{"id":1359,"date":"2023-09-25T10:57:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T07:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/?p=1359"},"modified":"2023-09-25T10:57:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T07:57:45","slug":"make-your-own-paper-kite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/2023\/09\/25\/make-your-own-paper-kite\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Your Own Paper Kite"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Materials:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Printing paper<\/li>\n<li>Scissors<\/li>\n<li>Yarn (This worked well for me, but I wish I had used a lighter string.)<\/li>\n<li>Tape<\/li>\n<li>Popsicle stick<\/li>\n<li>Markers<\/li>\n<li>Hole punch<\/li>\n<li>Stapler<\/li>\n<li>Ruler<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1356\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/files\/2023\/09\/Bild1-395x297.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"395\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/files\/2023\/09\/Bild1.jpg 395w, https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/files\/2023\/09\/Bild1-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 85vw, 395px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Instructions<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Draw a pattern on both sides of the paper.<\/li>\n<li>Fold the paper in half. (Half the length.)<\/li>\n<li>Using your ruler, make a mark at 6.5 cm and a mark at 9 cm on the folded edge.<\/li>\n<li>Now bend both corners of your paper downwards and staple them together at the 6.5 cm mark. (Don&#8217;t fold them down, make sure the paper is curved.) Your kite should now look like this.<\/li>\n<li>Punch a hole at the 9 cm mark. Then cut a long piece of string and tie it to your kite.<\/li>\n<li>Tape the other end of your string to a popsicle stick. Wrap your excess string around the popsicle stick so it doesn&#8217;t tangle.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1357\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/files\/2023\/09\/Bild2-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/files\/2023\/09\/Bild2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/files\/2023\/09\/Bild2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/>Now you can go out and fly your homemade kite!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It takes a strong gust of wind to lift your kite, but if you run around (or ride your bike really fast) your kite will also float next to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Materials: Printing paper Scissors Yarn (This worked well for me, but I wish I had used a lighter string.) Tape Popsicle stick Markers Hole punch Stapler Ruler Instructions Draw a pattern on both sides of the paper. Fold the paper in half. (Half the length.) Using your ruler, make a mark at 6.5 cm and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/2023\/09\/25\/make-your-own-paper-kite\/\" class=\"more-link\">Forts\u00e4tt l\u00e4sa<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201dMake Your Own Paper Kite\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2590,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30020],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2590"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1359"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1360,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359\/revisions\/1360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}