Amelia was so amazed by the thaumatrope project that she quickly insisted on “another craft!” that evening. Since I was already on this website, I searched around for something we could throw together with no preparation.
This marble run was perfect! All we needed was an old cereal box and some marbles. We had half of that!
Amelia and Jason quickly got to work following the directions carefully. In no time, the marble run was ready to be tested. But, alas, we have NO marbles in our house—almost seems like a crime. And it just so happened that day we had visited an antique mall (Amelia’s idea for a “special treat”) and I was eyeing several mason jars of marbles. But I failed to make a purchase.
And thus began a search around the house for something marble-like. Amelia keeps a “nature box” which is really an old shadow box from Jason’s youth. With it various compartments, it is perfect for storing allllllll those things she manages to find when we are the park (pinecones, acorns, shells, rocks, etc.). She immediately went for the oblong acorns, which didn’t work too well. After that, we tried acorns that were more rounded, rocks, and then candy. Jelly Bellys, jaw breakers, and even Mike and Ikes. It became an experiment of sorts to see which shape made it down the ramps and which did not.
Amelia played with it much of the night and was very excited to show Henry the next morning. He also seemed to enjoy it!
Eventually, it made its way to the recycling box. But, something tells me we haven’t seen the last of “Marble” Runs in our house.
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