make-your-own kite kits for classrooms and activities

kite making workshop kits for teachers and children

DIY kite kits and kite flying

a great medium for teaching and learning across a wide range of subject areas
or, just for fun on a fine afternoon.

school children flying their make your own kite kitson the school oval

a great way to fill an afternoon

Easy to make
100% success rate
Great to colour in and decorate
Excellent stimuli for learning
heaps of fun to fly…

School kids colouring in their DIY kite making kits

make-your-own-kite workshop kits

We provide kite kits that include all of the components you need for a successful and rewarding kite making workshop.
Whether it be a Friday afternoon fill-in or an introduction to wind or the science of flight, your pupils will love making and flying these inexpensive kites as a learning medium.

Kit kites $6.00 ea.

* Buy just the number you need (20 or over)
* Full photographic teacher instructions included
* 785mm x 630mm – this is a BIG kite!
* Easy to make, easy to fly, easy to teach
* All you need is crayons, colour pencils & a stapler
* Caters for students from pre-school to year 10

list of components to make your own kite kit

all you need to make your own kite

list of components to make your own kite kit

full photographic instructions make class workshops a breeze

“Our make-you-own kite kits provide teachers with all of the materials and supporting resources they need to enable very successful class workshops. So use these for kite making and kite flying activities as a medium for learning across all KLA’s.”

single string kites on wall in our Leading Edge Kites shop in Burleigh Heads

spend as long as you like decorating your kite

DIY kite making

A great introduction to many aspects of classroom curriculum:
– Wind and weather, flight & aerodynamics
– Electricity and scientific experiment
(remember Benjamin Franklin?)
– SOSE: Many cultures around the world still use
kite making and flying as part of social customs
– History: Did you know that Lawrence Hargreaves,
the man on our $20 note invented the Box Kite?
– Art and Craft: “Kites are just a canvas in the sky”
– Sport and Recreation: just for the fun of flying…

School children on the beach flying kites made in kite making workshop

the beach, park or school oval – they’re all great places to fly

Leading Edge Kites has been one of Australia’s premier kite manufacturers for over 20 years.
We offer you an unrivalled level of support and expertise to ensure your kitemaking is a complete success.
“30 years experience as a Queensland teacher has given me an intimate understanding of the processes of
learning and the knowledge of how to successfully intergrate ‘Kites in the classroom’ to maximise successful learning outcomes with our DIY kite making kits(and have heaps of fun doing it!)”

Please Note:
Free freight, available elsewhere on our site, does not apply to kit kits. This way we can keep the per unit price low and calculate freight based on actual freight cost.

Order any number over 20

3 easy ways to order

order form

email us an official school/institution order form and number and we’ll send you an invoice with your kites.

online

order and pay right here online.
a few clicks and it’s all done.

phone us

call us and we can answer any questions you may have, make suggestions and take your order on the phone.

email us
add to cart
0417 723 937