Marble Run With Paper Towel Tubes

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Marble run with paper towel tubes.

My husband constructed a neat little apparatus out of an empty oatmeal container. 10 12 paper towel rolls hot glue gun magnets scissors marble. Cardboard tubes paper towel rolls tp rolls toilet paper rolls wrapping paper rolls you name it. Cut out the edges on each of the tubes.

Building structures with straws and cardboard tube rolls. I decided to try my hand at making a little tower marble run for the kids to enjoy. Simple to set up easy to do and full of learning possibilities. If you re ambitious enough for a taller run you ll need to use more.

Begin with five plates for a 12 inch tube. Cardboard tube mailing tube wrapping paper tube or paper towel tube. Trace the end of the tube onto the center of each plate. Duct tape packing tape or glue gun.

Free standing cardboard tube marble run. 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. Chase channels his creativity and uses basic household items to make a home made marble run.

Have you tried this before. We have been saving paper towel rolls and other items for quite a while now so that we could make our own marble run. Cardboard tube roll catapult. 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 did this part while cole was napping. 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. 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.

Marble run supply list. Do you save cardboard tubes from paper towels toilet paper and whatever else comes on a roll. What a great rainy day or anytime kind of activity. I have quite a collection saved just for the purpose of making a cool cardboard tube marble run on our wall.

Paper plates with a high rim. If it s a tube shaped piece of cardboard. Use the hot glue gun to attach magnets to the side of the tubes. Ours isn t perfect but it sure was f.

Totally worth it in my estimation. 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. Please do not allow your children to use a hot glue gun.