Welcome back, your kids will love making this fun and easy marble maze. Don’t you just love the way that children never just see a cardboard box, they see a castle, a spaceship of even in this case a maze. With a sprinkle of imagination, there is no limit to what everyday things can become.
What you need to make a DIY Marble Maze
- Shallow box
- Plastic straws
- sheet of card
- Marbles
- Glue
- Duck tape
- Scissors
- Pencil (optional)
How to make a DIY Marble Maze
First you need to prepare your box. We used a variety of boxes from box lids to shallow boxes.
We covered our boxes with duck tape for decoration and to reinforce them.
Next cut a piece of paper to fit the bottom of the box.
Now the fun part, to create your maze! We drew our plan on to the sheet of card before cutting straws to different lengths and glueing them to the sheet of card. This is a great creative exercise for kids. Just be sure to remind them that the marble needs to fit through all the gaps and make its way from one end to the other.
You can then place your sheet or card in to the bottom of the box. We didn’t glue ours in place, as we made more than one maze and that way you can change them out.
Now you get to play! Simply place a marble at one corner of your box and tilt the box to guide the marble through the maze to the other side. If you want to make it more challenging then try adding additional marbles.
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Oh Bugs would love this, I think we will have a go this afternoon… if i can find some glue that is x
I can never be stuck for ideas with all the great things you put on your blog Jen! A marble maze is a fun idea that I will pull out later today after our cake is baked! We’re having a home day today!
This is such a great idea and we actually have all we need for this in the house….Really clever (and fun!)
What a great idea, I had no idea that marbles were still a thing.
lovely idea Jen! I remember making a marble maze in my D&T lesson as a teenager. Wilf loves playing with the marble run at nursery we really should do this as he’d love it x
Hahrrr that is so ace doing that kids would love this and perfect for this time of year.
I used to have a marble maze when I was young. Many hours of fun!
Love this, thanks for sharing! Will give it a go
What a fabulous idea! We have tons of straws knocking about – this would be a great way to make use of them.
How do you come up with all these ideas? – This looks fab!!
this is ace for fine motor skills and so easy to make as well
This is such a good idea, though kids and marbles always scares me x
What a very clever idea – I bet your kids loved making that!
oh fab and it reminds me of how much time I used to spend playing screwball scarmble.
What a great homemade puzzle and what an amazing prize. I’m off to get creative with the girls!
I remember making one of these when I was at school! A great idea for a rainy day!
Oh gosh I used to love marble mazes as a child – what a fantastic idea to make your own. x
This is excellent. Love that it’s made with things we already have x
You have such fab ideas – another one that I’d like to try.
This is such a fantastic idea, will have to try this with Jack
This is such a great idea Jen – another one! POD would love this and I think we might even have some straws left over from her un-birthday party!
Oh my days what an amazing idea will definitely try this next rainy days, my eldest would love it.