Once upon a time, there was a small amusement park in Ellicott City, MD, called the Enchanted Forest, which featured a number of large sculptures of various sorts related to fairy tales, etc. It closed in the early 1990's and the land was sold for development; a local farm called Clark's Elioak Farm acquired the sculptures and went about restoring them. That's where we went today. To be honest, my kids are slightly too old for it, but we needed a destination and had a couple of free tickets, and there is also a petting zoo, where my kids can always spend ages, plus it's only about 15 minutes away - seemed like a good bet for an afternoon out. Despite the age issue, they did really enjoy it - perhaps it's not fair to say they are too old to enjoy it, it's more that it won't hold their attention for long - though the Enchanted Maze, which is new since we went on our last US visit - did keep them (and me) occupied for quite a while.
Obviously, there was The Old Woman Who Lives in a Shoe, which is a slide (most you can't go in, but just admire).
Here's the crooked man, in his crooked house (and some crooked kids?),
a random whale (actually, you can't see it, but Jonah or someone is fishing inside the whale),
Alex petting a goat,
more goat petting,
Cinderella's coach,
a rainbow slide,
trying on the glass slipper,
three kids on a swan,
and Hansel and Gretel's Gingerbread House. It was a nice afternoon out.
1 comment:
That's awesome! Do you think an almost 5 year old boy would like it? We aren't too far from there.
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