For this task I made a kite out of plastic bags.
I was inspired by a supermarket grocery bag that said "I would like to be a kite".
I didn't use that bag, though, because whatever dreams it may have, it was actually too heavy.
Instead I used 6 average size plastic grocery bags and one abnormally large bag from Target.
I also used clear pacing tape to hold it together and 4 dowels.

First I made a triangle frame out of three skinny but not too bendy dowels.
I taped them together with the packing tape.
Then I laid out three plastic bags over the bottom of the triangle and taped them there.
On my first try, I left the bags open, so they would catch the wind. But when I tested it I remembered kites fly against the wind, so I taped them shut.


Next I taped one across the point of the triangle, and two across the middle.
I made sure that all holes were taped over, and then added the best part: decoration.
Earlier at the Target store I was making clothes out of their plastic bags, and an employee gave me a really large (2 1/2 feet long!) plastic bag that had swirls and targets and little birds on it.
I took that and taped it over the back of the kite, made sure there were no air bubbles, and then fixed one last dowel across the middle.
I added string and took it outside for a test run.

There's a hill of dirt in my backyard, so I started on that.
It was a fairly windy day, perfect weather for makeshift kite-flying.
I ran down the hill and the kite lifted up about 8 feet, glided, curved, made a sharp turn to the right and crashed.
I tried it again, and if I held the string carefully and controlled it the kite stayed up longer, but still wanted to dive to the right.


Okay, so it didn't fly as well as a store-bought kite, but that's half the fun.
Who cares if your kite flies badly when you made it yourself!