I have always been a fan of marble mazes. My cousins had one when I was a child and I would always play it when I spent time at their house. It was wooden with a dark brown base and a light brown top. There were handles on the side to tilt the playing board in 4 directions but I always preferred to hold it and tilt it myself. There was a determined path shown you needed to use and I may be exaggerating but I think I am 0 for 1,274 in solving it. Perfect if my goal was NOT solving it. The problem with the maze was there was only 1 path and I couldn’t do it.

And now I want to try again. I should be better at this by now, right ? When I did some browsing online to shop for one I noticed that there seems to be a large number of plastic gravity versions - those are not for me. I want a wooden game just like I played as a kid. If I had a soapbox to stand on (I do not) I would mention how much better wooden games are to plastic games no matter what type of game it is. This makes a perfect STEM gift. Ages are typically quoted as 6 and up.

Here are the 3 best options I found:

STERLING Games Large Wooden Labyrinth 13.5" x 13"

Available on AMZN and at Walmart. Appears to be the best selling (or possibly most advertised) wooden marble maze in the market.

Hey! Play! Wooden Labyrinth Maze Game 11" x 9.25"

Available at Walmart. A smaller and less expensive version of the wooden tilt marble maze.

Leikes Wooden Labyrinth Game Marble Maze 12.8” x 9.1”

An interesting variation of the marble maze for young children (oddly enough the suggestion is ages 9 and up…but the picture shows a young child?). The maze is covered with plastic so the ball cannot fall out of the maze. Also, while you can go down a dead end, there is no “fail” where you need to start over !

Before you click and buy anything, I would also suggest checking ebay as there are always wooden marble games for sale there.

The time until Christmas is getting short. We are well passed the point of having something ship on time and reaching your doorstep on time. Or have we ? If you have a maze lover in your life I suggest checking out my Arrow Maze Book available on Kindle. You could purchase it on the morning on December 25th and it would be on time ! Talk about last minute. It is also one of the few maze books that is formatted for kindle ! Because an arrow maze can be solved with your eyes or a finger (no need for a pencil or pen) it is actually more enjoyable in this format (IMO).

How to Gift a kindle book

You may have never noticed ti before, but on the right side of a books page is a section titled “Buy for others”, located directly under the one click purchasing button.

Hovering on the “Learn more” gives you a quick overview of how it works. Amazon does a great job taking you through the purchase as you would expect. All you need is a friends/family members email address and they will receive a claim code to get the book on the date that you choose !! Note: They must have a kindle device to claim it.

Here is the cover of the book. Let’s check out some maze examples below. Note that this book does have a free sample download available to try before you buy ! That button is located right below “Buy for Others”.

The Arrow Maze Book - Volume 1 Book Cover

Wishing you Happy Holidays ! I hope you deserve some time off and remain happy and healthy !