What you need:

• One pair of scissors
• One cardboard box or lid
• Wrapping paper or construction paper (optional)
• Large craft sticks
• Low-temperature hot glue gun with glue sticks
• Utility knife
• Marbles

What to do:

• If using a cardboard box with flaps, cut off flaps.
• Cover inside of box with wrapping paper or construction paper to make box colorful (optional).
• Glue two craft sticks on top of each other for extra strength. Repeat until you have enough for your maze.
• Begin gluing the thin sides of the craft stick pairs to the inside of the cardboard box using a low-temperature hot glue gun. Cut craft sticks with scissors if you need shorter sizes.
• Create a path for the marbles to follow.
• Once glue solidifies, ask a parent to cut a small opening at the top of the box using a utility knife. The opening must be large enough to fit a marble.
• Drop the marble into the hole and watch it roll through the course.
• If the marble bounces off a craft stick when dropped through the maze, glue additional craft sticks perpendicular to the original craft stick pairs to keep the marble traveling along the path.

Send a photo of your completed marble run to ec@electricconsumer.org, and we’ll share the photo on social media!