At some point, many of us were briefly fascinated with kites. The reason we were only briefly interested in this hobby was that it was fraught with failure: The kite never flew or, if it did, it was ...

Take a stroll through a modern kite store, such as the Kite Loft at Harborplace, and you’ll know the days of the paper-covered two-stickers you used to get for a dime are long gone. It is easy to ...

Have you ever tried to build your own kite? Kites have been a source of entertainment for centuries for kids around the world. How do some features of a kite, such as its tail, affect how it flies? In ...

Take paper, sticks, some string and add a good wind. Jane and Michael Banks knew how much fun it could be flying a kite, and now there is a whole month dedicated to the sport of kite flying. April is ...

Abigail Kempe started making Bermuda kites as a kid with her dad, Toby. Once she was old enough to do it on her own, she set a challenge of making “really big ones” and was thrilled when they actually ...

As spring winds blew, a huge crowd gathered in a field in Weifang, Shandong province, looking to the skies in awe. Overhead, a sea of colorful kites in a multitude of sizes danced — their designs ...