Kites for Everyone

How to make and Fly Them

By: MARGARET GREGER

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Paperback | 27 October 2006

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Thorough, expert guide with easy-to-follow illustrated instructions for creating more than 50 awesome, airborne objects -- everything from simple bag kites to Vietnamese, Snake, Dutch, Dragon, Bullet, Delta, and Flowform flyers. The author also covers windsocks and toy parachutes. "It's like having a veteran kitemaker in the classroom." --" Science and Children."

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Introduction
Classroom Kites	p. 3
Wind Scale	p. 12
Flying, Bridles, Lines, Knots, Reels	p. 13
Fabric Kites	p. 17
Kite Directory	p. 24
Kites to Make
Vietnamese Kites
Vietnamese Kite	p. 26
Vietnamese Bag Kite	p. 28
Snake Kites
Siamese Snake Kite	p. 29
Bag Snake Kite	p. 32
Plastic Snake Kite	p. 34
Fabric Snake Kite	p. 35
Paper Kites
Paper Kites	p. 38
Dutch Kite	p. 40
Paper Dragon Kite	p. 42
Sled Kites
Sled Kites	p. 44
Kite Safety	p. 44
Trashbag Sled Kite	p. 45
Mini-Sled Kite	p. 46
Stapled Sled Kite	p. 48
Fabric Hornbeam Sled Kite	p. 50
Bookmark Sled Kite	p. 51
Bullet Kites
Mini Bullet Kite	p. 52
Plastic Bullet Kite	p. 54
Fabric Bullet Kite	p. 56
Square Kites
Whole Bag Kite	p. 58
Plastic Fantasmo Kite	p. 60
Fabric Square Kite and Diamond Kites	p. 62
Eddy Kites
Eddy Kites	p. 64
Conover Eddy Kite	p. 66
Traditional Eddy Kite	p. 68
Lee Toy's Eddy Kite	p. 70
Delta Kites
Delta Kites	p. 71
Little Delta Kite	p. 72
One-Piece Delta Kite	p. 74
Tony Cyphert's Delta Kite	p. 76
Joseph Lee Delta Bird Kite	p. 78
Harper's Ferry Delta Kite	p. 82
Zephyr Delta Kite	p. 84
Box Kites
Trashbag Box Kite	p. 86
Mini Winged Box Kite	p. 88
Fabric Box Kites	p. 90
French Military Kite	p. 90
Winged Square Box Kite	p. 92
Corner and Facet Kites
Single-Cell Corner Kite	p. 94
Two-Cell Corner Kite	p. 96
Facet Kites, General	p. 97
Four-sided Facet Kite	p. 98
Five-sided Facet Kite	p. 100
Flow Form Kites
Flow Form Kite	p. 104
Flow Form Kite Instructions	p. 106
Kite Tails, Bags, and Windsocks
Tails	p. 108
Kite Bags	p. 110
Streamer Windsock	p. 111
Ribbon Windsock	p. 112
Fabric Windsock	p. 114
Parachute	p. 116
Resources
Resources: Books, Magazines, Materials	p. 118
Index	p. 120
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