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Kite Activities for Kids

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Kites are a lot of fun to make, to play with and to use in learning activities. With Go Fly a Kite Day (seriously) happening on April 16, it’s a great time to explore osme kite learning activities.

How to Make a Kite

There are lots of different ways to make kites with materials you probably already have at home or in the classroom.

Happiness is Homemade made theirs with paper and wooden dowels, while Buggy and Buddy’s uses newspaper.

Somewhat Simple has a kite made out of a paper bag.

Mainly Homemade shows you how to make a Japanese style fish kite, and Krokotak has instructions for making a bird kite. So cute!

The instructions for making a kite from Red Ted Art and the supplies needed are a bit more complex, but the results are gorgeous. It uses basketweaving reeds as the frame, which is then covered with waxed paper or tissue paper.

Kite Learning Activities

Practice counting and one to one correspondence with these printable kite counting mats from Fun with Mama. Or use the printables from Emma Owl along with pipe cleaners and beads to practice counting.

ABCs of Literacy has a cute printable with kites that will help kids match uppercase and lowercase letters.

Read all about kites and kite flying with this kids’ book list from Growing Book by Book. Talk about the science of kites (and check out more books on kites) with KC Edventures.

Artsy Craftsy Mom has a great collection of crafts and resources about kites linked to the Hindu festival of Sankranti. Her little kite cookies would be great for a snack after a day of kite making and flying! I also love the paper kite mobile.

Or make an art project using black glue like this one from I Heart Crafty Things.

Need even more kite activity ideas? Preschool Plan It has a whole unit on kites including activities, ideas for centers and circle time and more.

Have you read?

Celebrating Mexican Independence Day

Lots of Americans seem to think that May 5 is Mexican Independence Day, but that holiday actually falls on Sept. 16.

May 5 is the celebration of the Battle of Puebla, in which the Mexicans defeated the French in 1862. Independence Day marks the beginning of their fight for independence from Spain in 1810. That was the day of what’s known as El Grito de Dolores, or the cry of Dolores, for when the Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang the church bells at his church in Dolores and declared that Mexico should be free from Spanish rule. 

They would fight for their freedom until 1821 when they finally gained independence. 

Fabulous Classroom has a little of the history and ideas for celebrating the holiday for all age groups. There’s also a link to a good video in that post about the real story of Mexican Independence Day. 

Twinkl also has a good tops about the history and different activities, discussion ideas, crafts and foods that can be incorporated into lessons at school or used at home. 

I also found a few pins that no longer link to a website but include good information on Mexican Independence Day, including some questions for students to answer based on the reading. You can find more printables and questions for kids from TX Homeschool Mama on Etsy (also available in Spanish). 

You can find a lot more paid resources about Mexican Independence Day at Teachers Pay Teachers. 

Mexican flag crafts are a fun option for celebrating Mexican Independence Day (though the current iteration of their flag has only been in use since 1968). Kids Activities Blog has a free Mexican flag printable and a few different ideas for decorating it including dot markers and torn tissue paper. 

You can also find some great Mexican crafts at Red Ted Art. The post includes all sorts of Mexican inspired projects including Day of the Dead crafts, Frida Kahlo pinatas and upcycled musical instruments. I love the giant paper flowers they shared from Honestly WTF. 

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