Colorful Kites

Colorful Kites

Ethan looked at his permission slip. The campers were going to Sunnydale Park today, but he didn’t know why. Then Mr. Dunn solved the mystery. “ The Kite Festival is at the park today. And we’re going to participate! ” “ But we don’t have kites, ” said Jason. “ Not yet. But we will soon, ” Mr. Dunn said.

“ Are we going shopping for kites?” Izzie asked. Mr. Dunn laughed. “ We’re going to make our kites, Izzie. ” Izzie cheered, but Nina frowned. “ That sounds hard, ” she said. “ It’s actually very easy. ” Mr. Dunn pointed to the table.

“ If we attach strings and tails to these paper bags, they should fly. ” “ That sounds fun, ” said Ethan. “ Let’s get started. ” “ First find the top of your bag, where it opens, ” said Mr. Dunn.

“ With masking tape, mark the four corners, two on each side. After that we’ll punch a hole in each corner. ” The kids marked the corners. Then they punched the holes. “ Now we need to add string to fly our kites, ” said Mr. Dunn. “ Cut two pieces of string 75 centimeters long. Thread one string through the left hole on one side of the bag. ” “ Tie a knot so the string won’t slip through. ”

“ Then thread the other end of the string through the right hole and knot it, ” said Mr. Dunn. “ Repeat on the other side. ” “ Hey! ” said Izzie. “ I made two loops! ” Next Mr. Dunn told them how to make the handles.