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All you need is a base plate and a handful of basic bricks. Make it as easy or complicated as your imagination wants.

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It is so fun to build a LEGO marble run and it is a perfect example of a STEM activity using basic bricks.

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You don’t need a giant collection of bricks to build a marble tracks, but you do need marble or two.

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This Lego marble run is so easy to build and super fun to play with for quite a few ages, at least 5 to 70 to be exact!

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YOU WILL NEED: – Basic LEGO bricks – Marbles – LEGO Base Plate

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