Twist & Turn Maze

Draw mazes that challenge your friends! Can they find their way through your Twists & Turns?

1. The first mazes, built 4,000 years ago, were paths for walking. Today, you can look at pictures of different kinds of mazes. Try to solve the paths, even if they seem difficult at first. If you live near a hedge or corn (maize) maze you can walk through, explore it with your family.

2. Before you draw a maze, remember these hints: Draw the walls of the maze, not the path through it. Imagine that the walls you draw are solid, and the spaces you leave white are paths on which people would walk. Make the start and finish easy to find. Add dead ends to make your maze more challenging (but don’t frustrate players by making your maze impossible to solve).

3. The simplest maze you can draw is a spiral, because these mazes spiral in toward the center, even though they twist and turn as they go. Start with these mazes if you have never drawn one before.

4. Draw your maze with Crayola® Twistables™ on white paper. The more mazes you draw, the better you get at creating these puzzles!

5. Amaze your friends! Challenge them to solve the Twistables mazes you design. Try unusual shapes such as animals, plants, your state or province, or anything else you can imagine!

Adult supervision is required for any arts & crafts project.

Christmas Stocking Swag

Playful Polar Bear Toss

Nursery Rhyme Fingerpainting

Crafts

crayola supplies

• Twistables®

household supplies

• white paper

"We hold frequent maze competitions. Students design mazes and challenge each other to solve them."
Myra J., afterschool volunteer.

"At the beach, our children made mazes by scraping channels in the sand. They drew their designs on paper later each day."
Shonak P., father of ages 5, 7, and 9.

Some simple hedge or corn-field mazes have only one path to follow. Even if you feel as if you are lost among the twists and turns, you will eventually reach the end. Other more challenging mazes have forks and branches, forcing you to choose the best way out. If you get lost, the "right hand rule" will help you find your way out: Keep your right hand against the maze wall as you walk and you will eventually find your way out. Try the rule at home. Starting from your bedroom door, let the fingers of your right hand guide you as you move around your home. Where do you end up?