Hidden Message Maze challenge - Part 1

April 28, 2022

I take pride in my ability to make hidden message mazes. Some of them have well hidden words and some have words that can easily be spotted. How are you at solving mazes with your eyes ? If you think you are good at it, this is the challenge for you. The challenge is very simple in principal - I will show you a hidden message maze, and when you are ready with your guess scroll down for the answer to see if you got it right. This challenge has a total of 10 mazes, each with the answer after it.

It is also Part 1 of a 3 part series (plus a 4th Spanish language version if you want to try that - all links below!) Good Luck !

Let’s get started !

HIDDEN MAZE #1

Hmmmm. Do you have any idea what the answer is ?

I added the “It’s a” last minute…”It’s a boy”. A perfect maze to announce the birth of a child.

HIDDEN MAZE #2

“Miss you”. I could Have done a larger dump for “I Miss You” which is also an acceptable answer

HIDDEN MAZE #3

PARTY is the answer. This maze was made to be used as a party invite

HIDDEN MAZE #4

I used larger letters for this one, Thank You !.

HIDDEN MAZE #5

I spaced them out, but here we have It’s a Girl, of course solved in pink !

HIDDEN MAZE #6

I went back to big letters to mix things up a bit. Congrats if you solved this one correctly, I feel like the letters are well hidden !

HIDDEN MAZE #7

Our largest message so far, Happy Birthday !. Obviously I made this to make a greeting card. I think it would be fun to give someone for their birthday.

HIDDEN MAZE #8

A hidden hidden maze. I couldn’t resist making this one.

HIDDEN MAZE #9

I went back to back, this time with hidden “message”. I also tried to fake you out by putting the maze solution at the top of the page. Did I fake you out ?

HIDDEN MAZE #10

Maybe is the final answer. I tried to fake you out again with other words and placement of letters.

How did you do in this hidden message challenge ? 10 of 10 I’m sure !

If you enjoyed it there are a total of 2 more hidden message challenges for you to try:

Hidden Message Maze challenge - Part 2

Hidden Message Maze challenge - Part 3

For a higher degree of difficulty try these mensajes en Español !!!!!

Laberinto De Mensajes Ocultos

And if you are good at spotting things you might also enjoy a collection of my maze mistakes !

Maze of the Week #14 - Rockford Tower Maze

April 4, 2022

We stay in the state of Delaware for this weeks maze with the Rockford Tower. The tower is located in Wilmington, Delaware and is located in the middle of the Rockford Park. The maze is a draw and cut construction using the stones as walls that pathways move through, I made 2 variations of the maze….with only one change - the better version is below.

Some information about Rockford Tower

The Tower includes a historical marker with the following inscription:

“In 1895, Theodore Leisen, engineer for the Wilmington Board of Park Commissioners, recommended that “a large pavilion and observatory” be built in Rockford Park on what was called Mt. Salem Hill, the highest point in the city at 330 feet above sea level. His proposal coincided with the Board of Water Commissioners’ conclusion that Wilmington was in need of a new water tower in that neighborhood. The two boards merged their projects in Rockford Tower. Built between 1899 and 1902, the half-million-gallon water storage tank and observatory is constructed of natural field stone and is an example of the Italian Renaissance Revival style. Rockford Tower is 57 feet in diameter at the base, 75 feet high to the floor of the observatory, and reaches a total height of 115 feet.”

— Inscription

You can read about the tower history here, and see some great old pictures including one showing it’s construction. Or if you are a sucker for drone videos like I am, check this one out:

The mazes:

Black and white. This is a new and improved version of the maze. The outline of the tower changed…from straight lines to lines that are shaped more like the individual stones. It was a slight change but make the tower look more natural !

I hope you enjoy the maze. You can find downloads of the maze at the mazes permanent home.

Coming next week:

A sign maze.

Maze of the Week #13 - Clayton Theatre Maze

March 28, 2022

My favorite maze of the year (so far) is this week’s maze of the Clayton Theatre in Dagsboro, Delaware. I love movies and enjoy going to old movie theaters. The maze construction I used for this maze is a draw and cut. The bricks used for the façade make a natural "maze wall for the maze pathways to work themselves through.

Some information about the Clayton Theatre

Built in 1948, this is the last first run single screen theater in Delaware. After watching the video below and seeing the marquee lit up at night, I have been tempted to do a version of the maze “at night” showing off the wonderful colors. I put that on my to-do list. I also am suddenly hungry for some popcorn ! You can find what movie is playing here.

The maze:

Mostly a black and white maze, with a small pop of color in red for the PG-13. But, this is NOT a black and white maze as this this the actual coloring of the theatre !

I hope you enjoy the maze. You can find downloads of the maze at the mazes permanent home.

Coming next week:

A maze of another building in Delaware ! I think you will like it !

Maze of the Week #12 - Waterbury Clock Tower Maze

March 21, 2022

Maze #12 of the year features the Waterbury Clock Tower at Waterbury Union Station in Waterbury, Connecticut. It is a building maze, and is the first maze that does not use perspective, and instead uses a flat, geometric drawing of the tower. The maze is a simple standard construction. I did 2 versions, the original in black and white, and a colorized version. For the colorized version I used the drone footage below (Thank you Manxcat73) ! Without that footage, the pictures I found did not show the colors clearly.

Some information about Waterbury Union Station

The station was built in 1909 and it features a 240 foot tower, the subject of my maze. The station is the last stop for its branch of the Metro North railroad. It is a long 2 hours and 45 minutes to Grand Central Station. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 8, 1978.

Here is some wonderful drone footage of the tower where you can see it’s features and the surrounding town up close !

The maze:

A simple black and white maze. I should mention this is not REALLY a maze of the clock tower, but the top portion of it, I I made the full tower to scale it would be much longer !!