Toilet Paper Tube Marble Run

I decided to try my hand at making a little tower marble run for the kids to enjoy.

Toilet paper tube marble run.

You ll need several tall tubes. This keeps everyone occupied even the adults on an indoor day. Cardboard tube marble run if you re like me there s a pretty good chance that you have a growing collection of toilet paper and maybe paper towel rolls filling up your recycling bin and you may have already found ways to repurpose them into crafts with your kids. Look at the cooperation going on in this photo.

It was low enough so that even the most petite child could reach with very little difficulty. Toilet paper tube marble run for this project you will need. Since my kids randomly collect tp tubes for crafts and art and i ve wanted to try 3d printing something that connects or interacts w. Sometimes if the tape became loose on a toilet paper roll a marble would hit the edge of a tube and fly.

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. Emily stands back and plans her next point of entry. Cut several tubes in half to create your marble chutes. Decorate your marble run rolls optional for this diy marble run we started by wrapping the paper towel and toilet paper rollswith colored masking tape.

That would be pretty cool. Marble runs are the best. Collect several toilet paper and or paper towel tubes we know you ve got some. Toilet paper and or paper towel tubes markers crayons stickers yarn fabric etc.

You can use paper towel rolls or tape three toilet paper rolls together to make get a tube of about the same height. Make again into a different track. Our cardboard tube marble run is the perfect reusable stem project made new each time it s put together. This is a simple stem activity with toilet paper rolls to build a marble run.

In this video i show you how to make your own. Totally worth it in my estimation. They re fun to make fun to watch and fun to. Keep adding tube to your supply and you could make a floor to ceiling marble run.

Anything you have at home to put some pizazz on your tubes tape marble or other small ball 1. 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. Tp tube marble run. 11 toilet paper rolls.

This simple marble run is made using everyday trash 2 toilet paper tubes and 3d printed connectors.