Kites

Craft a kite that you can fly in the wind!

Kites

Craft a kite that you can fly in the wind!

You Will Need

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You Will Need

  • Coloured card (1 A4 piece)
  • Streamers (or alternative)
  • A straw
  • String
  • Coloured pens
  • Scissors
  • Cello tape

Step 1a:

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Step 1a:

To make the kite shape; start by folding the piece of card in half. Then fold one side back on itself at a slight diagonal. Now flip it over and repeat the same fold the other side.

Step 1b:

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Step 1b:

This should create a ‘V’ shape fold in the middle of the card that’s bigger at one end than the other. Bring the two sides together and you’ll see the kite shape forming.

Step 2:

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Step 2:

Tape these two sides together with a strip of tape down the middle. You could also tape a straw across the kite near the top to give it some extra stregnth (see next picture).

Step 3:

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Step 3:

Use your coloured pens to give the kite a unique design. This can be anything you like, make it stand out!

Step 4:

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Step 4:

Tape streamers to the bottom of your kite at the back. (If you don’t have tissue paper you can use string, ribbon, or old cloth to make streamers)

Step 5:

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Step 5

Cut off a piece of string, about a metre long will do, and tape one end to the top of the kite at the back.

 

Complete!

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Complete!

That’s your kite complete! Now you can take it outside and see how it flies about in the wind.