Kite Making
Kites are simple and inexpensive to
make from things you would mostly
have around the home, and they’re
fun to fly.
• Measure and mark 4 dots on your bag:
• Lay the dowel horizontally in the same
way, cut and secure with tape at both ends.
1. Just below the top left hand corner
2. 25cm down from the first dot
3. 50 cm across from the 25cm dot
When there is a good breeze outside, get
out your kite materials and head outdoors.
4. 75cm down from the second dot (1m
from the very first dot)
Stand with your back to the wind and have
someone else hold up the kite, about 15m
away. When they let the kite go, it should
pick up the breeze and fly to treetop height.
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2
3
The simplest kite to make is a diamond kite.
You’re almost done!
• Poke a hole in the plastic right above
Materials required
the dowel cross-point
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• Some medium strength fishing line
(about 50m)
• 2ply large plastic garbage bag
• Thread one end of your line through the
•
(1/2m wide x 1m high)
• Electric insulation tape
• 5mm dowel (about 2m)
hole and tie it firmly around the cross
point of your dowel
Take a ruler and connect dot 1 to dot 3
and then to dot 4. Mark the lines with
your marking pen
• Cut along the lines and open out the
bag. You should now have a diamond
• Lay a length of dowel vertically down
the centre and cut it to length
Tools needed
• Ruler
• Scissors
• Black Marking pen
• Small hacksaw
Here’s how you make it
• Lay the plastic bag on the floor with the
closed end at the top.
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Now all that’s left is the tail…
• From spare strips of plastic, make a
long, narrow strip 5cm wide and no
shorter than 5x the length of the kite
(5m)
•
Secure the dowel to the plastic at top
and bottom with 5cm of tape secured
vertically and another piece of tape
secured horizontally.
• Knot one end of the tail to the dowel at
the bottom of the kite.
Your kite is done and it’s time
to launch!
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