The festival of kites – Makara Sankranti – is a few days away. Try these simple steps to create a ‘bird-like’ kite that flies higher than the plain rectangular kites. A word of caution: Avoid using ...

Mohammed Gufran can keep an eight-foot-wide Tricolour kite buoyant in the most turbulent weather.While others might need support to get this kite off the ground, he can single-handedly send it soaring ...

It’s Makar Sankranti guys! And while those of us in cities have almost forgotten the joys of flying a kite – imagine the horror of your manjha getting knotted in your neighbour’s Tata Sky Dish – there ...

Need something fun to do on a windy day? Make your own kite! This kite tutorial is awesome because it allows you to decorate it however you want. The paper you use in the directions to make the kite ...

When kids are refusing to get outside, a great way to motivate movement is to make a walking kite. Using items around the house, you can create a great kite that will follow your kids anywhere! When I ...

Nobody flew homemade kites a few decades ago. But it didn't matter. When my dad fitted the balsa ribs onto the yellow paper store-bought kite, spring arrived just as surely then as it does now. I ...