How to build a kite: Step 1

April 10, 2010 | 10:11 p.m. CDT

First, place the dowels perpendicular to each another across the newspaper. The horizontal dowel, also called the spar, should lie about a third of the way down the paper from the top corner. The vertical dowel is referred to as the spine.

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