Kid Friendly Caches

[-cheeto-]

I wonder if someone is artistic enough out there to create a little logo to plunk in your cache page, like the WGA logo?

I wondered the same thing but I am the exact opposite of an artist…

[marc_54140]

When I saw KFC I also thought of chicken….

Doesn’t mean we can not use the same initials.

Having them in the cache name is better than a bookmark listing, or looking for attribute. Much more conspicuous.

Like the WSQ series.

[Team Hemisphere Dancer]

Based on the feedback I guess I have a few projects.

1. List out the requirements for a Kid friendly cache.
2. Create some standard text to put on the page letting folks know it is not about chicken.
3. Find an artist that can make a logo for us to share. Where is Seldom Seen anyway?

I will post them here when I get the thoughts all arranged. That may take a while since, well its me trying to organize my thoughts.

[greyhounder]

@Team Hemisphere Dancer wrote:

2. Create some standard text to put on the page letting folks know it is not about chicken.

I just love this sentence!!

And for some reason, I’m hungry for chicken again….

Bec

[Team Hemisphere Dancer]

@greyhounder wrote:

@Team Hemisphere Dancer wrote:

2. Create some standard text to put on the page letting folks know it is not about chicken.

I just love this sentence!!

And for some reason, I’m hungry for chicken again….

Bec

I just had chicken.

[Lostby7]

@greyhounder wrote:

@Team Hemisphere Dancer wrote:

2. Create some standard text to put on the page letting folks know it is not about chicken.

I just love this sentence!!

And for some reason, I’m hungry for chicken again….

Bec

It gave me a smile as well 8)

[-cheeto-]

you know what’s funny about the chicken thing…

it was just the other day I was reading a cache log that Hemi left regarding “being in the area” of a cache because he was getting chicken…

the next night I had to make a run to KFC because of a cache log.

funny stuff…

[cheezehead]

YO! Passing Wind!!! YOU SEE THIS POST AND THREAD????? MAYBE YOU MIGHT SHOW THIS TO CACHING WIDOW? SHE BE A GRAPHIC ARTIEST RIGHT????

OK, I’ll stop yelling now. Just trying to get his attention. YO! PW!!??

[gotta run]

Just thinking aloud here on what might happen if this would ultimately extend to other caching attributes/searches…obviously it’s all up to the cacher placers’ discretion on what they’d want to highlight but eventually you could end up with a WSQ KFC WCA WF PNG.

(That would be a Wisconsin spirit quest kid friendly cache that’s wheel chair accessible and a winter-friendly park ‘n’ grab)

I agree KFC would be a nice handy way to know just from looking at the cache name, and I’m sure we’d use it as we look for KFCs, but unlike WSQ there actually is an attribute you can already search on.

Just some grist for the mill…

On the Left Side of the Road...

[seldom|seen]

[seldom|seen]

Seriously though, I’m not sure where I come down on this one.

I love kids, especially my own.
I love caches, especially my own.

I though that combination would have mixed well, but my kids aren’t all that enthusiastic when it comes to caching because of what they find, specifically in KFC’s. Maybe it’s just my kids. Maybe because the oldest got burned early on. Or maybe they just don’t like it.

Here’s why I wonder about the designation. What does “Kid Friendly” mean?

A cache that a 5-yr old would love, i.e., full of castaway McD toys would not be at all liked by a 12-yr old. That 12-yr old kid might love an Evil Monkey cache cause he gets to climb to get it and could care less what’s in the container. By the same token, an 8-yr old might love to go get those 5-star island caches cause he/she loves being in a kayak. It’s all relative to the kid, isn’t it? Aren’t these all caches that some kids will love?

Or are we just talking about caches that you can step out of the car to get? Personally, I want my kids to walk a half mile and get some exercise. Some day you can ask them about the trek to Goosy Larry which both my 7-yr old and 5-yr old walked to (.5 mile) at night in 10˚ weather, and they both enjoyed the walk and cache hunt even though we were frozen to the core and didn’t find a cache.

I actually think the KFC double entendre is perfect! It designates caches that will have McD toys and other junk of equal or lesser value, just like a kids meal. you couldn’t have come up with a better acronysm.

To the point, I’ve actually gotten away from ammo cans since I start them out with 2-5$ games and puzzles and juggling balls and kites and dominoes, etc. and without fail they are reduced to junk in short order. I don’t have any faith in the optimism that this trend will change.

Anyway, that my kids meal worth and have no fear, I will be putting out a KFC in the next week, but don’t be surprised if it isn’t an ammo can!

[Team Deejay]

I think its probably easier to define a kid friendly cache by defining what it is not…..

NOT hidden on a street sign, guardrail, lamppost or other noninteresting location, unless there is actually something interesting at that location other than the guardrail

NOT a nano. (These also qualify as not adult friendly) Bigger micros are fun for older kids, but the little ones still like small or bigger.

NOT leaky (nothing worse than opening a cache to find a lot of wet paper and rot or a solid block of ice)

I’m sure you can all add to the list.

[-cheeto-]

awesome logo 🙂

[Team B Squared]

@Team Deejay wrote:

I think its probably easier to define a kid friendly cache by defining what it is not…..

NOT hidden on a street sign, guardrail, lamppost or other noninteresting location, unless there is actually something interesting at that location other than the guardrail

NOT a nano. (These also qualify as not adult friendly) Bigger micros are fun for older kids, but the little ones still like small or bigger.

NOT leaky (nothing worse than opening a cache to find a lot of wet paper and rot or a solid block of ice)

I’m sure you can all add to the list.

If you use those guidelines you can change the letters to get away from the chicken thing. You could just call them NCC’s (not crappy caches).:lol:

Seriously though, I do like the idea, but it is hard to define what a kid friendly cache is, especially from the cache contents. A lot of caches start off with good stuff for kids before the swag quickly turns int McCrap.

We have a 6 month old who has never been to a cache, so I don’t know how to answer these questions yet.

Is it purely based on the size of the container?
Or do you have to take the container’s contents into account?
Does the final location (say a beautiful overlook) make a micro a kid friendly cache?
What about a micro at a playground? (assuming you let your kids stop and play instead of rushing to the next cache)
How long of a walk makes a cache find not kid friendly?
There are just so many variables to take into account here.

[Lostby7]

Great logo SS but I do think the Chicken Shack might have something to say about it. I thought about designing a logo as well but I have “that” software on my other computer…and I was lazy. I’m not sure where I fall on this topic either. I guess I will continue to see how this develops.

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