Inside activities for kids: How to make a marble maze game with cardboard

Introduction

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For our project today, we will make a marble maze game for kids. This is an example of fun inside activities kids can take part in.

Maze - Labyrinth (Marble game)

A maze is a puzzle-like structure or game in which one must navigate through a network of paths or passages, often with multiple routes and dead ends, in order to reach a desired goal or endpoint.

Mazes can come in many different shapes, sizes, and levels of complexity, and can be created from a variety of materials or mediums, such as paper, cornfields, or even computer programs.

Marble Labyrinth is a game of physical skill consisting of a box with a maze on top, and a steel marble. The object of the game is to try to tilt the playfield to guide the marble to the end of the maze.

Labyrinth garden maze (Adobe stock)

Benefits of Solving Mazes for Kids:

Mazes improve the cognitive skills of children.
It strengthens visual skills.
It improves hand-eye coordination.
Maze teaches the virtue of patience.
It helps build confidence.

Materials needed

2 Cardboard paper
Ruler
Pencil
Cutting knife
Glue
Marble (or any spherical bead)

Assembling our maze

Step 1

Pick one of the cardboard pieces of paper to serve as the base of the maze. Now, map out your maze layout. Highlight the origin, the tracks, and the endpoint (outlet) of the maze.

Step 2

Next, pick the second cardboard which will be used for partitioning; measure and cut strips of 1 inch in width.

Measure out cardboard strips to use as maze walls

Step 3

Cut the cardboard strips according to the dimensions of the previously drawn tracks, apply glue to one edge of the strips then place it along the track lines.

Apply glue to the edge of the cardboard strips.

Step 4

Your maze puzzle should look like this when you're done:

Completed maze puzzle with steel marble at the starting position.

You can try out different patterns of maze tracks to widen your cardboard maze ideas.

Let's play our Maze Puzzle

To play our exciting new maze puzzle, just put your marble or bead into the starting partition, then tilt the cardboard to move the ball around until you get to the outlet.

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