In here, getting lost is half the fun.

The Cervelli family’s five-acre corn maze next to Saint Rose of Lima church is open once more, this time with a “sea creatures” theme.

Now in its eighth year, the maze features paths creating the shapes of a crab, lobster, turtle and squid. The maze is open on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with an entry fee of $6. Those finishing the maze are rewarded with free, homegrown apples.

Creating the route is fairly simple, according to Scott Cervelli. He said the hardest part is coming up with a theme.

“We’ve done all kinds of the things in the past: sports, insects and flowers, transportation. Once that’s done I’ll just sketch up something on a piece of paper and we go to work.”

Over the course of about three or four days, Cervelli and some friends place marking flags four feet apart to map out the space needed for each shape. All of this is done when the corn is about eight inches tall.

“The flags create a visual layout,” he said. “Then we start pulling up a four-foot wide stretch of plants to create the paths. As the other plants grow up, the path is there. And we’ll knock off leaves from the plants on the edges to keep everything cleared.”

Cervelli added it only takes about 20 hours to mark and create the maze.

“There are some use mowers that use GPS hookups,” Cervelli said. “But those are expensive, and we like just keeping things simple.”

Yet the simplicity of completing the maze varies. Cervelli said it could take fifteen minutes or an hour, depending on how many wrong turns you take.

“Some people just turn around and come back out the entrance,” he added. “And a lot of the kids like to just run through the whole thing.”

Outside the entrance, Mattapoisett resident Julie Tomasso and her daughters Angela and Amanda, were prepared for their second year of the Cervelli corn maze.

“We got lost last year, so that was embarrassing,” Tomasso said with a smile. “But we’re ready this time. We know what to do.”

Already in the corn maze was the Beijar family, former Rochester residents who admitted to getting a little turned around. Or at least mom Tina admitted to it.

“We like getting lost,” she said. “It’s fun to watch the kids run around in circles.”