How to Make a DIY Marble Run
A quick and easy craft and activity for the kids
Yield: 1
Cost: $5
Materials
- Magnetic Tape or Magnetic discs You'll need strong magnets that can withstand pressure from a falling marble
- Cardboard Tubes from toilet paper and paper towels
- Marbles
- Styrofoam or plastic cups
- Bucket or tall plastic container like an old pretzel rod container for catching the marbles
- Glue I used a low temperature glue gun and sticks
Decorative Items
- Fun decorative paper
- Stickers
- Crayons or paint
Instructions
- Cut a large hole into the bottom of the cups
- Decorate paper tubes
- Use strong glue or tape magnetic strips or discs on the back of the cups and tubes. (I had to glue two magnetic discs per cup)
- Place tubes and cups in fun designs so they are vertical and diagonal
- Place your bucket or plastic container under your tubes. Alternatively, you can place a cup that has a strong magnet on the back face up onto the refrigerator at the bottom of hte run to catch the marble.
- Then, let the kids add marbles to the top tube and watch it shoot through their maze
Notes
For added fun, the kids can cut holes into the sides of the paper tubes and line them up so the marble drops into the holes. This gives the kids more ways to design their run.
Place your tubes and cups close other or spread them further apart and see how many ways you can get a successful marble run