Toilet Paper Roll Marble Run

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

Toilet paper roll marble run.

Using toilet paper rolls and other recycled materials and craft supplies your kids can build these neat stem activity. They had attached different paper rolls to the wall using tape and given their toddler some mar. Look at the cooperation going on in this photo. A stairway marble run or if you happen to have wooden spindles on your staircase grab those toilet paper rolls and make a marble run on your stairs.

A couple of years back i saw a similar idea on pinterest. It was low enough so that even the most petite child could reach with very little difficulty. That would be pretty cool. Our cardboard tube marble run is the perfect reusable stem project made new each time it s put together.

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. For this craft you will need. Emily stands back and plans her next point of entry. 11 toilet paper rolls.

Sometimes if the tape became loose on a toilet paper roll a marble would hit the edge of a tube and fly. Keep adding tube to your supply and you could make a floor to ceiling marble run. Totally worth it in my estimation. 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.

Jun 26 2014 i have been wanting to do this for awhile. In combo with dominoes etc. Make your own toilet paper tube marble run. This keeps everyone occupied even the adults on an indoor day.