Tag: Kites for kids
Airplane Kites – How to Make a Kite By W. A. Reich
After building a number of kites from a recent description in Amateur Mechanics I branched out and constructed the aeroplane kite shown in the...
War Kite – How to Make a Kite By Park Snyder
The material required for the making of a war kite is three pine sticks, each 60 in. long, one stick 54 in. long, one...
Box-kite – How to Make a Box-kite – Homemade Kites
Of the more pretentious kites, none is as popular as the rectangular box-kite.
Box-kites may be purchased ready-made in a number of sizes, but they...
How to Make a Malay Kite – Homemade Kites
The Malay tailless kite is probably the most practical kind ever invented. It will fly in a wind that the tail variety could not...
How to Make a Kite for Kids – 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...
Chinese Kite – How to Make a Chinese Kite
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...
How to Make a Box Kite – Traditional box kite DIY
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.
Martin birdhouse plans – How to make a birdhouse out of...
Martins are very sociable birds, and prefer to nest in colonies. They are not content with one or two compartment houses if larger houses are obtainable.
