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Straw Maze

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Straw Maze


Children create a maze using straws on a cardboard base and guide a small ball through it. This game builds problem-solving skills, patience, and hand-eye coordination.



Materials :
  • Card Board
  • Marbles
  • Straws
  • Scissors
  • Cello Tape

Challenges:


  1. Let two groups of kids each make their own maze.
  2. Swap mazes between the groups and have them solve each other's maze.
  3. After that, you can try making a bigger maze for an even greater challenge!
  4. Have a definite start and finish point in the maze and make a marble roll through it, finding the way.

Questions to be asked:


  1. What kind of shapes or structure do you see inside this maze?
  2. Can you build a maze for a marble that includes at least one square, rectangle, and triangle?

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