Donna Lundy

There is something magical about putting together a kite and then watching it dance on the wind. Most people can figure out pretty quickly how to tug the string and launch a kite, then give it a little more string to soar higher and higher.

We found a new kite at the local K-Mart called a “finger kite” for only $2 in the toy section. They are little pieces of flexible plastic, shaped like airplanes, birds and other animals. It comes with a little plastic spool of string that fits over your finger and you wind it up by hand. The kite tail is very long and made out of the same thing that cassette tapes are made from, but in different colors. In fact, if you ever have to replace the kite tail, just pull the tape from an old cassette and tape it on the finger kite, and you are good to go.