How to do it: You need three 1/2" dowels or thin wood sticks, newsprint or some other thin paper for covering, string, scraps of cloth, and white glue. Cross two 36" long dowels and a third one 30" long (see A, B, and C in the drawing below). Tie them together at the center joint. Cut a notch in both ends of each stick and stretch string between the notches to outline the shape of the kite. Wrap string around the ends of the sticks to keep them from splitting (see drawing). Lay the frame on the paper and draw an outline 2" bigger than the frame. then fold the paper over the string and glue it in place. Fasten a length of string from one end of stick A to the other end. Fasten two other strings between the ends of sticks B and C. At the point where these three strings cross, fasten a ball of string for flying the kite. For a tail, tie a length of string between the ends of sticks A and B and at the center point fasten a 36" string to which cloth strips have been tied.
