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Age range: 3-6

Theme Area: Following Directions

Related Episode: A Kite for Quetzal

Subjects/Skills: Art; Listening

Materials Needed:
Paper lunch bag
Hole punch or scissors
Paints, markers, or crayons
Streamers (optional)
Tape
String (two 12-inch pieces, and one long one for the kite string)

Directions:
Work together to build a paper bag kite. First, read the materials list aloud to your child. Ask her to tell you which items she will gather.

When you have gathered all the materials, work together to write down the steps you will need to take to build the kite.

Start by using the hole punch to make holes in the top of the paper bag, one in each corner.

Tie each of the 12-inch lengths of string through a hole in the bag. You are trying to create the loops.

Thread the long piece of string through the two loops you created and tie in a knot. This is the handle of the kite.

Have your child decorate the kite, using paints, markers, or crayons. She can tape or glue streamers to the open end of the bag.

Take the kite outside on a windy day and watch it fly!

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