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Craft: Making a kite

Take flight with this cool craft that you can make with your kids.

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Originally published in Today's Parent June 2012

  • Learning to make a kite: Step 1

    Materials:

    • 2-to-3-mm-wide basket-weaving reed (available at craft or art supply stores)
    • Scissors
    • One spool of strong, thin string
    • Thin plastic tablecloth
    • Marker
    • Double-sided carpet tape
    • One sheet of coloured vinyl with a sticky backing
    • 15-cm wooden dowel (must be narrow enough to fit through the centre of your spool)

    Photo by Daniel Harrison

  • Learning to make a kite: Step 2

    Measure and cut your reed to lengths based on the diagram (below left). Tip: Soak reed in water for 10 min to make it more flexible.

  • Learning to make a kite: Step 3

    Use the reed to form the kite’s frame. Tie your reeds together with string wherever it’s marked with a cross on the diagram.

  • Learning to make a kite: Step 4

    Lay the tablecloth down on a flat surface and place the frame on top of it. Use a marker to trace around the frame leaving a 2.5-cm border on all sides. Remove the frame and cut it out.

  • Learning to make a kite: Step 5

    Apply tape to the tablecloth along the border, just outside of the frame. Fold the plastic around the reed and firmly press together.

    Measurements
    Blue: 182 cm
    Orange: 213 cm
    Green: 91 cm

  • Learning to make a kite: Step 6

    Cut out vinyl shapes as eyes, stripes or a smile. Cut the excess tablecloth into strips and tape to the body to make a tail. Tie a string to the middle reed on the back of your kite. Slip the dowel through the spool and let it soar.

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    This shows that the spine of the kite is 7.5 cm long. this is around 3 inches. i believe all of these measurements need to be multiplied by 10 to get a kite of the size shown in the images.

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