Make A Paper Marble Run

Intermediate tutorial for how to fold a free standing marble run from a single square of paper no cuts.

Make a paper marble run.

Save those paper tubes and turn them into an easy marble run kids can paint for extra fun. Marble run about the game. It took me 4 week ends to completer it the marble run lasts approx 20 seconds we are going to use the other white side of the printing paper to make the marble run. If you want to make a marble run work it s best to test it as you go.

This is a great activity for young ones to master on their own. Materials required printed paper about 200 printed pieces of paper i got mine from old school dump internet wire in this instructable i will call it wire glue gun some working. Marble run is a collaborative attempt to build the longest marble run on earth. With increasing length more and more special bricks.

My husband built the spiral marble track for me using a mailing tube paper plates clear tape and hot glue. There are different types of bricks available to build tracks with. Turn the tube so that the cut out square is on the top. Take another tube and place the end that doesn t have the cut out in the first tube.

Make a marble run. Want to see the marble run in action. When your child is finished decorating the tubes demonstrate how to put them together to make a simple marble run. Lay one paper towel roll in front of you with the cut out end on the right.

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. It works with marbles ball bearings or perfectly. First he traced the end of the mailing tube onto a paper plate and cut out the circle with an x acto knife. Let them create their own marble courses by attaching the paper towel tubes you can add colored tape for more lively colors.

Marbles move fast and like to fly right out of the tubes if they re not positioned to catch speedy marbles. Pool noodle marble run via homespun threads an easy and inexpensive way to make a long track marble run using noodle. We tested the sections of our diy marble run a few times to work out the angles and distances. This is how to build a proper paper marble track.

Every user built track that is added to the marble run increases the total length of the over all track.