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2026 Crystal Frolics Crystal Ball Search

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Want $500 in local gift cards? Find the Crystal Ball and you could be the winner. Thanks to Associated Bank for contributing the prize and to the Crystal Park & Recreation Advisory Commission for writing the clues. You will need a Crystal Frolics button to search & collect the prize. They will go on sale Monday, July 13 at Almsted's Fresh Market and at the City of Crystal - Recreation Department in the Crystal Community Center. You will find the first clue on our website https://www.crystalfrolics.org/crystal-ball-search and on our Facebook page on Thursday, July 23.

2026 Crystal Finders
2026 Crystal Finders
2026 Crystal Location
2026 Crystal Ball
Hunt Information
Dates
Scheduled Dates
Thursday, July 23, 2026
Find Date
Saturday, July 25, 2026
Finders
Name
Coldest Hunter
Name
Skylar Sanftner
Name
Ed Brodie
Prize
Maximum Prize
$500 in Gift Cards
Awarded Prize
$500 in Gift Cards
Location
General Location
Twin Oaks Park
Pinpointed Location
The North End of the Park
Concealer
Behind the Memorial Plaque

45.053154, -93.346371

Clues
Clue 1
Published Date
Thursday, July 23, 2026, 8:00 AM

Crystal Frolics time is here.

Our most favorite time of year.

Festivities are held at Welcome Park,

During the day and even into dark.

We extend an invite to one & all

To join in the Search for the Crystal Ball.

Find the ball and wear your pin.

This is a must, if you want to win!

Buy your button for a $3.00 fee,

At many locations, including the CCC.

Also at Almsted’s, say hi to them all and

Purchase your button to join the Search for the ball.

Register the button according to directions,

So you can collect the prize without rejections.

Search by day and not by night,

Stay off private land, please be polite!

Search only on land owned by the City

To trespass elsewhere would be a pity.

Stay out of water, make no mistake.

You don’t need to swim or jump in a lake,

You won’t need a shovel for this gig.

We won’t hide it where you need to dig.

Out in the open or in a disguise,

$500.00 in local gift cards is the prize.

For this donation, we need to thank,

The generous people at Associated Bank.

Around 8:00 a.m. tomorrow, Friday, July 24(that’s morning not night)

Check for clues at a following site:

On park buildings at Welcome and Valley Place

You will find the clues to begin this race.

You may also try Associated Bank or the CCC

All good locations - get there ASAP.

 

Good luck, be respectful and have some fun!

The Search for the Crystal Ball has begun!

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Clue 2
Published Date
Friday, July 24, 2026, 8:00 AM

The hunt begins for the crystal ball.

Take a chance to explore the parks and give the search your all!

 

There's something for everyone: soccer, pickleball.

GaGa ball, Sepak Takraw
Disc goif, frolicking with your dog or basketball

 

Revisit your favorites or check out the new

You know exactly what to do

 

It could be you who finds the prize

It could be anyone who gets out there and tries.

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Clue 3
Published Date
Saturday, July 25, 2026, 8:00 AM

All shiny and new, 

Solemn trees stand watch in view. 

Discoveries wait where footsteps land 

Picnics with friends, a pickup game,

 

Or walking the path through nature's span. 

 

Near where Shamrock once would grow, 

 

Gooney birds circled high and low. 

 

You've read the clues - so now you know. 

 

The hunt is on - go, go, go!

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