How Do You Make A Chinese Silk Kite?
Chinese silk kites not only serve as entertainment on a breezy day, but they also provide the home with decorative accents. Making a Chinese silk kite at home also provides entertainment to individuals or families with children. A creative and simple craft, making a Chinese silk kite adds enrichment to a sunny spring day, or a bare wall in your child’s room. Cut out two squares of silk measuring three feet by three feet each. Set one of the squares aside and turn the other diagonally in front of you on a flat surface. The diagonal position of the fabric makes it resemble a large diamond shape. Squeeze a line of fabric glue from the topmost point of the material, all the way down to the bottom point. Squeeze a line of fabric glue horizontally across the fabric from the left point to the right point, intersecting the vertical line of glue. Place a bamboo stick into the glue starting at the topmost point of the fabric. Place another stick beneath that one and repeat until the final stick’