Dave Herzig still has the page from a 1979 craft magazine that changed his life. It offered a simple way to build a better kite. A third of a century later, the guy known as "the Kite Man" is turning ...

In the 1920s, British Royal Air Force pilots over the Middle East recorded the first sightings of what they dubbed desert kites-massive patterns carved into rocky land, often resembling the famous ...

In Weifang, Shandong province, kites are not just toys. They symbolize both culture and an industry for the city. Widely known as the world capital of kites, Weifang has a history of flying kites ...

Travon Roberts, 11, gets his homemade kite off the ground. The Blade/Katie Rausch Buy This Image Aryss Ruley, 10, left, Kyle Sell, 11, center left, and Travon Roberts, 11, center right, listen as ...

These are instructions to make a newspaper kite. Paper kites are somewhat fragile and can break easily, but they are fun and easy to make. You can make lots of them with just one newspaper. -- Color ...