Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Supplies
Color Paper
String (4-7 feet)
Masking Tape
Hole Punch
Optional - Markers, streamers

Steps
1. Decorate paper with marker
2. Fold paper in half, hot dog style
3. Bend over sides (don’t crease it should be round) so the tips touch 1/3 from the edge
4. Use your tape to tape both sids to the center
5. Use the hole punch to punch a hole through the tape (The hole should go through all sides of the kite)
6. Add string
7. Use tape to add streamers (optional)
8. Fly it

Adaptions
Younger children can decorate the paper and add the streamers, however they may need help folding it, adding tape, hole punching, and adding the string

Extensions
Set up a repair shop with tape and more string
Have children design their own kites
Learn about aerodynamics

Artists/Art
Teizo Hashimoto
Claudio Capelli

Books
Fly it - The Berenstain Bears
Stuck, Oliver Jeffers
Peanuts Lets Fly a Kite Charlie Brown
A kite for Moon, Jane Yolen

Homework
Make some bigger Kites, or modify your kite so it flies loops

Vocabulary
Aerodynamics

Tips
The masking tape helps the string not break through the paper
Remind children to be careful when running around with kites, so they don’t run into anything or anyone.

This tutorial was made by McCall Johnson for Mr Otter Studio
Music A Piano Tale by Immersive Music
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