Marble Run With Paper Towel Tubes

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.

Marble run with paper towel tubes. Ours isn t perfect but it sure was f. 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. 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. This is a great activity for young ones to master on their own.

Cut out the edges on each of the tubes. My husband constructed a neat little apparatus out of an empty oatmeal container. We have been saving paper towel rolls and other items for quite a while now so that we could make our own marble run. If you re ambitious enough for a taller run you ll need to use more.

I decided to try my hand at making a little tower marble run for the kids to enjoy. 10 12 paper towel rolls hot glue gun magnets scissors marble. What a great rainy day or anytime kind of activity. Line up your tubes on a magnetic surface.

Cardboard tube mailing tube wrapping paper tube or paper towel tube. 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. Totally worth it in my estimation. Simple to set up easy to do and full of learning possibilities.

I have quite a collection saved just for the purpose of making a cool cardboard tube marble run on our wall. Please do not allow your children to use a hot glue gun. Trace the end of the tube onto the center of each plate. Use the hot glue gun to attach magnets to the side of the tubes.

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. Free standing cardboard tube marble run. 11 toilet paper rolls. I did this part while cole was napping.

If it s a tube shaped piece of cardboard. Paper plates with a high rim. Do you save cardboard tubes from paper towels toilet paper and whatever else comes on a roll. Building structures with straws and cardboard tube rolls.

Marble run supply list. For this craft you will need. Have you tried this before. 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.

Next time you find yourself holding an empty cardboard tube roll. Cardboard tube roll catapult. Cardboard tubes paper towel rolls tp rolls toilet paper rolls wrapping paper rolls you name it.