Today we’re making a DIY maze. Kids of all ages like toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarten kids, as well as elementary aged kids, will love this DIY maze. It’s fun, easy to set up, and educational! Plus, you can make with this maze over and over again and it be different every time. Make this DIY maze at home or in the classroom.

DIY Maze

We are gonna make a large interactive maze that kids can play with. It’s fun, it is educational, and great for critical thinking, problem solving, and fine motor skills.

Younger kids and older kids can both do this maze. The best part is, you can change this maze up over and over again so it will never get boring or too easy. You could make this maze as large or small as you want. So without further ado, let’s make a DIY maze.

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Related: We have 20 twisting and turning printable mazes!

Supplies Needed To Make This Fun and Simple DIY Maze

How To Make This DIY Maze

Step 1

Take your paper and fold it in half hot dog style.

Step 2

Then fold 1/2 of that to the middle of the paper. Fold the bottom half up and then open up the paper.

Step 3

Cut along the lines made. They should be even squares. Do this multiple times. You want quite a few squares.

Step 4

DIY Maze- Boy setting up white squares on a wood floor- kids activities blog — Set up your squares any way you want to make your maze easy or hard.

Use your squares to create a maze organizing the edges and making twists and turns.

Craft Notes:

If you’re worried about the pieces getting blown around you can use some tape to keep them down.

How To Play and Complete Your Maze

DIY Maze- Boy setting up a large maze with white squares on a wood floor- kids activities blog — We made a big maze!

Now that your maze is set up, it’s time to figure out how to get your pom pom from the start to finish.

Put your pom pom at the beginning of the maze.
Use your straw to blow on the pom pom to make it move.
You will need to guide it through the maze and may need to move around a bit.
Get your pom pom to the end and out of the maze.

Our Experience With This DIY Maze

DIY Maze- completed- little boy using a green straw to blow a green pom pom along a paper maze on a wood floor- kids activities blog — Get through the maze to win!

This DIY maze was a huge hit. My kids had so much fun blowing their pom poms through the mazes. We ended up setting up multiple mazes and did and easy maze, medium maze, and hard maze.

Also, we ended up setting some of the same mazes up and my kids raced through the mazes with their pom poms. Me and their father also raced them. It was a fun family even. This DIY maze was a lot of fun and a great way to spend the afternoon.

But, I hope your family has as much fun as mine did with this DIY maze. It’s fun, it’s simple, and it’s educational.

Easy and Fun DIY Maze For Kids

Let's make a maze using paper squares. Move through the maze with a straw and pom poms. It's fun!

Materials

Scissors
Straws
Large Pom Poms
White Paper

Instructions

Take your paper and fold it in half hot dog style.
Then fold 1/2 of that to the middle of the paper.
Fold the bottom half up and then open up the paper.
Cut along the lines made. They should be even squares. Do this multiple times. You want quite a few squares.
Use your squares to create a maze organizing the edges and making twists and turns.