Kites are a lot of fun to make, to play with and to use in learning activities. With Go Fly a Kite Day (seriously) happening on April 16, it’s a great time to explore osme kite learning activities.
How to Make a Kite
There are lots of different ways to make kites with materials you probably already have at home or in the classroom.
Happiness is Homemade made theirs with paper and wooden dowels, while Buggy and Buddy’s uses newspaper.
Somewhat Simple has a kite made out of a paper bag.
Mainly Homemade shows you how to make a Japanese style fish kite, and Krokotak has instructions for making a bird kite. So cute!
The instructions for making a kite from Red Ted Art and the supplies needed are a bit more complex, but the results are gorgeous. It uses basketweaving reeds as the frame, which is then covered with waxed paper or tissue paper.
Kite Learning Activities
Practice counting and one to one correspondence with these printable kite counting mats from Fun with Mama. Or use the printables from Emma Owl along with pipe cleaners and beads to practice counting.
ABCs of Literacy has a cute printable with kites that will help kids match uppercase and lowercase letters.
Read all about kites and kite flying with this kids’ book list from Growing Book by Book. Talk about the science of kites (and check out more books on kites) with KC Edventures.
Artsy Craftsy Mom has a great collection of crafts and resources about kites linked to the Hindu festival of Sankranti. Her little kite cookies would be great for a snack after a day of kite making and flying! I also love the paper kite mobile.
Or make an art project using black glue like this one from I Heart Crafty Things.
Need even more kite activity ideas? Preschool Plan It has a whole unit on kites including activities, ideas for centers and circle time and more.
