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Crafts from Vietnam In Vietnam, kites in the shape of animals are very common. A rabbit
is one of the favorite animal kites. Make a rabbit kite with a balloon and tissue paper.
Rabbit balloon kite
Materials needed:
8" long inflated balloons (helium-filled if you wish
them to float)
Tissue paper
Cotton balls
Markers
String, or thin dowels for non-helium balloons
Glue
Tape
Fold a piece of tissue paper into quarters. Using the
pattern below, cut a body for the rabbit. Adjust the pattern as needed to fit your
balloons. Cut two ears from tissue paper. Using the face pattern, cut two face sides and
draw a face on them with markers.
Tie a string around the middle of the balloon (if
helium-filled). Wrap the tissue paper body around the balloon, and glue in place. Tuck the
ears under one end of the body and glue in place. Glue face at one end, and a cotton ball
tail on the other end.
If the balloon is not helium-filled, tape a thin dowel to
one end to "fly" it through the air.
The phoenix is a mythical bird that is common is Asia. Use
or adapt the pattern shown to make a paper cutting. You can cut the pieces out of
different colored paper, or cut the bird out of one color and use markers or paints to
color it.
Phoenix paper cutting
Heavy paper for background
Bright colored paper
Paints or markers
Scissors
Pencil
Glue
Using the pattern given, cut out the phoenix and mount it
on heavy paper. Then cut pieces of bright paper to the shapes inside the phoenix, and glue
in place.
An easier option would be to use paints or markers to
color the phoenix. Flourescent markers would make a very bright phoenix.
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