Math Investigation. Mission: Math and... Kite | Page 3

ΤΟΜΟΣ 1, Τ ΕΥΧΟΣ 1

ΣΕΛΙΔΑ 3

Οδηγίες κατασκευής χαρταετού με σχήμα κανονικό εξάγωνο
Materials:
– 3 or 4 Sticks for the
frame.
– Glue
– Tissue paper
(different colors)
– String
– A needle

Instructions:
First get the sticks, you
can use as many as 3
or 4 sticks. Put the
sticks together forming
an hexagon or an octagon depending of how
many sticks you are
going to use, and the
shape that you want to

give to your kite.
At the center of your
frame, tie your sticks
using a piece of string.
Afterwards using the
same string, you can
either wrap the string
around the end of each
stick or if is easier you
can make little cut in
the middle of each stick
so you can fit the string
in between the cut.
Get a variety of tissue
paper, think about the
design you want to give
to your kite. This would
make it unique and

yours. After knowing
what colors of tissue
paper you will use, start
cutting your own design.You can then assemble your design,
just make sure the design is bigger than the
size of the frame
(sticks) and don´t use
to much glue.
Using glue, paste the
tissue paper to your
frame by wrapping the
ends of the tissue paper over the edges of
your frame. Once again
be careful to not use to
much glue.

Custom

This is how you start construct your own handmade hexago
kite...
Tie everything off.
After the tissue paper
with the design has
been pasted on to the
frame, you need a needle with thread. You will
need to tie the string
around two sides of the
frame to keep the kite
steady when flying.
Start by piercing the
tissue paper with the
needle and thread,
wrapping the thread
around one side of the
frame two times and
then take your needle
to the other side of the
frame to do the same.
Make sure to leave
enough free string between the two sides so
that if you were to hold
the string in the middle
of the kite it should
form a subtle “V”
shape, starting with
each side of the kite
and rising in the center.

Now, take an additional
piece of string and tie it
to the center of the kite,
wrapping it twice
around the frame once
again. Bring the string
back to the center of
the string you tied in
the previous step and
tie it to the center. Now
if you were to hold the
strings at the center, it
should form the shape
of a pyramid.

tail, if you decided you
can past tissue paper
on the sides of your kite
(see pictures) the options are endless and
once the glue has dried
it is time to go fly

Lastly, from the center
of your strings tie one
last piece of string
which will be used as
the string that you hold
to fly the kite. You may
want to leave this one
on a spool.
At this point you are
ready to attach your
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Flying eagle on Ash
Monday is a beautiful
game, a custom
graphic, a festival of
colors in our skies. Let
us be glad and trying to
send our own kite, high
in the spring sky near
the sun.