Marble Run With Paper Towel Tubes

My husband constructed a neat little apparatus out of an empty oatmeal container.

Marble run with paper towel tubes.

Use the hot glue gun to attach magnets to the side of the tubes. I have quite a collection saved just for the purpose of making a cool cardboard tube marble run on our wall. Totally worth it in my estimation. Duct tape packing tape or glue gun.

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. Chase channels his creativity and uses basic household items to make a home made marble run. Trace the end of the tube onto the center of each plate. Paper plates with a high rim.

Line up your tubes on a magnetic surface. 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. 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. Begin with five plates for a 12 inch tube.

Please do not allow your children to use a hot glue gun. I did this part while cole was napping. Marble run supply list. 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.

Cut out the edges on each of the tubes. Building structures with straws and cardboard tube rolls. Cardboard tube roll catapult. This is a great activity for young ones to master on their own.

I decided to try my hand at making a little tower marble run for the kids to enjoy. If it s a tube shaped piece of cardboard. Free standing cardboard tube marble run. Next time you find yourself holding an empty cardboard tube roll.

Do you save cardboard tubes from paper towels toilet paper and whatever else comes on a roll. Cardboard tubes paper towel rolls tp rolls toilet paper rolls wrapping paper rolls you name it. Ours isn t perfect but it sure was f. Have you tried this before.

If you re ambitious enough for a taller run you ll need to use more. 10 12 paper towel rolls hot glue gun magnets scissors marble. We have been saving paper towel rolls and other items for quite a while now so that we could make our own marble run. 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.

Simple to set up easy to do and full of learning possibilities. What a great rainy day or anytime kind of activity. Cardboard tube mailing tube wrapping paper tube or paper towel tube.