Birthday Parties

Birthday Parties

Is your children's special day coming up? Come and have their birthday party in the Scarecrow Forest.

The cost is $10.00 per person. This includes admission and three activities which options include: a zip line ride, a tractor train ride, hot dog, chip, and drink, or a craft (example: you could do 3 zip line rides, or two zip line rides and a tractor train ride, etc). Extra activities cost $1.50 per item per person

Included in the price is the forest which has 21 different scarecrow scenes set up along a ½ mile winding trail through the forest. Off of the trail is the farm animal maze (look for the bright red barn) where you can learn interesting facts about different farm animals. At the end of the trail is our huge play structure with four slides and mega sandbox or take a left and find many more things to entertain you such as the Dancing Scarecrow Corn Trail. Also there is the bale maze and pyramid, another mega sandbox, tire structures, and almost everyone’s favorite, the petting farm. Come and meet Blue and Billy the goats or meet Jack and Jill the two very adorable black kittens.

Come and celebrate your birthday in the Scarecrow Forest.

We do allow birthday cakes, but please no other outside food.

For more information or to book you party please check out www.pennerpumpkins.com or phone Shirley at 371-5556.

The Rock Ridge Pickers

Country Gospel Concert with

The Rock Ridge Pickers

The Scarecrow Forest is proud to host the Rock Ridge Pickers on Sunday August 29th for a country gospel concert. The local rising talent of Rockford Penner will have your toes tapping in no time. Bring your own lawn chairs and relax and enjoy the music while your children enjoy the free face painting and balloons. Whether you are a country fan or you are just looking for something upbeat and interactive for your family, this is the event for you.

The concert is included in the price of your general admission of only $7 each, and all children three and younger enter free. The concert will begin at 2:00 in the afternoon, and there is plenty to entertain you until then. The Scarecrow Forest is a half mile gravel trail winding through acres of bush. The child friendly scarecrow scenes waiting around each corner make it an amusing journey. A shaded picnic area is a great place to enjoy food from the Snack Shack canteen. Zipline rides, tractor train rides, a farm animal maze, play structures, mega sandboxes, bale maze, a petting farm, and a corn trail will entertain you all day. You can even try your hand at Blue-eyed Betsy the simulated milking cow!

The country atmosphere at the Scarecrow forest is the perfect venue for the Rock Ridge Pickers lively music. Come on out and get a dose of the homegrown talent of Rockford Penner, Rhonda Koop, Lyonel Penner, Andy Friesen, and Joel Doerksen. Visit www.pennerpumpkins.com for more information on the Scarecrow Forest or www.therockridgepickers.com for more information about the band.

Amanda

Sweet Corn Festival

The ScareCrow Forest’s

Sweet Corn Festival

The Scarecrow Forest welcomes you to it’s first ever sweet corn festival, where a free corn on the cob awaits each member of your family. On August 21 and 22, kids and adults alike can play the candy carnival games or enter friendly competitions.

There will be something for every age to enjoy, from simple corn hunts for the younger children, to booths of carnival games like a corn toss, corn baseball and corn crafts. All ages alike can participate in competitions such as a corn on the cob eating contest or corn shucking contest. You can even try your hand at Blue-eyed Betsy the simulated milking cow! Come with sunscreen, hats and energy for a big and exciting day with your family.

The Scarecrow Forest is a half mile gravel trail winding through acres of bush. The child friendly scarecrow scenes waiting around each corner make it an amusing journey. A shaded picnic area is a great place to enjoy food from the Snack Shack canteen. Zipline rides, tractor train rides, a farm animal maze, play structures, mega sandboxes, bale maze, a petting farm, and a corn trail will entertain you all day.

This new seasonal family attraction is the perfect place to take the family to get away from the pressure and noise of the city. Come out and enjoy the fresh air and wholesome activities this fall. Visit us at www.pennerpumpkins.com to find out more.

Amanda

Special Events happening in the Forest

Hello. At the Scarecrow Forest we have two events that are coming up. The first is the Sweet Corn Festival and the second is the Rock Ridge Pickers concert.

Sweet Corn Festival

August 21- 11 am to 5 pm

August 22- 1 to 5 pm.

This is the first year that Penner Pumpkins is doing the Sweet Corn Festival. This festival will showcase corn. There is sweet corn, Indian corn and field corn. Do you know what the difference is between these three types of corn? Come and find out. These two days Penner Pumpkins will be giving one free corn on the cob to each person. There will also be carnival games, using corn, geared towards children and adults. There will also be competitions such as corn on the cob eating contest or corn shucking contest. Come check it out. Admission is $7.00.

Country and Gospel Country: The Rock Ridge Pickers

August 29- 2pm

This is the first year Penner Pumpkins will be offering a concert. Admission is $7.00, which includes admission to the Forest and the concert. The Rock Ridge Pickers are a local band that are traditional country musicians. Come out and enjoy their music and make sure to bring your own lawn chair. Check out their website out at www.therockridgepickers.com/. Come out at 1 pm and walk through the Forest or enjoy a picnic lunch from the Snack Shack in the Scarecrow Forest (no outside food allowed).

Check back later for more special events happening in September and October.

Lorissa

Vegetables that are ready

Vegetables that are available:

Tomatoes

Cucumbers

Beets

Kohlrabi

Romaine Lettuce

Parsley

Summer Savor

Zucchini

Spaghetti Squash

Cabbage

Flower Bouquets

Statice bouquets

Onions (sweet Spanish and red onions)

Beans

Sweet peppers

Hot peppers

Carrots

Penner Pumpkins will be selling these vegetables off of the home yard. Check our website or facebook for hours that we are open. Friday evenings we will be selling our vegetables at Lilac Resort and on Saturday we are at Pineridge Hollow (we come back at around 2:30 pm) so the supply on the home yard may be limited at these times.

The cucumbers have been doing wonderful. I picked on Monday and Wednesday and probably have over 50 lbs of cucumbers to sell. That tomatoes have also been turning red nicely so there should be a lot of tomatoes for sale.

Lorissa

What can you do at the Scarecrow Forest?

There are a lot of things to see and do at the Scarecrow Forest. There is the Scarecrow Forest which has 23 different scenes set up. Each scene is very unique and entertaining. New this year is two walk-in sites. Off of the trail is the Farm Animal Maze. Get lost in the forest as you learn about various farm animals and check out the cute animals that Amanda painted.

Once you exit the trail you come upon the play structure. The play structure is built around a hill and has four slides, a tire tunnel, and a fort. Children can spend hours playing here. Also there are two giant sandboxes which children can dig in.

Another thing you can do is get your face painted by Amanda or paint a pumpkin in the fall.

The zip lines are a favorite. The Lion zip line is 22 feet tall and the Bunny zip line is 12 feet tall. The total length is 200 feet. Zip down the line and get a birds view of the garden, the petting farm, and the cows that may be watching the action.

The train ride is an attraction that the whole family can enjoy together. A 1946 John Deere M tractor pulls a train of 5 cars through the forest. The train ride lasts about 15 minutes.

Watch some mini pumpkins fly at the pumpkin slingshot. This attraction will open once the pumpkins are ready (which should be at the end of August).

New this year is the Dancing Scarecrow Corn Trail. Take a walk through some corn and feel the leaves brush against you. This is a path and not a maze so there’s no need to get worried that you may get lost and never find your way out.

Children and adults love our petting farm. Some people have spent hours petting the goats and kittens. New this year are two puppies named Tank and Dixie. We also have two roosters named Gourd and Pumpkin. The goats are Blue and Billy.

Near the zip lines there are a couple of tire play structures set up. The children can have fun crawling and climbing on these.

This is what you can do in the Scarecrow Forest. Come check us out and have some family fun in the Scarecrow Forest.

Lorissa