Draw Your Own Kite Design

The materials and tools for making these kites are very easy to find and cheap to buy.

Draw your own kite design. Pick a string or cloth color that matches the color of your sail so your kite looks pretty in the air. You can make your kite out of a classic brown lunch sack. I can teach my child. Most of our kite kits include flying line and some even come with paints or crayons.

Create your kite tail. Kites and kite flying have also inspired other flight inventions such as the para glider hang glider and sport parachutes. The challenge or problem. Kid made kite from i can teach my child.

Cutting two holes towards the rear edge of the kite will help it fly in stronger winds. On either side measure 15cm down from the top. Tie these together until the tail is around 10x the length of the kite. Kite with streamers.

A reel of brown paper will do or buy coloured paper from a craft shop. Make a kite tail with a 6 ft 1 8 m long piece of thick string. 1 4 inch round wooden dowel 36 inch twine or string small handsaw to cut the dowel lightweight craft paper large enough to fit the frame of your kite a roll of easel paper works well scissors glue stick ribbon craft paint and brushes craft tube. For the tail make a loop of polythene about 1 8m 6 long and 35mm 1 wide from the left over material from the bin bag and stick each end to the kite.

The kite tail is essential for stability in the air and keeps your kite from nose diving. Chances are you ve already checked out how to build kites using the simple diamond instructions up there. Attach the tail to the bottom end of the frame looping it over the frame several times and tying it tightly. Use thick string or a strip of cloth for the tail.

In the first panel design a visual representation of a particular problem you ve faced in your life. Kites in radio and wireless communication italian inventor guglielmo marconi transmitted the first radio signal across the atlantic ocean from england to new foundland using a large kite to lift the receiver antenna 400 feet into the air. The kite will fly without a tail but will fly better with one. Use other plastic bags to cut out long strips of plastic.

Use ruler or other straight edge to draw a line between these marks and the top centre. Your kids can make these crafty kites all on their own. Fold the paper in half lengthways. In fact you ll probably find most of them around the house somewhere.

Design your own kite to show a challenge that you ve overcome in your life and the people who have helped you along the way. Make the sail of your kite with a large sheet of paper 60cm long by 45cm wide. Make your own kite. A brilliant kite flyer s smile is at the end of each flying line kite kits for children and adults kites in the sky high quality kite kits come with clear simple instructions high quality pre cut parts and sails.

Decorate with markers stickers glitter or. If you re curious i ve also put together a page on the reasons why it s a good idea to make your own kite.