[Illustration:  Girl Kite]

attach them to the top part of the wing frames near where the sticks intersect, so that the straws or wires will cross.  These form the antennae, or the “smellers.”  Then select the color of paper you want, yellow, brown, blue, white or any other color; lay it on a flat surface and place the frame on top of it, holding the frame down securely with a weight.  Then with a pair of scissors cut the paper around the frame, leaving about a 1/2-in. margin for pasting.  Cut slits in the paper about 2 in. apart around the curves and at all angles to keep the paper from wrinkling when it is pasted.  Distribute the paste with a small brush and make the overlaps a little more than 1/4 in. wide and press them

[Illustration:  Butterfly Kite]

together with a soft cloth.  When the kite is dry decorate it with paint or strips of colored paper in any design you may fancy.  The best effects are produced by pasting pieces of colored paper on top of the other paper.  Black paper decorations show up to fine advantage when the kite is in flight.  Attach the “belly-band” to the

[Illustration:  Frame for Girl Kite]

curved sticks by punching a hole in the paper in the same manner as it is attached to the common hexagonal or coffin-shaped kite.  With a tail, your kite is ready to fly.  Another interesting design is the boy kite.  With light colored coat and vest and gay striped trousers, the kite standing high in the air always attracts attention and affords splendid sport for the American youth in springtime.

In making a boy kite it should be remembered that the larger the boy is the better he will fly.  To construct the frame, two straight sticks, say 3-1/2 ft. long, should serve for the legs and

[Illustration:  Frame for Boy Kite]

body; another straight stick forms the spine and should be about 2 ft. 4 in. long.  For the arms, get a fourth straight stick about 3 ft. 3 in. long.  Make the frame for the head by bending a light tough stick in a circle about 7 in. in diameter.  Bind it tightly with a strong thread and through its center run the spine.  Then tack on the arm stick 3 in. under the circle so that the spinal column crosses the arm stick exactly in the center.  Wrap tightly with strong thread and tack on the two sticks that are to serve for the legs and body.  The leg sticks should be fastened to the arm stick about 6 in. on either side of the spinal column, and crossed so that the other ends are 3 ft. apart.  Tack them and the arm stick together at the point where they intersect.  Small hoops and cross stick of the same material as the head frame should be fastened to both extremities of the arm stick and the lower ends of the leg stick for the hands and feet.  See that both hand frames are exactly alike and exercise equal caution regarding the foot frames; also see that the arm stick is at exact right angles with the spine stick and that the