Paper Rokaku Kite

As part of our Kite Unit in Mr. Skinner's Project Future class at Escalante Middle School, we were asked to build and document the last kite we made in order to create a set of instructions on how to build our kite.

To start off your Rokaku Kite you have to include supplies such as Elmer's Glue All, kite string, three sheets of any colored tissue paper, three rather large bamboo sticks, tape and any other materials needed.

Lay out one of the 20'' by 30'' sheet of tissue paper.

Fold that chosen piece of paper in half.

Make a 10 inch line that goes away from the fold at a downward angle.

Make a 10 inch line going down at the end of the first line made.

Make a 10 inch line starting from the second line going towards the crease at a slight angle.

Cut out the figure made and when fully cut out open the folded tissue paper.

Take glue and put a straight down on the middle of the kite!!

Attach a wooden skewer on the line of the glue going down the kite.

On the skewer measure one inch from the tissue paper on each side.

After you measured everything needed you grab scissors and cut the line you made.

After you measured everything needed grab scissors and cut the line made.

Grab another skewer and attach it with glue vertically on the kite

Cut the marks made on the skewer on inch away from the paper.once

Once again attach another skewer at the other side vertically gluing it.

Measure one inch from the paper on both sides of the skewer.

Cut the line made with a type of scissors that can cut the wood, and cut it.

Attach two squared pieces of tissue paper over the connections of the skewers.

Cut out small squares of the same or different colored tissue paper, put glue on the square and attach at the crossing of the wooden dowels.

Cut out a different colored square the same length as one of the square sections on the kite.

Cut out the same sized square but a different color.

Glue the sections of the square tissue paper to the sections of square tissue paper that you outlined the different colors with.

Do the same to the other square section of the tissue paper.

Let the glue dry out for a little bit.

Wet a colored piece of tissue paper.

Splatter the wet colored paper onto the kite to make it look tie dye.

Let the water dry to where there is no more water making the kite wet.

Cut a string longer than your vertical skewer.

Add tape/reinforcements to all sides of the kite where the skewers are sticking out.

Add the tape and reinforcements on each side the skewer is sticking out of the paper.

Cut a string longer than your vertical skewer again.

Tie each end of the string to the side of the skewers, make sure the kite's string is tied tight enough to where the kite flexes.

Now you have a finished kite!