Design your own kite and take it outdoors. DIY kite project ideas for everyone.
How to Make a Kite - After building a number of kites from a recent description in Amateur Mechanics I branched out and constructed the aero plane kite...
The material required for the making of a war kite is three pine sticks, each 60 in. long, one stick 54 in. long, one stick 18 in. long, all 1/2…
Box-kites may be purchased ready-made in a number of sizes, but they are not cheap, and it will pay any boy to take the time necessary to make one...
How to Make a Malay Kite - The Malay tailless kite is probably the most practical kind ever invented. It will fly in a wind that the tail variety could…
A Tailless Kite - The frame of a 3-ft. kite is made of two sticks, each 3 ft. long. These are tied together so that the cross stick will be…
How to Make and Fly a Chinese Kite - The Chinese boy is not satisfied with simply holding the end of a kite string and running up and down the block…
A simple method of constructing a box kite is given in detail as follows:The sticks should be made of straight-grained wood, which may be either spruce, basswood or white pine.