How to make a paper kite for a child?

This mini kite is a cute toy for little ones who might still have trouble playing with a real kite. You can use pretty decorative paper to build it, but if you want it to soar into the clouds, use colored foil or tissue paper instead.

• Decorative paper or sheets of colored paper, or for a lighter version, colored foil or tissue paper.
• Wooden sticks or paper straws
• Colorful markers
• Any accessories for decoration, e.g. stamps, stickers, decorative tape
• String
• Ribbons
• Glue
• Scissors

Building a kite for a child step by step

Prepare the necessary materials and think about how you will decorate your kite.

We chose one of Endo 's children's airplane T-shirts as inspiration. The T-shirt features a magnificent air show, with planes leaving colorful trails in the sky. The idea was to extend these trails with ribbons attached to a kite. If you'd like to find your own inspiration, check out Endo T-shirts, which feature a wealth of illustrations designed by Polish artists.

To make a DIY kite, start by cutting a 17cm x 25cm rectangle from a sheet of white construction paper. Measure 8cm on the longer sides and mark a point. Connect this point to the centers of the shorter sides. Get creative! If you want, your kite can have a completely different size or even shape!

Draw airplanes on the cutout shape with a thin black marker . After a few such drawings, you'll be able to draw them from memory. Play with the details, giving each plane a unique character.

Using colored markers, draw trails trailing behind the planes, which will gather at the tail, from where they will smoothly turn into colored ribbons.

The next step in making a kite is to glue a colored sheet of paper or decorative paper to the other side of the kite. For an elegant finishing touch, add decorative tape along the edges.

Glue sticks or paper straws to the kite to act as its frame, and attach a string for your little one to pull. String isn't necessary; your child can hold the kite directly.

The last step is to stick colored ribbons to the tail of the kite to simulate the colored smoke released by the planes.

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