Making a paper kite: drawings with dimensions. Do-it-yourself kite - types and principle of operation, how to make it from paper, fabric or polyethylene

How to make a kite with your own hands: schemes that even a child can handle.

A do-it-yourself kite is a great way to fill your walks on the street with delight and emotion. Make this wonderful toy with your child. This is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance.

Before you make a kite, make sure you have everything you need:

• Newspaper or plastic bag
• Round wooden sticks with a diameter of 0.5-0.7 cm and a length of 60 cm and 50 cm
• Strong tape or duct tape
• Yarn or ribbon for decoration
• Rope
• You will also need a pencil, ruler and scissors.

How to make a kite with your own hands

At the ends of the round rods, make shallow horizontal notches. They can be cut with a knife or a small hacksaw.

Lay the longer rod vertically and measure 15 cm from its top. Mark this place with a pencil. Place a shorter rod through this mark so that they lie strictly perpendicular to each other. Wrap the junction with strong threads and tie the rods.

The notches on the ends of the rods should be parallel to the floor - the thread-base for the kite will pass through them. The junction of the rods is additionally strengthened with adhesive tape.

Wrap the thread around the entire perimeter of your kite, passing it through the notches in the ends of the rods. The result is a lightweight and durable frame.

Now you can take a sheet of newspaper, or cut a plastic bag so that it unfolds in one layer. Spread paper or a bag on the floor, put a frame on top of it and circle its outline, retreating 1.5-2 cm.

Fold the edges of the newspaper inward so that they cover the bars of the frame, and secure them with duct tape.

Cut a piece of thread 60 cm long. Make holes at the top and bottom points of the kite and tie the ends of the thread to them. Attach a rope to this central thread, by which you will hold the snake. The connection should be about a third of the distance from the top to the bottom of the frame.

Marina Suzdaleva

Summer time has come. Children are spending more and more time outdoors. While there are many interesting ideas, what to do with kids in summer, creating with your own hands and then flying a kite can be the brightest and most memorable event for the whole family. The participants of "" were convinced of this from their own experience and share their ideas and impressions with us. A large gallery of kites of various shapes and colors will surely inspire you to create your own conqueror of the air spaces!

We decided to make a kite. We found a simple instruction on the Internet and began to tinker.
We acted like this:

In the process, my daughter actively participated and helped: she fastened the sticks together, glued the packaging with adhesive tape, and made bows. As it turns out, it's quite easy. And how much delight, squealing and laughter was when flying a kite! Such emotions of the child are definitely worth the effort and time spent.

Gudimova Olga and daughter Varvara, 5 years old.

Kite "Monk"

I suggested to my husband to make a kite with my daughter. As a result, he got carried away and began to work independently, so in the meantime my daughter and I decided to make our own kite. This occupation was new for me, so the choice fell on the simplest model "Monk".

Materials and tools: thread, A3 sheet of thick paper, scissors, PVA glue.

Manufacturing process:

• Cut out a square from a sheet of paper.
• Carefully bend the edges along the axis as shown in the diagram. We bend the corners of the paper. The angle can be a little less than in the diagrams - as it will be more convenient for you.
• We bend the edge of the bent corner again so that we get something like an accordion or spring.
• We make a “bridle” - cut off a piece of thread about 30 cm long and paste it into the resulting paper pockets.

Here my daughter decided to color our kite :)

While the kite dries, prepare the tail for it. This is important, the kite will not fly without a balancer. For the tail, I used several lengths of woolen threads about 50 cm long. Put them together and tie them into a tassel near the end of the tail. Cut out a triangle from the waste paper and glue the tail. We tie a skein with a regular thread to the bridle. The snake is ready.

The launch of our "first-born" was successful. The kite did not fly high, but confidently!

Kudryashova Nadezhda and Anya, 4.7 years old, St. Petersburg.

red kite

Vladik made a kite with his dad. For the base of the kite, 2 sticks from balloons were taken. They were fastened perpendicular to each other. Then a nylon thread was pulled around the perimeter.

Next, a rectangle was cut out of paper with additives for the hem. The edges were bent and glued to the thread around the perimeter. A nylon thread was stretched from the three upper corners of the kite to the center and fastened.

To control the kite, one end of the thread was tied to the resulting center, its other end was wound on a homemade spool from a toilet paper roll.

Finishing touches: the snake was dyed and a tail was made from a thread with strips of wrapping paper tied to it. The snake is ready!

Lydia Maloletkova and son Vlad, 6 years old.

They began to make a kite as soon as they received a task in the Ecological Expedition. And it turned out two snakes, because. There are two children and one common option has not yet passed. I took a diagram of the simplest kite from the Internet, it turned out to be the “Monk” kite.

I took thick paper, folded it according to the scheme, the children began to color. Vanya depicted with blown felt-tip pens (we had a stencil), Nastya tried to blow it out, but it seemed to her too long a process, and then she simply painted over the stencil, and I circled the outline.

After the design work, I glued the ends of the thread into the wings of the snake with Moment glue. I took a strong thread. And woolen threads went to the tail.

They launched at the dacha, but by that time the second kite had disappeared somewhere, so only one flew ... So much delight! Thanks for the idea!

Ekaterina Adnodvortseva and children Vanya 4 years old. 8 months and Nastya 3 years old. 3 months, Moscow.

Daniel and dad made a kite. The process was simple. Found a description online. We sawed off two sticks of the right size. We fastened them perpendicularly with electrical tape and pulled a fishing line around the perimeter.

We had a very large ball, dad cut out a suitable piece from it. We connected the sticks and this piece, also with the help of electrical tape. A fishing line was attached to the three upper corners and connected everything together. A fishing line on a reel was tied to the resulting center. The tail was made from strips of fabric. There was a lot of joy. Tomorrow dad is at home, they will launch.

Lyudmila Shatalova and grandson Daniel 5 years 2 months with dad, Israel.

Did a friendly group of three girlfriends. It is so joyful for my daughter when we not only work with her together, but also with her girlfriends. She herself says to me: “Mom, let's make a snake when Polina comes to us!” It is very important for children to do things together, to be able to negotiate in the process of work, to give in somewhere ...

Then they merrily launched kites on the stadium field: squealing, delight, running around! And other children looked at us with interest!

It is very interesting for us to participate in the Ecological Expedition. That's just the process sometimes remains behind the scenes. We were so busy making kites that I forgot to take a picture. Yana is at the table after a walk, and on the table is her kite and the remains of a tail (she later made a cat toy out of them).

Larisa Fedotova and daughter Yana, 6.6 years old, Barnaul, Altai Territory.

We made a kite out of cardboard paper and ordinary threads. Ilya often makes something himself, some boxes with secrets, recently he made a multi-colored cocked hat. I am always happy with such children's creativity. The most interesting thing is that I did not tell Ilyusha that I wanted to make a kite with him. I come home from work, and he started making a kite. Our desires coincided in an amazing way.

Tired of boring walks?

I made a kite with my son Ilyusha yesterday, he did not fly fully, but it was still fun to run with him. And in the evening I bought a ready-made kite, let's try to run it.

Ksenia Gladilina and son Ilya, 7 years old, Dolgoprudny

Kite "Penguin"

Creation and launch process:

Batalov Roman, 8 years old, Kirov

We made a kite from improvised means: to make a frame, we used a bamboo mat on which we pulled a piece of a plastic bag cut in the shape of a diamond. The tail is also made from the package.

Our kite was able to fly only to a small height (there was no suitable wind), but the children had fun - they ran after him like kittens after a bow! We will also try to fly a kite in windy weather.

Anastasia Zotova and sons Grisha 4 years old and Andrey 1 year old. 3 months, Vladivostok.

This is a very simple model, but it is important for us that the son assembled it himself inside and out.

Timofey: “An amazing kite made of paper for drawing and mother's threads. It flies well in windy weather, but in zigzags. So I named him Zig Zigus."

Timofey Vernyaev, 7.5 years old, Meget village, Irkutsk region.

On the Internet I found the easiest way to make a kite. For several days I asked our dad to find us a couple of rails. As a result, after a couple of days, dad planed 5 slats for us))) The whole family participated in the process of creating the snake! Everyone was so interested...

It took only two slats to create the kite, but good things would not be wasted, and dad sat down to make another kite, and from the remaining slats, the eldest daughter decided to “cook” another one.

If you describe the creation process itself, then:

1. They cut off the sticks - long 60 cm, short - 35 cm, folded them perpendicularly and fixed the cross with tape.
2. The ends of the sticks were wrapped with adhesive tape and cuts a centimeter deep were made in them.
3. A fishing line was pulled through these cuts, creating the outlines of a kite.
4. They put the frame of the future kite on polyethylene (I took a regular bag and cut it, my husband took transparent polyethylene). We circled the snake with a marker, adding 1.5 cm on each side to the collar, and cut it out along the contour, wrapped the edges of the film inward around the fishing line and secured them with tape. The "body" of the snake is ready.
5. Then they made a bridle and tied it to a long fishing line. Made a tail.

On this, the process of work of parents with children ended and the creative process of children began. They drew flowers, some patterns and put a clown and a bear on a kite so that they would fly (stick stickers).

A kite with your own hands will bring you much more pleasure than a bought one. Because the process itself is not only very exciting and creative, but also simple! And such a kite will definitely be exclusive.

The first kites were invented, as usual, by the Chinese somewhere in the 6th century BC. Their use was purely practical - with the help of a snake, ropes were thrown across rivers and deep ravines, along which bridges were then built.

And the cunning Chinese commanders were even glorified with their help! One of them launched a kite that could make sounds over the enemy camp in the night. Someone thought that they were attacked by demons, someone that it was their guardian spirits that warned of danger. By morning the army had fled.

Another general flew a kite during the day, over the palace of the evil ruler. According to the length of the rope, he calculated the distance to the palace and ordered to dig a tunnel of the required length. One night, with a small detachment, he passed through this tunnel and easily defeated the enemy.

Later, kites helped people achieve amazing success in the conquest of the air and the study of natural phenomena.

Today it serves as a fun pastime for companies of all ages. And the process itself at home will help you understand aerodynamics, mechanics and design.

Types of kites

Depending on the design, there are: simple kite, box and compound trains. By the way, in English-speaking countries, a kite is called a “kite”, and flying on such a kite is kiting, which has long been a sport.

A simple kite differs from a box kite in that it lies in the same plane. Making such a snake is the easiest. A kite train consists of several kites of a simple or box-shaped design, flexibly connected to each other - such a design, even if a couple of links are lost, will remain in the air.

There are a lot of models of each design (top, box, smile, box-shaped rhombus, etc.), but since we want to make a snake at home, only the simplest designs will be considered here.

Necessary materials

Snakes come in completely different shapes and materials. For the manufacture of any design we need:

For frame rails, you need to take light, durable and slightly elastic materials. Frames for professional kites are taken from carbon tubes and rods, but at home they can also be made from wooden rods.

Paper kites are the most short-lived, but getting this material is much easier than lightweight nylon, which does not let water through and does not fade in the sun.

Its thickness is not more than 1 mm, therefore, for greater strength, a nylon mesh is added.

If you are lucky to find nylon fabric somewhere, then when cutting, lay the patterns diagonally - then it will be easier to stretch it on the frame and better for aerodynamic properties. The bridle and tightenings to protect the joints of the elements are best made of leather.

Before choosing a snake and its size, review these tips:

1. Kites of simple design are unstable in the air, and their control requires a great deal of skill. Therefore, do not be lazy to spend a little more time - then it will be more interesting to play with such a kite.
2. It is important to observe the proportions indicated in the diagrams. It may not fly if you did not carefully study the drawings before manufacturing.
3. Heavy and large kites are more difficult to fly if you are inexperienced.

Simple one-plane kite "Monk"

The scheme of this paper kite is extremely simple, you can make it in 15 minutes. An ideal option if you need to take the company of children or adults for a short time.

M Materials and tools: thread, A4 sheet of thick paper, scissors, PVA glue.

1. From a sheet of paper you need to make a square and cut out the excess part with scissors.
2. Gently bend the edges along the axis as shown in the first diagram.
3. We bend the corners of the paper. The angle can be a little less than in the diagrams - as it will be more convenient for you.
4. We bend the edge of the bent corner again so that we get something like an accordion or spring.
5. We make a “bridle” - cut off a piece of thread about 30 cm long and paste it into the resulting paper pockets. The thread must be glued exactly along the fold, held for a while with your fingers and allowed to dry.

While the kite dries, prepare the tail for it. This is important, the kite will not fly without a balancer.

1. For a kite of this size, the tail should be from 50 cm, depending on the strength of the wind outside. It can be made from the same thread as the bridle, but it will be more beautiful to take other colors and thin threads for knitting.
2. For ordinary sewing threads, we take about 20 pieces of 50 cm, for woolen - 5-6 pieces.
3. Put them together and tie them into a tassel towards the end of the tail.
4. We cut out a triangle from the waste paper and glue the tail to the snake as seen in the diagram.
5. Tie a skein with a regular thread to the bridle. The snake is ready.

Sail

This snake is most often drawn in books and shown in films. It looks like a rhombus with one shortened axis. Done in a couple of hours.

The materials you will need for a quality and durable kite will depend on the region you live in. If there are strong winds in your region, the structure, of course, should be more durable. If the winds are weak, then a powerful kite may not take off.

The "sail" consists of two, connected by a cross, rails and a canvas stretched over them. As a fabric in a light wind, you can take a plastic or garbage bag. You will also need tape, scissors, a meter, fishing line or strong thin cord and superglue.

Simple manufacturing steps:

Rhombic kite "Potter design"

No, not Harry, but this box kite flies just as well if done right.

Materials:

• wooden slats (8x6) or carbon tubes (d=7) length: 1 m - 7 pieces, 1.5 m - 1 piece, 0.6 m - 4 pieces;
• scarves made of plywood 1 mm thick or connectors for tubes - 16 pcs;
• squares from the same plywood for crosses - 2 pcs;
• the fabric is strong and light, in areas where there is no strong wind, you can take garbage bags and durable films;
• glue, nails for wood;
• threads.

Assembly steps:

Cover and postcards:

The box kite is ready! It can also be decorated with a tail and patterns on strips of fabric.

Startup Safety

Do not let young children fly kites themselves if the structure is large or the wind is strong.

There are many cases where the kite had such great resistance that children were lifted into the air. This usually ends in injuries, but there have been fatal cases.

The fishing line or twine must match the size of the structure, otherwise it will be very disappointing when the kite flies away.

Do not fly kites if there are power lines nearby. In addition, to fly especially large kites in some countries it is necessary to apply to the police for permission.

In one evening, before the designs, the production of which can take quite a long time.

In order to make a kite of the simplest design, we need 3 wooden square slats with a cross section of 5-8 mm. The length of two rails should be within 700-800 mm, the third - 450-500 mm. We also need a large thin sheet, although it is better to use light polyethylene for the canvas, because it is more durable. You will also need threads and glue, such as PVA or Moment, and about 100 meters with a thickness of 0.5-0.8 mm.

1. We connect two slats in the middle with. We fasten a short rail to the ends of two long ones so that on one side we get an isosceles triangle. We carefully glue the threads with glue and let it dry.


2. Next, in order to make a kite, we stretch a plastic film onto the resulting frame, which can also be fixed with threads and glue. The film should be well stretched and not sag.


3. It is necessary to make and attach the bridle of the snake. To do this, we tie a fishing line to each vertex of the resulting triangle. We connect each thread of the fishing line with each other. The length of the two that are tied to the edges of the structure should be approximately equal to the long side of the triangle. The third thread, which is attached to the center of the kite, should be several and the lifting force of the kite will depend on its length. So it is better to adjust its length already at startup. A handrail will be attached to the junction of the threads, that is, a long fishing line wound on a reel or a special reel that can be made, for example, from a piece of plywood.


4. Now you need to make the snake's tail. The tail is a flight stabilizer, so its manufacture must be taken responsibly. The easiest way is to make a tail from a fishing line or thread several meters long, to which ordinary sheets of paper folded like an accordion are tied. Such sheets should be tied at a distance of 15-30 cm from each other. You can come up with another version of the design of the tail. Perhaps the length and weight of the tail will have to be selected already at launch. Too heavy a tail will pull the kite down, too light will allow it to twist, causing the kite to fall.

That's it, our kite is ready for the first launch. It is best to fly a kite together, after unwinding the lifeline 20-30 meters and start running against the wind. As soon as the kite starts to break out of your hands, you need to let it go and control it with the help of a handrail. It may not work the first time, but that's normal, in any business you need to gain some experience and you will succeed.

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• Do you know how to make a kite with your own hands?

The kite can be of any shape. Rhombus, square box, bird, butterfly, dragon - there are many options. You may well come up with a snake yourself, and you can draw it with anything - with a pencil, watercolor, gouache, wax crayons, charcoal.

two straight lines

It always has a body and a tail. In addition, he is tied to a long rope, by which he is lowered to the ground. There were also snakes that were used for military purposes - for example, to transfer mail. They were boxy.

To make a flat kite, draw a line. Since your object can fly in any direction, the sheet can also lie vertically, horizontally, or obliquely. Draw a perpendicular to the center line. The basis of a flat kite is a cross, the cross of which divides the center line approximately in a ratio of 1/3. Make sure the ends of the crossbar are the same. Also mark the position of the tail - draw a curved line with a thin pencil.

The position of the tail can be any, because the thread with the load tied to it does not remain motionless during the flight.

Draw the contours

Connect the ends of the centerline to the ends of the crossbar. The base for the kite is ready. The crossbar can now be removed by drawing an arc instead, the convex part of which is directed towards the tail. But you can leave the transverse line, because there are such designs of kites. Draw the outlines with a softer pencil.

The cargo on the tail can also be different - bows, pieces of paper or just ribbons.

Tail, clouds and skein of thread

Outline the tail with a soft pencil. Draw a load - for example, several paper bows. It is needed in order for the kite to fly more or less steadily. Circle the center line with a soft pencil. To the arc that goes from one corner of the body to another, add a thread. Decorate your kite. You can draw a face on his body - schematically depict the eyes, nose and smiling mouth. The lines should be very clear so that the muzzle can be seen from the ground. You can draw a geometric or floral ornament, fantasy patterns, and in general, whatever you want. Draw the sky. To do this, it is enough to depict several clouds - closed curved lines of arbitrary shape. Your drawing is ready

Other types of kites

In the same technique, you can depict a box snake, draw a cube. First you need a square, then from the upper and lower corners located on the same side, draw 2 lines upward at about a 45 ° angle. Their length is approximately half the side of the square. Connect the ends of the lines. Perform the same construction on the other side of the square. You will get a cube in projection. Color it however you like and draw on the tail.

The article will consider an example of creating a one-color kite. Such snakes can be considered one of the simplest in terms of manufacture, they are quickly and easily assembled, and also require a minimum amount of materials. Homemade is assembled according to the drawing, which is attached to the article. But that's not all, here you have to think a little with your brains, since the drawing does not describe all the nuances of assembling a homemade product.

Materials and tools for making homemade:
- thin polyester or nylon to create a sail;
- kapron (or other similar durable fabric to be used along the contour of the kite);
- one tube with an outer diameter d = 5.5 mm (will be the central guide) and one and one with an outer diameter d = 8 mm and a length of 900 mm;
- guides in the wings and other connecting elements (fiberglass or carbon with a diameter of 5.5 mm);
- two spacers for the kite (fiberglass or carbon d = 3 mm);
- braided cord or nylon thread for making slings (braided cord 3 mm);
- reinforced tape (width 15 mm);
- double sided tape;
- scissors;
- impulse soldering iron (for material cutting);
- paper for making a template;
- sewing machine.

Required Connectors

Kite making process:

Step one. drawing drawing
To make a kite, you will need a fairly large table. A drawing will be applied to it, and then the elements of the kite will be cut out. The template is made from paper.

Step two. Serpent Wing Making
First of all, based on the plan of the kite's wing, it is necessary to draw a contour. In order to make a double fold, you need to add a margin of about 12 mm to the edges.

If the snake is planned to be made multi-color, then here you will need to make not a single pattern. This should not be forgotten when making a pattern.

Next, the pattern must be applied to colored matter. Since the pattern is made of paper, it will curl up so that this does not happen, it is fixed with pins.

Now you can cut the wing, a pulse soldering iron is perfect for cutting. Thanks to this approach, the edges of the material melt and then do not fray.

Similarly, you need to cut out the second wing. It should be symmetrical to the first.

Step two. We connect the two halves of the wings
In the next step, the two wings need to be combined into one. For these purposes, the author uses double-sided tape, the thickness of which is 6 mm. It is necessary to glue with an overlap of 6-7 mm.

To reinforce the seam of the kite's spine, a reinforced tape 15 mm wide and 800 mm long will be needed. Subsequently, the tape is sewn on. For sewing, you need to use a three-point zigzag stitch.

Step three. Rear of the kite
In the back of the kite you need to sew a nylon thread with a thickness of about 2-3 mm. How exactly to do this, you can see in the photo. The result should be a loop 10 cm long.

Step four. The front of the kite
To make the front of the kite, you will need a strong waterproof fabric, the width of which is about 5-6 cm. You will also need double-sided tape. How exactly to work with the leading edge of the kite can be seen in the diagram. Also in the photo you can see how to pull off the accompanying tape paper.

To strengthen the tip, part of the matter (about 10 cm) must be wrapped.

Step five. bridle snake
The bridle is made of two parts. Its lower part is a piece of matter 70 mm wide. For the upper part, a piece of a car seat belt or other durable fabric is suitable. To make the pieces easier to handle, they need to be joined together.

After the bridle is made, it is applied to the nose with a ribbon and marks are made in the form of lines for sewing. The edges are cut with a pulse soldering iron.

Step six. Final build step
In the tail of the snake, you need to sew 7 cm of Velcro, a guide will be inserted here.

A strip of dense matter about 25 cm long must be sewn to the sail; it can be cut out in the form of an arrow. The material is sewn on with a straight stitch. After the mate is sewn to the Velcro, a pocket is formed.

In the photo you can see the place of the connector. Next, you need to make a hole for the T-shaped connector in the marked place. It is convenient to do this with a hot cutter.

For connectors, special places must be prepared. From dense matter, you need to cut two pieces of 7 mm. Next, they need to be folded in half lengthwise, and the ends cut diagonally. These elements are sewn to the back of the sail. Subsequently, they need to burn holes at a distance of 2 cm from each other.