First, briefly explain the forces involved in flying:

• Thrust : The engines push the airplane forward
• Drag : The resistance of the air which slows the plane down
• Gravity:  The weight of the aircraft pulls it toward the ground
• Lift: Air flowing over the wings moves the aircraft upward

Have the Cubs stand in a line facing the leader. The leader shouts out one of the four forces of flight. The Cubs must do the action for the force as follows:

• Thrust: Run foward
• Drag: Run backward
• Gravity: Fall down
• Lift: Jump

• Flying line. Nylon or Dacron line
• Heavy duty plastic bag (about 0.5 meters wide and 1 meter tall.
• Electrical insulation tape.
• Thick cellotape 
• Hard-wood dowel, 5 mm in diameter (2 per kite)

lacing the plastic bag on the floor with closed end at top

Mark the plastic as per the yellow dots below and draw lines to join the dots to create a triangular shape 

Join the dowel rods by tying a knot in the middle 

Now add the dowels to the kite and use the cellotape to stick down, insulation tape around the centre of the dowels (over the knot

Make a hole in the kite where the dowels cross.  Thread the flying line through the hole and tie it around the cross point of the rods. 

From scraps of plastic, make a tail for your kite (about 5cm and no more than 5 times the length of your kite). 

Tie the tail to the bottom of the kite. 

Paper/thin card

Cellotape/electrical tape

sosatie sticks 

 Using the sosatie stick as the body, weight the sharp end by wrapping in tape.

Use the paper to cut out wings and a tail.  Be creative, try different designs

Cellotape/glue the paper wing and tail to the sosatie stick 

First talk about the safety rules when flying a kite.

Attempt to fly the kites - hopefully there is enough wind.  One person to hold the flying line, one to hold the kite up into the wind.  Allow the wind to fill the sail of the kite until it lifts off into the air.