Family Fun on Johnson's Giant Pumpkin Farm
It’s almost Halloween! Are you prepared???
I am. But I’m not. There isn’t much preparation for me. We don’t get trick-or-treaters. Hubs has to work Friday and Saturday so we won’t be attending any parties. Kiddo has 2 older siblings and a younger sibling so they usually spend Halloween together. I haven’t been feeling up to par lately, so I didn’t even bother dragging out the few decorations I had. Despite that, we DID take a family day and try out a new corn maze. We love corn mazes and make it a point to try a new one every year. It’s been a lot of fun to see kiddos maze skills increase every year. This year she led us through with minimal help. Last year we were also hanging out at my cousins house, carving pumpkins and roasting seeds. Sadly, this year his crop was ruined in the same rain storms that ruined my trash to treasure garden.
In the past our corn maze events were local farms who opened their land up to the public. This land contains nothing more than a corn maze. Last year we went to a maze on a dairy farm and it was a lot of fun. They had some activities and even a small petting zoo complete with baby pigs. So cute. This year we had planned heading back to the dairy farm since their maze is different every year, but I heard a commercial on the radio for Johnson’s Giant Pumpkin Patch.
Putting ‘giant’ in the title is no joke. Not only is this pumpkin patch one giant farm it also has a patch of nothing but giant pumpkins. I’m talking pumpkins over 100s of pounds. We were able to see a few of these pumpkins get tossed across the farm by a giant trebuchet. They were tossing one across the way when we were pulling in to park.
We watched another as we were heading out to leave and it was mentioned that the largest pumpkin they have had was over 450 pounds. As much as I love pumpkin, I for the life of me can’t imagine that much pumpkin!
I loved looking at all the different types of guords, pumpkins and squashes they had. My favorites were the ones with the warts on them.
I also loved checking out the animals. My favorites were the goats. We fed them way too many times. I’ve been obsessed with goats since I was a kid. Maybe one of these days I’ll have a few. I’m also in love with the goat house (its the green one with the porch. It’s exactly what I want for my writers retreat.
This was a gre)at little family trip. It’s very affordable, the corn maze was one of the cheapest we’ve been too. Makes perfect sense though since they get money from other farm activities. You can pay for pumpkins, they have a snack bar, they have a few vendors set up for crafts and other snacks, you pay for the corn maze and you pay for pony rides. It’s free to do the other activities and see the other animals. We did splurge and buy a 3 glazed donuts and 3 spiced donuts and some cider. All homemade here in Michigan. It was a nice treat.
Did you walk a corn maze, pick a pumpkin, carve pumpkins, eat donuts, have cider or any other fall family events?
Yes to all of the above. Not all at one time, though. We did a corn maze & pumpkin picking at the same place, but I was at a farm stand last week for my hot apple cider and apple cider donuts. NOM.
We went to a little tiny pumpkin patch this year because we were all sick. They had a “walking Dead-esque” ghost town, but we didn’t go through it because Hail was dead certain he was gonna get eaten by a zombie.
Yes, we had a blast this year the pumpkin patch and the corn maze. It was a great family day. I love making memories.
I think I am finally ready for Halloween! We visited a mini pumpkin party and my girls loved it.. face painting always makes a pumpkin patch fun.
I have to say that I’m pretty partial to those bumpy, warty pumpkins myself. They need love too! The trebuchet is AWESOME.
It looks like you guys had a lot of fun! I always take my family to a few local pumpkin patches. But none of them have a giant trebuchet!!!! *jealous* 😉
Looks like you all had a great time. We headed out to our local corn maze event, it was fun but I missed the larger festival back home with all the amazing food.
How fun. Fall festivals and pumpkin patches are the best.
I love Corn mazes. This place looks like a lot of fun.
It has been a really long time since I have been to a Pumpkin Farm.. and even longer since I have been to a corn maze. Looks to me like you had fun.
Pumpkin patches and corn mazes are our favorite fall family traditions. They are such fun!
Pick pumpkin and eat donuts, yes. I’ve never tried corn maze but I want to.
Oh what an awesome day out – we don’t really have pumpkin patches over here – feels like we are missng out big time! x
I got all excited when I read the title because we have a johnsons farm near us – it’s not the same one though 🙁
What a fun day! Fun and food makes a great day. We use to do all of these things when our kids were young and we have great pictures to jog our memories a bit when we want to look back.
Oh it;s apple cider and tea time here sister! I am drinking warm stuff like it’s going out of style. I like pumpkins and I need to get to a corn maze soon. They are a lot of fun!
This looks like a lot of fun! My family and I would love to do something like this for the holiday.
My kids would really get a kick out of the animals there! I like pumpkins with warts too. I am the only one though so we don’t have any.
When my kids were younger we used to go to a corn maze every year. It was always a great day spent together making wonderful memories.
We didn’t do any thing like this for this year. My kids used to love going to the pumpkin patches
Looks like so much fun!! We love visiting the farm every year. We visited the farm just a week and a half ago.
We didn’t really do anything special aside from visiting departed loved ones – but I want to try the pumpkin carving next year haha!
We did all of the above. 🙂 And I’m with you, a 450 lb. pumpkin is too much pumpkin. 😉
It looks like you had a ton of fun! We went to a local corn maze this year and had a blast. They had lots of other kids activities too and even a really good band.
That does look fun – I love the goat :O So adorable! I didn’t get to go pumpkin picking this year, unfortunately! Next year I want my apartment balcony full of punkins 😀
We went to our pumpkin patch and corn maze last weekend and had a lot of fun. We actually lost my 9 year old in the corn maze but once he got out it was a lot of fun afterwards. 🙂
I just LOVE seeing family photos in pumpkin patches. And, I love that first picture. Warty pumpkins are so cool!
I would love to go to a corn maze, but we normally go to a pumpkin patch. This year, we haven’t gone to either :(. Which reminds me that I have to take my daughter to the pumpkin patch up the street!
This looks like a great time! Wish I was able to make it to a corn maze this year.
I love those warty, ugly pumpkins 🙂 Looks like a great family day!
I love all the pictures! Looks like everyone had fun! I love going to pumpkin farms, we go to one every year!
We used to take my girls to a pumpkin patch every year when they were young. I’ve never been to a corn maze though but I’d like to go one day!
We visited a pumpkin farm a few weeks ago with the kids and they had a ball. It’s so nice for kids to see where pumpkins actually come from.
We were sick all last week, so we didn’t carve or paint pumpkins this year. We did at least go to the pumpkin patch and go trick or treating though.
This looks like a great family event. Love pumpkins too!
We didnt get a chance to do any of these things. It looks like you had a great time!
I can’t believe we didn’t make it to the pumpkin patch this year. Still kicking myself over that one.
Tell me more about this giant trebuchet. That looks SUPER fun. I’d love to see some pumpkin lobbing.
I’d love to try a corn maze! We did go to a pumpkin patch and drink cider, though!
Looks like such a fun farm! My children love visiting the farm too.
We do all of the above and we don’t even have children. I’m in love with the warty pumpkins at the top <3
This looks like such a fun family outing. That’s a pretty cool farm and pumpkin patch..
Pumpkin farms are always fun. We love corn mazes.