Happy Friday! For this activity you can use up those toilet roll tubes you might have left over from the original lockdown rush! This is really simple but creates hours of fun and is very adaptable.
What you will need:
- toilet roll/kitchen roll/wrapping paper/cling film tubes (other recyclables like plastic bottles will also work)
-scissors
-masking tape or washi tape, (try not to use normal tape if you can as it could peel off the paint on the walls)
-marbles* (for little ones, swap marbles for toy cars or pompoms)
1. First of all, collect together the tubes you will use to create your marble run. I cut one of the tubes in half to create two half tunnels, but you can do yours however you wish.*
2. Using your masking/washi tape, stick the tubes onto a wall or a door. You can place these at different angles to make it more interesting, but make sure that each exit of a tube lines up with the start of the next tube. I found it harder to line up the tubes if they were not as close together.
3. Keep testing the marble run out after you add a new tube to make sure it works.
4. Finally, add a box/tub at the bottom of the run to catch the marbles as they come down.
Extra suggestions:
- If you are feeling competitive, create two identical marble runs next to each other and have a race to see which marble gets to the bottom the quickest!
- You could also decorate your marble run by painting it or colouring it before you stick it on to the wall.
(* = adult help/supervision might be needed for that particular task).
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