Here s what we did to make our magnetic marble run.
Marble run with paper towel tubes.
11 toilet paper rolls.
For this craft you will need.
Marbles or ping pong balls.
My husband constructed a neat little apparatus out of an empty oatmeal container.
Anything you have at home to put some pizazz on your tubes tape marble or other small ball 1.
They love to start a new design each morning.
Decorate your marble run rolls optional for this diy marble run we started by wrapping the paper towel and toilet paper rolls with colored masking tape.
Tinkerlab has a nifty marble run idea.
Totally worth it in my estimation.
Use the original size tubes and or cut them to various lengths.
Magnetic tape cardboard tubes plastic cups fun decorative taper or paint stickers optional marbles.
I have seen a few things floating around on pinterest with kids using the long paper towel rolls as tubes which are either attached to a wall or fridge to make a kind of marble run.
For a marble run you need.
We have been saving paper towel rolls and other items for quite a while now so that we could make our own marble run.
When you drop the marble into the paper towel roll at the top it rolls out the hole at the bottom of the oatmeal container.
Do you save cardboard tubes from paper towels toilet paper and whatever else comes on a roll.
I decided to try my hand at making a little tower marble run for the kids to enjoy.
All you need are some toilet paper or paper towel rolls and pretty colored tape and you re set.
What a great rainy day or anytime kind of activity.
Hot glue or another adhesive.
I have quite a collection saved just for the purpose of making a cool cardboard tube marble run on our wall.
Toilet paper tube marble run for this project you will need.
Toilet paper and or paper towel tubes markers crayons stickers yarn fabric etc.
Collect several toilet paper and or paper towel tubes we know you ve.
Make a fun and interactive marble run from easy to not so easy.
How to make a marble run.
Next time you find yourself holding an empty cardboard tube roll.
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.
Good for ages 4 and up.
Packing or duct tape optional large baking sheet refrigerator or other metal surface.
This step is purely decorative but it added some pizazz to the design and kept my daughter busy for a good part of a morning.
Cardboard tubes paper towel tubes gift wrap tubes toilet paper tubes magnets.
Let them create their own marble courses by attaching the paper towel tubes you can add colored tape for more lively colors with brads and watch.
I leave a little basket in the kitchen filled with marbles and their magnetic paper towel and toilet paper tubes.