Making Mondays: The Eeeevil Kite

This week Senol (my wonderful and quietly creative husband) was the chief maker!  He made this kite he remembered making as a child.  In Turkish it is called Şeytan uçurtması - 'Satan Kite'  - although it looks pretty innocent to me ;)

It is made out of a single piece of paper (a page from a magazine would work well I think)  and some string - we just used some thick thread that was on a reel.   No sticks or straws in this one.   I was amazed at how well it worked!  Once there was a little wind it went up so high ... and survived!

Yashar was so proud to be holding it when it was flying so high!  There is a video of how to make it in Turkish here.    After a quick search I couldn't find any instructions in English on the net for this particular kite...so if you come across any it would be great if you could leave a comment to let me know!  If not, I might have to make a tutorial for this because it is awesome!

When there was only a light breeze Senol hung the cotton reel on a branch and it flitted around under the blossom.  It made me think it would be a cute decoration for a birthday party in the garden.