Wood Maze

EQUIPMENT NEEDED:

STEPS:

  1. Start with a piece of wood.
    o Get pre-cut from hobby store or have parents cut it
    o Board should be 7 X 7 inches
  2. Print attached pattern for maze design (or create one yourself)
  3. Use the maze pattern to determine where you’ll draw your lines on the wood.
  4. Draw the maze lines on the wood and also draw the matching numbers as seen in the pattern, so you can keep track of each line.
  5. Use sticks of balsa wood for your maze walls
    o Balsa wood can be found in any craft store and is precut into strips
    o What’s great about balsa is that it is very soft.
  6. Use scissors to cut the walls
  7. First cut the sticks to create 4 sides to the maze
  8. Next, cut out the pieces needed inside the maze, which are your walls.
    o You’ll just use your pattern to measure each one.
  9. Once you cut a maze walls, pencil the number right onto each wall to keep track of each piece.
  10. Now you are ready to glue.
  11. Use wood glue
    o You can get wood glue at a craft store.
    o Wood glue is the best type because once it dries, you know your wood will stay in place.
  12. Go ahead and begin to add glue to the sides of the maze and place on wood
  13. Now add the glue to the numbered wall pieces and place on wood
  14. As you add each of the numbered pieces, test the distance by actually rolling your marble between the walls.
  15. Let the maze dry overnight before playing.