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Make A Can't-Fail Kite!

One in a summer-long series of fun things to do with the kids!

Take a paper bag and cut the bottom off of it.

Decorate it with magic markers, crayons, or tempura paint, if you'd like.

Add streamers to one end. At the other, end add two gummed reinforcements to each side of the bag inside and out.

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Using a hole punch or a pencil make an opening where the two gummed reinforcements are.

Attach a 20-inch piece of string to the holes of the gummed reinforcements. This will be the guide wire string. Then add kite string to the guide wire string.

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Now go outside and fly a kite!

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