Handmade kites simple and good-looking

Handmade kites are simple and pretty as follows:

1, prepare a tough, thin and light paper, 50 centimeters long and 30 centimeters wide. Fold the paper into a diamond shape, or draw a diamond shape, and cut off the excess ground part to make the paper into a diamond shape.

2. Prepare two strips of wood, one 30 centimeters long and the other 50 centimeters long, and fold them into a cross and tie it with a string, with the top of the cross 15 centimeters high and the bottom 35 centimeters high. It is better if the cross is made of bamboo strips, because they are lighter and thinner. Poke two holes in each of the four corners of the cut paper, so that the cross can be fastened to the paper with nylon string.

3, and then prepare two nylon thread, will be a rope ends tied to the ends of the short wooden bar, and then a slightly longer nylon beam staring rope end tied to the center of this nylon rope. For aesthetics, tie some of your favorite streamers to the ends and tails of the kite. In this way, the simple and beautiful handmade kite is finished.

The kite was invented by ancient Chinese laborers during the Spring and Autumn Period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, more than 2,000 years ago. According to legend, Mo Zhai made a wooden bird from wood and developed it for three years, which is the earliest origin of kites for human beings. Later, Lu Ban used bamboo to improve the material of Mo Zhai's kite, and it was not until the Eastern Han Dynasty that Cai Lun improved the papermaking technique that people started to use paper to make kites, which is called "paper kite".