Making Your own Kite ~ Muzumasiha Kuba

Making Your own Kite

Things you need

Ø 2 strong, straight wooden sticks of bamboo (90 cm and 103 cm)

Ø Glue

Ø 1 sheet of strong paper

Ø Scissors

Ø Pencil, paint and a paint brush to decorate

Ø Strong string

How to make it

The frame

1. Make a cross with the two sticks, with the shorter stick placed horizontally across the longer stick.

2. Tie the two stick together with the string

3. Get another piece of string and cut it long enough to stretch all around the kite frame

The cover

4. Lay a sheet of paper on the frame. Cut around it, leaving about 2-3 cm for a margin

5. Fold these edges over the string frame and glue it down so that the material is tight.

6. Draw an animals face on the paper. Paint it

The bridle

7. Cut 3 pieces of string, each 20 cm long

8. Tie one end of each string tightly to the frame (at the left and right and at the bottom). Then, tie other ends of the knot.