Children learn art of kite making
Published 10:02 am Monday, June 22, 2015
Materials often found lying around the house went soaring through the air Friday at Roan Mountain State Park. Ranger Amanda Smithson walked children through the process of making a kite with goldrenrod stems, newspaper, tape, streamers and a stick as a spool for the string. Park guests joined Smithson at the Miller Farmstead Overlook before taking off down the runway with their kite creations. “It’s a good day to be doing this,” Nathan Johnson said. “It is windy.”
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- Amanda Smithson shows Nathan Johnson how to tie a special knot for the spool of string.
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- Nathan Johnson, 9, was the first to test out his new kite made out of goldenrod stems, newspaper, tape and a stick for a spool.
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- Suzanne Buchanan helps her grandaughter Hadley Buchanan, 9, tie string to the kite.
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- Hadley Buchanan, 9, takes the kite she made down the runway at Roan Mountain State Park’s Miller Farmstead Overlook.
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- Suzanne Buchanan helps her grandaughter Hadley Buchanan, 9, tie string to the kite.
