MARBLE MAZE
Overview
Use cardboard to build a fun marble maze that you can play with your friends.
Materials
Glue
Scrap cardboard
A small amount of aluminum foil
Marble, small ball, anything that rolls
Tools
Scissors or craft knife
Markers
Optional - Chompsaw, tabletop cardboard saw tool
Instructions
Step 1:
Start by measuring the amount of space your marble needs to move between the wall pieces. Pick a dimension that will allow your marble to roll freely.
Step 2:
Using this measurement, lightly draw guidelines on your cardboard base. These lines will help you position the walls of the maze. Will your maze be a grid? A spiral?
Step 3:
Pick a starting point and an ending point on your base. Map out the correct route that connects both points. Then, draw in the rest of the maze to create challenges like dead ends and wrong turns.
Step 4:
Darken the lines for your walls and erase any leftover guidelines. Use the lines to measure and cut cardboard pieces to be the walls. Make your maze 3D by gluing the cardboard walls to your base on top of the lines.
Step 5:
Let the walls of your maze dry before testing. Then share! Send pictures of your final creations to info@tecrecclub.org or tag YouthSF on social media.
Resources
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Inspiration from: centerforarch
