Mindy and the Multitudes: Leg 3

Before the day of the race leg 3 I sent out this clue https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B2g_3IEt9IyPNWEzYTQ3NzktZjMwMC00YWU1LWI5OTUtMTFmMGE2Yjk1Y2Ix&hl=en_US
Leg 3 again was to a historical park found here in the county. Princess Place Preserve http://www.flaglercounty.org/facilities.aspx?page=detail&RID=18

To begin the day, the children had to put together a puzzle. The first puzzle piece was inside of a balloon – the other four pieces were attached to different shapes hidden around the park – each team collected one color. Once they put the puzzle together, they were told to make a human pyramid for their next clue.
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B2g_3IEt9IyPMDMzZTMzY2YtY2RiYy00ODRiLWFiMDgtMmFhMzdhODc3Mjhm&hl=en_US I printed it out, cut it into five pieces and stuck one in each balloon before blowing them up.

We took pictures of the pyramids and then handed them the clue – Light or Dark – eat a marshmallow off a string without any hands either with their eyes open or closed. This wasn’t terribly challenging but it did provide for a bit of entertainment to those watching.

Here is the Light of Dark clue – https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B2g_3IEt9IyPMmIyMGRjYWUtMDc1NC00MDM3LTlmNDktZTQ3Yjg1YWE4ODQ1&hl=en_US

Next was a photo scavenger hunt. Each team had a list of items and an adult with a camera. The goal was for the teams to get creative and take some cute pictures with the items on the list so we would have some fun memories.
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B2g_3IEt9IyPZDcxZDIwNjgtZGY1Ni00ZTJlLWIzNzMtOGYwZGM4YTVkMmNm&hl=en_US
Once they completed that part – except for the lady bug – no one could find a lady bug. There were 50,000 gnats but no lady bugs. Next was a word puzzle where they had to cross out letters to find the hidden word. https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B2g_3IEt9IyPMTNlNDQ1Y2QtODViYy00ODNlLThkODItZTk5MmE2YzJmOWY3&hl=en_US the younger kids got the one spelled out and the older kids had to unscramble the word.

The word was relay – a water balloon relay! The teams had to line up and pass the balloon over one person’s head, under the next person’s legs, until the reached the end. The last person was to sit on the balloon, run to the front and begin the next rotation. When they all completed the relay we let them have a water balloon fight with the remaining balloons. This was truly the highlight of the event!