THE LIST: MASHPEAS 2022!! The Hunt Begins …

Remember: You must post to the Facebook MASHPEAS2022 Page or your Instagram using the Hashtag #MASHPEAS2022 as well as Your Team Name Hashtag and the Item # in order to get credit for the task! (e.g., #mashpeas2022 #theavengers item#24) ALSO: Photos are photos and videos need not be longer than 30 seconds or so … however long it takes to capture the essence and mood of your videographic moment …
The OMNISCIENT JUDGES LOOMING OVER … er, PRESIDING OVER the Execution of Fun amid this fine Gathering of Piedmont Peas-Lovers are on Stand-By for the next 14-and-one-half days, eagerly awaiting proof of your efforts!
You may register at the library anytime between 12:01pm on March 4th and the same time of March 16th, though that would give you only three days to complete the Wonders That Are This List…GOOD LUCK, Hunters!!!

1. PHOTO or VIDEO: Thank an essential worker with a tasty treat… 15 points
2. PHOTO: Recreate your favorite album cover in whatever way you like… 10 points
3. PHOTO: Using household items, recreate your favorite natural wonder of the world. Take a picture of yourself in front of it, like you’re a tourist…25 points
4. PHOTO but preferably VIDEO: Nap…yes, as a team…10 points… (we’ll know you’re cheating if we see smiles in the picture)
5. PHOTO: Recreate a famous painting with only condiments from your kitchen. Use an edible surface…25 points
6. VIDEO or PHOTO: Normally, your pet is NEVER allowed to do this…15 points
7. VIDEO: Have the oldest person on your team teach the youngest a dance, then have the youngest teach the oldest a new one…25 points
8. VIDEO: Ever talked to an inanimate object? Dress it up like it’s human and show us a taste of your normal conversation with that object…20 points
9. PHOTO: Microwave a meal and post its picture next to the one on the container. I’m sure they’ll look exactly the same…5 points
10. PHOTO: Build a creature out of LEGO, then take a forced-perspective picture of it attacking your team…25 points
11. PHOTO: Rock stacking is soothing meditation, but what about potato stacking? At least eight spuds, neatly stacked, your team meditating around it…15 points
12. PHOTO or VIDEO: Tie-dye a thing that absolutely should NOT be tie-dyed…20 points
13. PHOTO: How do you interpret: “Snack attack!” Caption the photo…5 points
14. PHOTO: How do you interpret: Thigh-high crocs…20 points
15. PHOTO: LEGOat (Legoat)…10 points…30 points if it’s life-size…
16. PHOTO: Create a merit badge for a loved one showcasing a quality about them that you really love. Present it to them and send us a close-up photo of the badge as well as a shot of your loved one wearing it. Caption the photo with the quality you admire…25 points
17. VIDEO: Team balloon suspension! Keep a balloon in the air using only your breath! Team holding it aloft the longest will get…25 points!
18. PHOTO: Have you seen cakes that look like inanimate objects? Show us a cake that LOOKS like a delicious edible dessert, but when you cut it open…25 points
19. PHOTO: Your interpretation: Writer’s Block…5 points
20. PHOTO: Show us a side-by-side photo of a professional’s creation, and what you came up with when you tried to emulate that masterpiece…20 points
21. PHOTO: Let’s see your Antisocial butterfly…5 points
22. PHOTO or VIDEO: It’s an Olympics year. Let’s see your Literal-ympics event: basket-ball, foot-racing, curl-ing …10 points
23. VIDEO: Mud puddle angel…10 points
24. STOP-MOTION VIDEO: Plant a “seed,” and with stop-motion, show us something unexpected sprouting from “soil” made of not-dirt …15 points
25. VIDEO: Design a physically-distancing candy-delivery system; deliver candy to the hands of a waiting child. No, you cannot just chuck the sugar across a distance, and you may not use a drone, sorry…25 points
26. PHOTO: Who doesn’t like Capture the Flag? Create a team flag and hang it somewhere publicly accessible outdoors — NOT your home or yard. Post GPS coordinates on Insta or FB so other teams can locate it. Then go find at least one other team’s flag and “capture” it with a photo. Do not actually touch or take the flag or you’ll be DQ’ed. Be sure the team is in your photo! …25 points…Most Creative Flag Display will get a bonus 10 points!
27. VIDEO: At least 15 seconds of “So Happy Together” composed of your team laughing the tune…laughter is the notes…make it “So MTV!” with costumes and accessories…25 points
28. VIDEO: Each team member takes turn adding a line to an epic poem, first line: “Here it is, our task…” and the last line: “…and thus do we emerge victorious.” Gotta be seamless and make sense, and if you deliver it Shakespearean-ly, extra points from our heart…20 points…10 extra points if you join with another team and make an Epically Epic long-form poem
29. PHOTO: Who doesn’t like food on a stick? Create an EDIBLE five-course meal, each course served on and eaten from a stick…better make it yummy, ‘cause you and your teammates have to eat it…25 points
30. VIDEO: Some days, the couch is where it’s at. Show us your most convoluted method for solving a simple long-distance task without leaving your comfy spot…10 points
31. PHOTO: Create a salt and pepper portrait of Marvel mastermind Stan Lee…15 points
32. PHOTO: Cronuts? Who said cronuts? Take a few fresh cronuts to your favorite city employees! P.S. Librarians are also city employees…just sayin’…10 points
33. PHOTO: A beehive cotton candy hairdo on a team member. 15 points
34. VIDEO: Team devours the beehive ‘do…5 points
35. PHOTO or VIDEO: Create a superhero that goes by the name Cow Boy…15 points
36. VIDEO: Team builds and fly an awesome kite made of not-paper or cardboard or normal kite-type materials. Video its flight, no matter how brief…25 points
37. PHOTO: Create a “beaded” curtain out of whatever is in your kitchen that is NOT beads or pasta…10 points
38. VIDEO or PHOTO: Braid a team member’s hair into a fruit basket…10 points…5 extra points if it’s a “how-to” video…
39. VIDEO or PHOTO: team members must recreate a famous painting… e.g., Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” …with each team member painting only their assigned portion of the final piece. When all of the team member’s hold up their panels, they come together to make the end result…25 points
40. PHOTO: Use forced perspective to take a pic of your pet, aligned so that the pet’s nose and mouth become your nose and mouth, as though you’re one new creature…10 points
41. VIDEO: Create the longest pasta rope you can, and jump it…15 points
42. PHOTO: Make a sea creature entirely from onions…15 points
43. VIDEO: Teams work to create a giant chalk musicograma to diagram the chorus of your favorite section of Bohemian Rhapsody. Sing along with the musicograma as you dance it out in the video…25 points
44. PHOTO: Create a “Take a compliment, leave a compliment” station — complete with a box, slips of paper, and a pen — at a local business. Include the business owner in your team photo…25 points
45. VIDEO: Bees communicate through dance, and so does your team. Dress as bees and dance to Riley Shepard’s classic hit, “Honey, Be My Honeybee.” …10 points 
46. PHOTO: Perfectly paint a rock to resemble a common household tech gadget or kitchen utensil…15 points
47. PHOTO or VIDEO of the surprise: Create a life-size cryptid and place it in a loved one’s yard, closet, bathtub…surprise! …25 points
48. VIDEO: At least 60 seconds of a cut-together video featuring each of your teammate’s talents…25 points
49. VIDEO: Your interpretation: Pug of War! …10 points
50. PHOTO: Handwritten notes of gratitude from each of your team members to anyone of their choosing who needs to know: #IAppreciateYou …post to social media…10 points
51. PHOTO: Draw on your photo the design you see in Cloud Art. Take a photo of the sky on a particularly inspiring afternoon, draw your vision on the cloud, and post it to Insta or FB…10 points
52. PHOTO or VIDEO: Work as a team to make a fleet of Potato Ships…they must float…25 points
53. PHOTO: Recreate your favorite superhero in a portrait using Skittles and M&Ms…25 points
54. PHOTO: Each of your team members names a person they want to help. 8 team members, 8 recipients. As a team, do a small act of kindness for each of the chosen. Extra points if recipient gets teary…25 points
55. PHOTO: Team does an act of kindness for a Piedmont Police or Fire or EMT worker. These folks have the hardest jobs and deserve special thanks. Twice the points if you thank all three…10 points
56. PHOTO: Create a circus out of bread! Big Top, elephants, a couple clowns, the sky’s the limit, let’s see your circus! …25 points
57. PHOTO: Your team will attach a GoPro to something that normally would not wear one, then send it on a journey to capture the footage…it must pass a sign that says #MASHPEASToo2022…25 points
58. PHOTO: The characters of Richard Scarry’s Busy Town, inside the world of a Hieronymus Bosch painting…25 points
59. PHOTO: Answer the riddle, find the location, take the team photo: “A Place for something for everyone, they’ll even serve your pup; grab your phone and take a pic with your awesome cup.” …5 points
60. PHOTO: A friend or loved one needs love or attention. Send a quick reminder you are thinking of them. For example, we in the Hunt Oversight Committee have a friend named Logna Enndie who’s getting a card from us this week. Take a picture of the card, letter, balloonagram, or singing rabbit telegram that you send to the one you’re thinking of…10 points.
61. PHOTO: That’s not a normal usage of a pineapple, but we’ll love to see it…20 points
62. VIDEO: Whole team will head to local supermarket, convenience store, or library in water ballet attire, plus the nose clip thingies, to perform a water ballet routine…25 points
63. PHOTO or VIDEO: Interpret this: Tree bark…does it? 10 points
64. PHOTO: Set a trap for the tooth fairy so you can steal all the cash she gives kids each night…15 points
65. PHOTO or VIDEO: Interpret: Green eggs and Hamilton…15 points
66. VIDEO: You’ve been hired as a “sign spinner.” Create a sign announcing your team’s message to the world. Dance as you show us your spinning routine…25 points
67. PHOTO: Post a multi-directional sign (like those in Europe, pointing to Paris and India and the pub), announce its location, then advertise names and mileage of local landmarks — “Hay bale, 12 feet; Library, 3 miles; Nana’s house, 2 states away” … 25 points
68. PHOTO or VIDEO: Leonardo da Vinci created a self-supporting bridge with no fasteners. Recreate Leo’s bridge, at least 5 feet long, over an obstacle. You may only use pieces of wood, no fasteners, rope, or glue…45 points
69. PHOTO or VIDEO: Create a vending machine for wildlife. Crows need snacks too! ..25 points…Extra 10 points for video of a critter taking a treat…
70. PHOTO: Interpret: Steam Punk Rock…10 points
71. PHOTO or VIDEO: Do a Kindness. Celebrate someone whose hard work is often overlooked by doing a chore for them while they relax and blow soap bubbles…20 points
72. PHOTO: Make a hand-wich, on a plate, next to some fr-eyes. You know what to do. 10 points
73. PHOTO: Invent a brand new, 100% edible food container which keeps hands tidy and food portable…25 points
74. PHOTO: Interpret this: Tourist Trap…10 points
75. VIDEO: Your team with a prominent Piedmontian singing and dancing to “Walking on Sunshine.”
76. VIDEO: As a team, create a pair of socks that are LEGO impenetrable. Walk in the socks across a bunch of LEGO blocks so we can see the invention before you patent it and make one million dollars on Amazon…25 points.
77. PHOTO: Post a notice with a QR code leading to a positive motivational video your team creates. Maybe a 20-second mini-meditation, maybe a few kind words, whatever you choose. Show us the QR code and where it is posted so we can link to it ourselves. Pea Hunters need inspiration, too…25 points
78. PHOTO: Donate food, toys, or necessary supplies to a local Pet Rescue or Animal Shelter…25 points
79. PHOTO: Find the Public Works Department at 410 NW 2nd Street and take a team photo by the blue sign…5 points.
80. PHOTO or VIDEO: While at the Public Works Department, if you’re there during operational hours of 8am until 4pm, SHOOT HOOPS or THROW A FOOTBALL with one of the crew…20 points…10 extra points if you beat the crew in a quick game of hoops. #PWD 
81. PHOTO: Team who creates the longest logical sentence possible using only words that are common English names and words of 3 letters or less… get 10 points…Do you opt to do it now, or do you ask to not to do, two-pea two-pea do?? (See what we did there? We’re so clever)
82. PHOTO: Yarn-bomb the library. (Google it; it’s fun) …15 points
83. PHOTO: Take tasty treats to the hard-working crew of the Piedmont tag office…5 points
84. PHOTO: Locate the locale from this riddle: When your day is dragging and you just need a boost, locate this hidden gem to get your energy juice…5 points 
85. PHOTO: Team works to create an amazing roadside attraction and construct it. Let us know where to find it …25 points…20 extra points if 10 people Insta themselves standing next to it. #MASHPEAS2022
86. PHOTO: Draw Charles Schultz’s beloved Snoopy using frozen peas …Snoopy …Snoopea… Snoopea…see what we did there?? 10 points
87. VIDEO: “Carry On, My Wayward Son,” played on a rock lithophone…15 points. 5 extra points for team lip-synch-along
88. PHOTO: Team play! Find another MASHPEAS team, come to the library during operational hours, and battle each other in one of the library’s board games…10 points
89. PHOTO: Find a giant green “Pea” somewhere around town and take a team photo with it. Then put it back nicely for others to find. And don’t throw it at each other…10 points
90. PHOTO or VIDEO: Leave flowers at the front door of someone who could use the pick-me-up…10 points…5 extra points if you video the reaction when they find the gift. 
91. PHOTO: Formal Team Dinner, maybe to plan out your attack for the Hunt. But…everyone needs to wear neckties or hair bows made of aluminum foil…10 points
92. PHOTO: Baby sneakers, made from bread…10 points. 10 extra for a VIDEO of a baby walking in them.
93. PHOTO or VIDEO: Take and feed dog treats to the pups at Hometown Hardware…5 points
94. PHOTO: Team exercise! It’s a beautiful Spring Day, what shall we do?? Walk the outdoor trail between Golden Hills and Skyline and back…10 points
95. TIME LAPSE VIDEO: You could be a master painter, too! At least three of your teammates will take a look at a famous artwork, then blindfold themselves and recreate it with whatever paint they choose…25 points
96. PHOTO: Hand write a letter to a friend or family member telling them all about your life and how much you would like to see your friend/family member, and how you’ve discovered this thing called Snail Mail. Address an envelope; put a postage stamp on it. Take a picture of the letter before you mail it…10 points
97. PHOTO or VIDEO: A Mandalorian crossing guard…this is the way…20 points
98. PHOTO: Team plays a round of Super-sized Scrabble at the Library, include your longest word — it has to be a REAL word — in the post when you complete the task…10 points, 5 points for team with the longest REAL word at the end of the Hunt.
99. VIDEO: Normally, you walk the dog…today, the dog walks you…10 points
100. PHOTO or drone VIDEO: What? A giant crop circle shaped like Garth Brooks’ hat, in your very own yard?? Or any other fabulous shape that appeared in your yard (wink, wink)? We gotta see that. 20 Bonus points to team with biggest mysterious yard installation…25 points
101. PHOTO: A neighbor or friend has been delaying a small home improvement project; it would require only an hour or two, but it’s just not done yet. Help your friend or neighbor by knocking that project off their list. Photos of before and after, please…25 points

Tasks for Kids or Kids-At-Heart; judged by participation, not by the end result.

102. KID’S PHOTO: Line up every item in the fridge from tallest to shortest…5 points
103. KID’S VIDEO: Find something beautiful that stinks, and film yourself smelling it…5 points
104. KID’S PHOTO: There’s a tiny fairy living in your house! Take a picture of the proof…5 points
105. KID’S PHOTO: How many books can you balance on your head?…5 points
106. KID’S PHOTO: Make yourself a fancy hat and show it to us…5 points
107. KID’S PHOTO: Clean and organize your family’s junk drawer…5 points
108. KID’S PHOTO: Find something in nature that’s shaped like a heart, but isn’t a heart…5 points
109. KID’S PHOTO: Paint a rock with the MASHPEAS theme, whether it be the name of the Hunt or a big green pea, and leave the rock at a local business…5 points…5 extra points if your rock gets tagged by another team on facebook
110. KID’S VIDEO: The biggest bubble you can make with just your hands and soapy water…5 points
111. KID’S PHOTO or VIDEO: What does your imaginary friend look like? Dress as your friend, so we can recognize them if we see them out looking for you…5 points
112. KID’S PHOTO: Pachyderm, snacky-derm…create an elephant out of snack foods…5 points
113. KID’S PHOTO: We’re a bit landlocked in the prairie. Make a sand castle out of something that’s not sand or dirt…10 points
114. KID’S PHOTO: Search for ‘Squatch! The library has hidden a Yeti friend, a Sasquatch, a Big Foot. Spot him, take his pic without moving him from his hidey hole, and earn…5 points. One sighting per team.
115. KID’S PHOTO: A stick figure drawing, with real sticks…5 points
116. KID’S PHOTO: Create a Lucky Charms bracelet or necklace…out of the cereal…5 points
117. PHOTO or VIDEO: Show us your pet’s best trick…5 points
118. SACK O’ STUFF: Truly scavenge for the items on your Scavenge For Real list and bring the mess back to the library to claim your..5 points
     
     
     PEA Cards
119. VIDEO: Go into Hometown Hardware and without saying anything, walk to the counter and team quack the theme to “Mission Impossible.” Extra points for black turtlenecks and sunglasses…Then leave your “You’ve been PEA’d” card! … 15 points
120. VIDEO: Got a dog costume? Wear it when you walk into the new PIedmont dog grooming salon and ask for a trim…Then leave your “You’ve been PEA’d” card! … 15 points
121. VIDEO: Visit the foyer of Piedmont City Hall offices, stand like carolers at Christmas, and begin to Spread PEA Cheer: Sing Loud and Clear for All to Hear…you pick the song, but 5 extra points if it’s a really obnoxious ear worm that will live in city worker’s heads for the rest of the day…Then leave your “You’ve been PEA’d” card!…15 points
122. VIDEO: Armed with “Biscuits with the Boss” (shortbread cookies), head to the Fire Department, gather as many of them as you can (be sure to grab the Chief, too) and chant “Football is Life!” three times, give them the cookies and leave your “You’ve been PEA’d” card!…15 points. 5 Extra points if one of your team members wears a Ted Lasso shirt or one sporting a goldfish.
123. PHOTO or VIDEO: With the team wearing fake, oversized glasses, walk into Dr. Patrick Brownlee’s office and tell the gentleman at the desk that you’re having trouble with your vision and don’t know why. Then leave your “You’ve been PEA’d” card!…10 points
124. PHOTO: Duck a Cop. Team places a toy duck, preferably a squeaky duck, by the dispatch window inside the police station.Then leave your “You’ve been PEA’d” card!…10 points

DUCK Week specific tasks:

125. VIDEO: It’s DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE and EVERYONE is playing…20 points
126. PHOTO: Visit one of the DUCK Week participating restaurants for dinner…photo of your family enjoying the meal…and thank you for helping our community! …20 points
127. PHOTO: Purchase a $5 duck/gnome from the library this week. All proceeds go to DUCK Week…20 points
128. PHOTO: Between 7 and 11am on March 5th, Attend the firefighters’ breakfast and take a photo of family/team hunters enjoying a delicious meal…20 points
129. PHOTO: Visit #locallawyer Robyn Hopkins…it’s a Circus Duck Hunt! Special ducks get special prizes as well as … 10 points
130. PHOTO or VIDEO: Drive by Urban Station…are the Jiant Jenga blocks on the porch? Play a game as a team; winner rides shotgun and buys ice cream for the team…10 points
131. PHOTO or VIDEO: As a team, go to Subway for dinner. Call the restaurant “Soobway” 5 times, in context, while ordering dinner… 10 points…5 extra points if you get a photo of the Sandwich Artist looking at you like you’re crazy and/or smiling
132. PHOTO: Call the office staff of a Piedmont school and ask if it’s okay to bring treats. What kind would they enjoy: caffeine? Sugar? Both? Treat them this week for their hard work all year long. Photo of the hand off…20 points
133. VIDEO: Quack one verse of “Baby Shark” to a stranger…5 points
134. PHOTO: Attend one of the 6:30 Tuesday/Thursday exercise classes this week at your local Piedmont Public Library. They’re FREE, thanks to Health Literacy Grant monies. #thefitnic 5 extra points if you give the instructor a rubber duck…20 points
135. PHOTO: Attend the March 6th Fundraising Zumba class at the library at 1:00…get a pic with your team and Ms. Nicci…#thefitnic 5 points…Team wearing a tutu? 5 extra points.
136. PHOTO: Attend the March 6th 6:30 Dance-a-thon at Misstevieous Fitness…it’s a fundraiser for DUCK Week AND a chance to wiggle your duck feathers… (hint: teams wearing duck feathers get an extra 5 points on top of…15 points) #misstevious
137. VIDEO: Go to Owens Roofing and ask them to step outside. Team serenades them to the song “Up on the Roof.” 5 Extra points if a Santa costume and jingle bells are in the video…15 points
138. PHOTO or VIDEO: Think of someone your team knows could use extra help — a project, an errand, build them a porch, what do they need? — and help them…20 points
139. PHOTO: Each team member will SAFELY fill a Hefty bag with trash and litter around public properties and roadsides. The Park, the Library, downtown businesses, every piece of trash you see, stick it in a bag. Photo of the trash bags…20 points…10 extra points per team member who wears a Duck costume
140. PHOTO: Team on the bench in front of The Trendy Sister. Be sure to add the hashtag #trustthesister…5 points
141. PHOTO: Take a pic with a gnome living inside one of the participating stores, plus, if the store is offering percentages of sales to DUCK Week…it’s a Duck/Duck/Win…5 points
142. PHOTO: Participate as a team in the DUCK Week Fun Run. Send us your team photo including your bibs, and medals, if you won ‘em!…15 points
143. VIDEO: 25 team jumping jacks in front of Mugwamps; include their sign in your footage! Include #mugwampsfitness…5 points
144. PHOTO: Team pic of your human pyramid in front of the Piedmont Mural in the 4 Corners District…5 points
145. VIDEO: Team Flash Mob dance to “The Wobble” in front of Misstevious Fitness…5 points #misstevious
146. PHOTO: Join Mickey Mouse for Story Time at Five Tribe Boutique. Two chances for points: Wednesday March 9th or 16th, both at noon. #5tribeboutique…5 points
147. PHOTO: Team Photo sitting on the truck bench at Old Store; include the chandelier in your photo…#junklahoma…5 points…10 extra if you include your Old Store receipt or purchased item in your photo
148. PHOTO: Bring your lunch at Noon on March 5th and join a picnic on the lawn outside Blast Nutrition… #haveablast … 5 points
149. PHOTO: Sidewalk chalk art outside Blast Nutrition. Chalk is at the door waiting for you. Extra love if you include a pea in your artwork…#haveablast…5 points
150. If you do the whole, entire, complete list…ALL one hundred fifty tasks…YOU”RE A MIGHTY HUNTER and you’ve EARNED…100 extra points!!!!!