MONTGOMERY -- Elementary school students in Lycoming County spent part of this beautiful day outside getting lost in a maze. Newswatch 16 was there as students tried to find their way out.
The way out could be this way or maybe around this turn.
"We thought that we would just get lost in the maze and never be able to get out,” said Alexis Boyer.
Made from scratch -- with boxes donated by Beiters and duct tape -- the giant box maze was made just for students by students on the softball field at Montgomery Area School District.
"I was confused at first when I saw it. I was like what is this big brown thing," said Makayla Masters, a fourth grader.
That big brown thing was built by Pete Ruhl's fifth grade class.
"My wife actually found it on Pinterest and she thought it would be a great idea for our kids," said Pete Ruhl.
About a month ago Ruhl brought the idea up to his students who used an application on their iPads to design the project.
"We used it to make the boxes so we could put the numbers in it like there are numbers on the box so we could know where to put the boxes," said Thyden Miller, a fifth grader.
Once the project was on paper, kids got to work designing.
"There was no fighting or arguing there was just basically did our parts and got it done,” said Samantha Ulrich, a fifth grader.
“Which way are you going to go next? Probably this way," said Boyer.
Best friends Addi Cross and Alexis Boyer are in second grade. They're already brainstorming ideas about the project they hope to do when they're in fifth grade.
"Probably get some bigger boxes and just stand them up straight," said Boyer.
"It's amazing to see them have fun and stuff," said Miller.
"Until you actually see the excitement on their faces that they accomplished something like this it doesn't hit you until you see it happen,” said Ruhl.
Ruhl says he's already planning to get lost in this project with a new group of fifth graders next year.
