how to make a flying kite
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Answer:
Material required.
- A full sheet of newspaper
- Two 1/4 inch round wooden dowels (one 24 inches, one 20 inches)
- Scissors
- Pencil
- String
- Masking tape or packing tape
- Ruler or yardstick
- Yarn and/or ribbons
- Little handsaw
Steps:→
1. Start by cutting your wooden dowels to the correct lengths- 24 inches and 20 inches. (The kids helped me measure the dowels with a yardstick, and I cut them myself with the saw.)
2.Use your handsaw to make notches in both ends of your two wooden dowels. (For safety reasons, I did this myself.)
3.Lay the 24 inch dowel vertical and measure 6 inches from the top. Mark it with a pencil. Place the smaller dowel across this mark to form a ‘t’ shape. Use your string to wrap the dowels together where they meet. Pay attention to the notches at the end of each dowel. You’ll want them all parallel to the floor your sticks are on so that you can later wrap string around the frame.
4.Wrap string all the way around the kite, making sure it goes right into the notches.
Now that your frame is done, it’s time to add your newspaper. (You can also use a plastic trash bag.)
5.Place a large sheet of newspaper on the floor. Place your frame on top of it. Cut about one inch outside the frame to make your newspaper the same shape.
6.Fold the edges of the newspaper over the string and tape them down securely.
7.Cut a piece of string 24 inches long. Poke holes into the top and bottom points of the kite. Tie one end of the string into the top hole and one end into the bottom hole. (Use some tape to keep it secure.) This is the brindle of your kite. Tie your flying string to this brindle string to fly your kite. (We started by tying the string about 1/3 of the way down the brindle and adjusted it as we flew our kite.)
8.Use ribbon to create a tail for your kite.