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.

A reel of brown paper will do or buy coloured paper from a craft shop. 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. In the description box below describe the situation. Make your own kite.

Make the sail of your kite with a large sheet of paper 60cm long by 45cm wide. Tie the tail to the end of the kite frame. 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. Most of our kite kits include flying line and some even come with paints or crayons.

Chances are you ve already checked out how to build kites using the simple diamond instructions up there. 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. In the first panel design a visual representation of a particular problem you ve faced in your life. In fact you ll probably find most of them around the house somewhere.

I can teach my child. Create your kite tail. Attach the tail to the bottom end of the frame looping it over the frame several times and tying it tightly. Kid made kite from i can teach my child.

Use ruler or other straight edge to draw a line between these marks and the top centre. Attach streamers at the bottom of the kite to help it fly through the sky. On either side measure 15cm down from the top. Kite with streamers.

Make a kite tail with a 6 ft 1 8 m long piece of thick string. Use other plastic bags to cut out long strips of plastic. Kites and kite flying have also inspired other flight inventions such as the para glider hang glider and sport parachutes. Tie these together until the tail is around 10x the length of the kite.

The challenge or problem. 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. 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. You can make your kite out of a classic brown lunch sack.

Pick a string or cloth color that matches the color of your sail so your kite looks pretty in the air. Decorate with markers stickers glitter or. Fold the paper in half lengthways. 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.

Use thick string or a strip of cloth for the tail. Cutting two holes towards the rear edge of the kite will help it fly in stronger winds.