t be here if there wasn’t a problem in the design. Can you find it ? When you are ready, scroll down to get the answer !

Observation Maze #1

Observation Maze #1 Answer.

For me, that was a tough one to find the mistake. If you found the design mistake, great job ! Let’s look at maze #2 and see how you do.

Maze #2 is the most popular shape I use. The shape is great for using for weaving mazes, but again I made a design mistake. Can you find it ? When you are ready, scroll down to get the answer !

Observation Maze #2

Observation Maze #2 Answer.

And now Maze #3. Can you find the design issue with this square wheel weaving maze ?

Observation Maze #3

Observation Maze #3 Answer.

Another path to nowhere…I found that one quickly. maybe because it was in a corner.

Maze #4 is a version of my favorite shape, just with a different start/goal configuration than normal. Can you find the error ? You know what to do.

Observation Maze #4

Observation Maze #4 Answer.

That was a tough one for me. I know the purpose of this post is to test your observation skills, but I just want to mention that this type of maze is really fun to solve (and design IMO). I made a poster size (11x17) weaving maze of a skull that people seem to like. I have a book of these on Amazon also. Try to solve a few of these - just don’t dead end at my mistakes !!

Back to the observation game. How about this fun shape?

Observation Maze #5

Observation Maze #5 Answer

I wish we were done, but I made a lot of mistakes, I’m just glad I caught them and could make them into something interesting (assuming so if you are still here!)

Let’s try this one, an apple weaving maze

Observation Maze #6

Observation Maze #6 Answer

Still more unfortunately.. Try this cloudlike shape. I am not sure what made me design a maze in this shape or maybe more accurately non-shape, but here we are.

Observation Maze #7

Observation Maze #7 Answer

And that does it. My mistakes became a game. I’d like to say this is the last time we do this, but I know it is not ! How did you do ? Would you be interested in more content like this ?

Did you try solving any mazes ? If you like this kind of maze check out these sections:

Weaving Mazes for Kids - Includes 10 mazes on the site with a download for a longer book of 23 mazes.

Can You Find the Maze Design Mistake ?

One of my favorite types of mazes to make is the Weaving Maze. I think the construction helps make relatively small mazes much more complicated to solve. It is certainly difficult to “eye solve” a weaving maze by quickly eliminating possible paths that have a dead end near the intersection you are at. But, it also presents some challenges for the maze maker and that’s what we talk about today.

When I wrote my How To Make A Maze blog post to show how I make a Weaving Maze, it became the only maze that got a second post with a revised, improved option. I was making so many of them (enough for multiple books on Amazon) that I came up with a new way to create them with a more consistent look. What I still have trouble with is breaking a key rule when creating the maze, and that is missing a path and letting it dead end under another path. How does it happen ? Well, during the construction there are many balls in the air (possible paths) so to speak. To make the paths weave there need to be multiple paths to cross over. Creating the maze can look a bit like chaos and mistakes get made. I have let multiple slip through the cracks during editing. Let’s see if you can find the mistakes and test your observation skills !

Each of these came from one of these Amazon books during the editing process:

Here are the 2 main types of mistakes I made:

Examples of mistakes you might find.

You’ll also notice that weaving mazes allow you to make fun shapes ! Can you see what the maze is supposed to be shaped like ?

Let’s get started with our first maze. When you are ready, scroll down to get the answer !

Observation Maze #1

Observation Maze #1 Answer.

I left a path under another and didn’t end it properly. Let’s try your luck another with this clover maze.

Observation Maze #2

Observation Maze #2 Answer.

Same mistake, new spot. Can you be money and solve the next one ?

Observation Maze #3

Observation Maze #3 Answer.

Another path to nowhere…How this next one ?

Observation Maze #4

Observation Maze #4 Answer.

Did you find the mistake hidden in the clouds ?

Observation Maze #5

Observation Maze #5 Answer

Did you reach home plate and find that one ? Did you find the almost mistake in the upper middle right ? The path only slightly comes out the other side. Let’s try a Spade Maze.

Observation Maze #6

Observation Maze #6 Answer

A dreaded double mistake ! I was looking to link those up I bet…probably ? How about this stop sign ?

Observation Maze #7

Observation Maze #7 Answer

How are you doing ? Eyes getting buggy ? Last one is the sailboat.

Observation Maze #8

Observation Maze #8 Answer

And that does it. My mistakes became a game. I’d like to say this is the last time we do this, but I know it is not, because I just made a part 2 !

Did you try solving any mazes ? If you like this kind of maze check out these sections:

Weaving Mazes for Kids - Includes 10 mazes on the site with a download for a longer book of 23 mazes.

Enter the Dragon (1973) Movie Review

Enter the Dragon (1973) IMDB Amazon

This classic 1970’s martial arts movie set a high standard before special effects took the genre to a new level. Enter the Dragon is considered by many (including IMDB) Bruce Lee’s best movie. Tragically, it was released in the US just a few weeks after his untimely death. The movie follows Lee as he tries to infiltrate and investigate a man named Han’s inner circle during a martial arts tournament that Han holds on his island. So this is both a spy thriller and a martial arts movie.

We have a few American characters who have stories we follow also, each working their way to the tournament and fighting all along the way. The story doesn’t really matter as much as the fight scenes which happen early and often. And this review is here because the movie contains a very important maze scene. Like The Lady from Shanghai this movie also ends with a scene in a mirror maze, although it is more of a disorienting mirror room than anything else. Figuring out who your real opponent is from all the ones reflected in the mirror is the key to surviving the fight !

The movie has great fight sequences and is worth watching. I give it a 7/10.

This is both a must see Bruce Lee film and a must see martial arts film.

Check out the trailer:

Spoiler - the final mirror fight scene ! Skip this if you have not seen the movie yet !

Other Movie posts you may like:

A Collection of Maze and Labyrinth Movies

The 18 Best Maze Movies