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Monday, June 13, 2011

Recycled Marble Run Fun!

We finally decided to get on the bandwagon and create our own Marble Run! So many blogs have been inspiring us....click on the link after this post for our inspiration. We made a Marble Run from our Magna Tile Toys here, but it was much more creative and enjoyable to create a "Run" from the ground up! We used all kinds of recycled materials that we have been collecting for the the past few months! Check it out:


Here are all the recycled tubes, oatmeal boxes, raisin containers, yogurt cups, food boxes, milk cartons, and egg cartons we had to choose from!


We started by cutting apart tubes and making tunnels from cylindrical boxes! We've eaten a lot of oatmeal and raisins in the past few months! We used tape to temporarily hold the recycled materials together so we could test out our runs and ramps.


Here is Cassie testing out this newly formed ramp. Our marble run went through a lot of changes as we were building and testing things out.


We found since we were building higher structures that we needed a base to put everything on! Thankfully we had some huge cardboard pieces in the basement! Cassie wanted to lay all over the cardboard.


Once we knew what structures were working we used a glue gun to hold things together. The glue gun worked well for fast joining of pieces! It was a little dangerous working with a glue gun on the floor because we had shorts on! It worked out well though!


In the end we made two runs off the highest tower.  We used other containers for support underneath and added a couple tunnels too.


Cassie tested out the two ramps and found one to be faster!  The one with the steeper hill in the beginning was faster (The right ramp)! I guess this could be a preschool physics lesson of some sort?


Cassie and I had a lot of FUN building our Marble Run! We also enjoyed playing with it and testing out all the marbles.  Isn't it amazing that you can create your own toy? What a valuable lesson to teach children! I'm so glad that we have all this inspiration from such great blogs to do such wonderful activities!


Have we inspired you to create a Marble 
Run???

Seven different Marble Runs that inspired us  can be found here.


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14 comments:

  1. Mullin Avenue WorkshopJune 13, 2011 at 10:40 AM

    I definitely also need to make a cardboard marble run with my children, now!
    I too have had it on my to-do list, but this post and the fun, and creativity evident is VERY motivating!!
    Cheers, Melissa!!
    Brenda

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  2. RoopaJune 13, 2011 at 1:46 PM

    How fun and creative!! Love it. Thanks for inspiring again.
    This is on my-to-do list too, just need to find some marbles.. have looked all around, guess just ned to order from amazon!

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  3. rachelle | tinkerlabJune 13, 2011 at 11:32 PM

    I'm inspired! I love how you made it 3-D, like a spider or a water slide park As soon as I saw the two ramps, I thought of marble races. Next time we make a marble run, this is exactly what we're going to do. Time to save more packaging!

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  4. creativejewishmom/saraJune 14, 2011 at 2:40 AM

    yes, you've inspired us! thanks so much for sharing on Craft Schooling Sunday!

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  5. RedTedArtJune 15, 2011 at 2:32 PM

    Ooh another fabulous marble run! I LOVE yours.. how great to just dig into the recycling box and see what comes out of it. My son would LOVE this. Fabulous!

    Thank you for sharing on Kids Get Crafty! Always fab to see you there!

    Maggy

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  6. AnonymousJune 16, 2011 at 6:07 PM

    That is a great idea! We will be saving bits to make our own. x

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  7. UnknownJune 16, 2011 at 7:29 PM

    Love your marble run! I recently made one on poster board. I also saw one for the fridge I cant wait to make. Yours looks like a success!

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  8. jenny @ let the children playJune 17, 2011 at 6:19 PM

    I've seen them all around the place but haven't given it a go ourselves yet - you've inspired me!

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  9. MelissaJune 18, 2011 at 4:45 AM

    This looks like heaps of fun. My mother-in-law just found my husband's old marble collection from when he was a kid! Now I can't wait to use them on our own marble run design. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  10. AnonymousJune 19, 2011 at 8:29 PM

    I love that you posted this. It gives me something to do with my grand son when I go visit with him in August. Thanks for sharing.

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  11. UnknownJune 20, 2011 at 10:24 PM

    Love all of your marble run ideas. These all = some fantastic fun. Here is the link to one we posted. http://livingatthewhiteheadszoo.blogspot.com/2011/05/our-upcycled-marble-run.html

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  12. elhadadepapel.comJune 21, 2011 at 4:55 AM

    Wow it really looks like fun! We will do this..
    Thanks for sharing and the research of marble links!

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  13. UnknownJune 24, 2011 at 12:53 PM

    You did great! We'll have to do this too! :) Thanks for adding this to last week's High paw! See you again this week.

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  14. Mom to 2 Posh Lil DivasJune 24, 2011 at 10:02 PM

    so fun - this is my featured "showcase" post pic of the week at The Sunday Showcase! I am so inspired to create one of these with the girls!

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