How to Make a Diamond Kite

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Steps

1. Take a big piece of bulletin paper (or newspaper) and draw a perfect square on it.
2. Cut out the square using scissors or an art knife.
3. Rotate the paper so it looks like a diamond and fold from one side to the other.
4. Open the paper and place your wooden dowel vertically on the fold line.
5. Place another dowel horizontally on top of the first dowel in the center of the paper.
6. Secure these together with some tape.
7. Place dowels along the edges and tape them securely to the paper.
8. Cut off all the excess paper.
9. When that is done, reinforce the kite by adding more tape to the edges and center of the kite.
10. Make two holes with the vertical dowel in the middle, above the center point.
11. Repeat step 10 but make the two holes below the center line.
12. Feed a string through both sets of holes and tie them together so it makes the keel of the kite.
13. Tie the long string to the keel and your kite is ready to fly. You should be able to get keels from any art shop.

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