Make A Paper Marble Run

This is a great activity for young ones to master on their own.

Make a paper marble run.

If you want to make a marble run work it s best to test it as you go. Pool noodle marble run via homespun threads an easy and inexpensive way to make a long track marble run using noodle. Lego marble run via the crafty mummy little fans of lego and marbles will have double the fun creating this inventive marble maze run. Intermediate tutorial for how to fold a free standing marble run from a single square of paper no cuts.

Marbles move fast and like to fly right out of the tubes if they re not positioned to catch speedy marbles. Every user built track that is added to the marble run increases the total length of the over all track. Save those paper tubes and turn them into an easy marble run kids can paint for extra fun. With increasing length more and more special bricks.

Marble run about the game. This is a fabulous math and physical science lesson. Turn the tube so that the cut out square is on the top. First he traced the end of the mailing tube onto a paper plate and cut out the circle with an x acto knife.

Marble run is a collaborative attempt to build the longest marble run on earth. There are different types of bricks available to build tracks with. Materials required printed paper about 200 printed pieces of paper i got mine from old school dump internet wire in this instructable i will call it wire glue gun some working. This is how to build a proper paper marble track.

When your child is finished decorating the tubes demonstrate how to put them together to make a simple marble run. We tested the sections of our diy marble run a few times to work out the angles and distances. Lay one paper towel roll in front of you with the cut out end on the right. My husband built the spiral marble track for me using a mailing tube paper plates clear tape and hot glue.

A pegboard some paper towel tubes some paper brads and some marbles that s all you need to get making your own diy marble run. Make a marble run. It works with marbles ball bearings or perfectly. Take another tube and place the end that doesn t have the cut out in the first tube.

Let them create their own marble courses by attaching the paper towel tubes you can add colored tape for more lively colors.