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Make A Marble Run From Cardboard

Do you save cardboard tubes from paper towels, toilet paper, and whatever else comes on a roll? I do! I have quite a collection saved just for the purpose of making a cool cardboard tube marble run on our wall. What a great rainy day or anytime kind of activity! Simple to set up, easy to do, and full of learning possibilities! Next time you find yourself holding an empty cardboard tube roll heading to the trash, save it instead! Our cardboard tube marble run is a great recycling STEM project!

Cardboard Tube Marble Run STEM Activity For Kids!
Cardboard Tube Marble Run Building STEM Activity for Kids

MAKE A MARBLE RUN

We have been on a roll lately with wall activities! We recently did a pool noodle marble run and a super fun homemade water wall. I love finding creative and inexpensive ways to make fun activities that encourage playful learning.

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To set up for our cardboard tube marble run, I chose a blank wall. You can also use the refrigerator or door! I set out a box of tubes and painters tape. I love using painters tape for activities since it doesn’t stick to the wall. The tissue boxes were used to collect the marbles at the end of the cardboard marble run.

Cardboard Tube Marble Run materials

THE DESIGN PROCESS

How will you start your cardboard tube marble run?  You have to think about the angles and plan ahead!  Where do you want the marble run to finish?
Building Marble Run with cardboard tubes

BUILDING A MARBLE RUN

Now it’s time to make your cardboard tube marble run!  We cut pieces of tape so that we had plenty waiting once we got going. The cardboard tubes were easy to stick to the wall, and we had fun designing our cardboard tube marble run.

My son also decided to make a second DIY marble that dropped into the first one.

Cardboard Tube Marble Run

TESTING THE MARBLE RUN

This leads us to my favorite point in this STEM project! Testing out the cardboard tube marble run!

Cardboard Tube Marble Run STEM activity

THE VALUE OF STEM PROJECTS

This may look like a simple play activity that even the youngest child can help with and enjoy, but it’s so much more. My son is learning about angles, gravity, slopes, engineering and problem solving. He is creating, testing, problem solving, creating and testing again. A young child may enjoy dropping pom poms down a single tube. You might think they are just playing, but even the youngest child is learning about how the world works!

Our cardboard tube marble run is the perfect reusable STEM project made new each time it’s put together. Keep adding tube to your supply and you could make a floor to ceiling marble run! That would be pretty cool. This keeps everyone occupied even the adults on an indoor day

MAKE A CARDBOARD TUBE DIY MARBLE RUN TODAY!

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  1. April

    June 2, 2015 at 5:09 pm

    We have a box with all this stuff at home. I’m going to add this to our stash of ideas. It looks like lots of fun.
    ✿April✿
    ✿Grade School Giggles✿

  2. Daniel

    April 13, 2020 at 1:46 pm

    i love marble runs that i have a million at home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  3. Martha

    April 19, 2020 at 6:57 pm

    THIS IS AWESOME

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