Let's Fly a Kite!


Seems like the weather is really cooling down. Here in Texas, the weather is starting to get windy and cool. Perfect kite weather don't you think? Here are some craft ideas, books to read, "construction" ideas, and web sites to learn more!

QUOTE-

Parenting is a profoundly reciprocal process: we, the shapers of our children's lives, are also being shaped. As we struggle to be parents, we are forced to encounter ourselves; and if we are willing to look at what is happening between us and our children, we may learn how we came to be who we are. -Augustus Y. Napier

CRAFTS-

Let's start off with making a kite bookmark. Cut two small kites the same size and have the kids decorate them. Cut a 10" string of yarn and glue the kites together between one end of the yarn. Cut four small bows from fabric or construction paper and glue two bows back to back with yarn between them. Repeat with the other two bows. Let the glue dry.

Make a kite mural. Give each child a kite shape from construction paper and fold in half lengthwise. Kids unfold and use eye droppers to squeeze drops of tempera paint on one side of their paper. Then they refold and gently rub across the top. Open to reveal their design. Tape yarn to the kite. Attach kite to butcher paper that has been hung on a wall or bulletin board. Fluff out several cotton balls for clouds and glue them by the kite. Glue on construction paper birds.

For an easy kite picture for the younger kids, cut a large diamond shape and some smaller triangle shapes from construction paper. Use a blue sheet of construction paper as a background. Glue the diamond on the blue as a kite and a length of yarn to the bottom of the kite down to the bottom corner of your background piece. Glue the small triangle shapes to the yarn to make a tail on the kite.

Decorate two kite shapes (same size) from construction paper. Staple the edges together leaving a hole at the top. Stuff the kites with scraps of paper. Staple the hole together. Then punch a small hole in the bottom of the kite and string yarn through it.

MAKING KITES-

Decorate a brown paper grocery bag with paints, markers, and streamers. Attach a short string on both sides securely. When you run with it, air enters the bag and it flies behind them.

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