Laberinto de la Semana #44 - La Catrina Laberinto

I promised a holiday maze and I delivered with Maze of the week #44 o posible Laberinto de la Semana #44 featuring La Catrina for Dia de los Muertos. If you do not know who she is, I’m sure you’ve seen her before, maybe in a James Bond movie ? Or if you are in a country that celebrates Halloween you may have seen a La Catrina costume used for both holidays and not realized it !

Check out this cool video about her origins:

A photo of La Catrina. I suggest you do an image search because there are some great versions out there !

La Catrina iivangm flickr

Coloring Page: As I designed this I realized that it would make a great coloring page for all ages (available for download on the home page). Here it is:

The Maze: I needed to add many more lines to create more “walls” for the maze to weave through ! Without them the maze would be too easy - in fact it would not be much of a maze at all !

La Catrina Maze

I hope you enjoy the maze and coloring page. Downloads are available of each version of La Catrina.

Coming next week:

A maze of a beautiful building (currently being renovated).

Maze of the Week #43 - Castle Craig Maze

I said maze of the week #43 would be a castle, and it is sort of. More of a castle tower that is called a tower. The Castle Craig is located in Hubbard Park in Meriden, Connecticut and was dedicated on October 29, 1900. The castle is only 32 feet high, so taking the stairs to the observation deck is a short climb. You can check out the view in the video below, or read about the castle on the Wikipedia page.

A photo of the Castle Craig:

Castle Craig - John Cudworth flickr

The maze: I went with a basic black and white draw and cut construction. Honestly, if the castle was more famous I would colorize it, add to the background with some land, rock formations and a sky, and add some shadows to the castle.

Castle Craig Maze

I hope you enjoy the maze. Download is available on the mazes permanent maze page.

Coming next week:

A maze to celebrate a holiday !

Maze of the Week #42 - Sydney Opera House Maze

I made maze of the week #42 over a year ago and am proud to finally present it to you now. It features the iconic Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia. I would be surprised if you are not familiar with it because it is one of the most famous buildings in the world. The building, which sits on the banks of Sydney Harbour, was opened on the 20 of October 1973 (thus the maze launch this week).

Learn all about the Sydney Opera House.

I think you will enjoy this video tour of the building and it’s surroundings.

And you know what it looks like, but here is a photo anyway.

Sydney Opera House David Stanley flickr

The maze:

Because of the details on the panels of the roof which I used to make the walls of the maze, this is one of the largest mazes on the website. It is formatted is print on 27x40 poster size paper. There is a large amount of white space and the maze looks even better with a true wide landscape format which cuts off the empty space.

I am considering a colorized version of the maze as a future project (on the to-do list).

Sydney Opera House Maze

I hope you enjoy the maze. Download is available at the mazes permanent home.

Coming next week:

A maze of a castle.

Maze of the Week #39 - Spaceship Earth - Epcot Center Maze

We travel to Florida and Disney World for Maze of the week #39. This week I feature the Spaceship Earth from Epcot Center. When you think of Epcot Center I am sure this is the building you think of. I love the architecture and thought it would make a great maze. The building opened on October 1, 1982.

Learn more about the Spaceship Earth at Epcot, or check out this vintage video from 1966:

Let’s look at a photo of the building.

Spaceship Earth (Epcot Center) Michael Huey flickr

The maze: I went with black and white for this maze. The structure of the panels mean the maze portion of the construction is centered on the building. I used a draw and cut construction to make the maze.

Epcot Center Maze

I hope you enjoy the maze. Download is available at the mazes permanent location on the site !

Coming next week:

A sign maze.