marble maze

Hedge Maze, St Louis Botanical Gardens

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Maze – is a path or collection of paths, typically from an entrance to a goal. The word is used to refer both to branching tour puzzles through which the solver must find a route, and to simpler non-branching patterns that lead through a convoluted layout to a goal. The pathways and walls in a maze are typically fixed, The term “Labyrinth” is generally synonymous,

Make a maze and test your hand-eye coordination.

Build a Marble Run with Craft Sticks – box, craft sticks, glue gun, marble

Start with a flat box or large cardboard lid. Add barriers, channels, walls, dead-ends. Then challenge your friends to get the marble through the entire maze as quickly as possible.

Examples

More complex marble runs