Kite Resources
This is where you’ll find various information on kite making, competition, kite events, and books about kiting.
AKA Club Organizers Manual
Kitelines Magazine
- KITELINES MAGAZINE (OLD ISSUES)
https://kitelife.com/magazine-archive/publications/kite-lines/
Find a Kite Store
Find a kite club
Kite making
Kite Bibliography – https://www.kite.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/kite_bibliography.pdf
Children’s/Beginner/No Sew Kite Plans
- https://www.wikihow.com/Category:Kite-Making-and-Kite-Flying
- https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Kite-Out-of-a-Plastic-Bag
- https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Fast-Kite-with-One-Sheet-of-Paper
- https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Kite-for-Kids
- https://www.wikihow.com/wikiHowTo?search=make+a+kite
- https://www.my-best-kite.com/kite-for-kids.html
- https://www.my-best-kite.com/how-to-make-a-paper-sled-kite-p1.html
Kite Plans organized by Kite Category
Kite Plans organized by Number of Lines
Kite Plans for Teachers and Students
Kites in the Classroom (English)
Kites in the Classroom (Spanish)
Kite Lesson in Education World
Miniature Kite Plans
Kites from Recycled Materials
Fighter Kite Plans
Miniature Kites
Twenty Miniature Kite Plans (Links to Amazon)
Kite Tricks (Multiline Kites):
Kite Making Tutorials
Gary Engvall’s Kite Sewing 101:
Kite Kits for Teachers
Kite Kits
- https://goodkites.com/
- https://kitekits.com/
- https://www.quincokites.com/
- https://intothewind.com/kites/kite-kits.html
Annual Kitemaking Retreats for Adults
- Oregon Kitemakers Retreat – http://kitemakersretreat.com/
- Fort Warden Retreat –http://www.kitemakers.org/
- Maryland Kite Society Annual Retreat – http://www.mdkites.org/
- Upper-Midwest Area Kitemaking Event – http://www.u-make.org/
- Keystone Kiters Retreat – http://keystonekiters.org/events-1
Annual Kite Festivals
- Washington State International Kite Festival – http://kitefestival.com/
- Lincoln City Kite Festival https://www.oregoncoast.org/events/annual/summer-kite-festival/
- Long Beach Island N.J. –https://lbifly.com/lbi/
- Wildwood Kite Festivalhttps://wildwoodsnj.com/event/wildwoods-international-kite-festival-2/
- Ocean City Sunfest – https://ococean.com/events/sunfest
- National Cherry Blossom Kite Festival https://nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/event/blossom-kite-fly/
- South Padre Island Festival https://www.spikitefest.com/
- Maryland International Kite Festival – https://kiteloft.com/kite-festival/Maryland-International-Kite-Expo/
- Jekyll Island Buggy Festival – http://www.coastalwindsports.com/JIBE.html
Wikipedia List of many Kite Festivals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_kite_festivals
Lots of kite manuals and publications https://sites.google.com/view/kite-related-publications/home
Worldwide Flying locations: http://www.kitemap.org/
North American Power Kite Association https://napka.org/
United States Kiteboarding Association https://uskite.org/
North American Fighter Kite Association http://www.nafka.org/
Miniature Kite Guild http://www.miniaturekiteguild.org/main/