Method of making a miniature, operable box kite

A method for making a miniature box kite, comprising the steps of:

• positioning a first strip of tissue paper into overlying relationship to a flat support surface;
• positioning a tissue separator template into abutting relation to a preselected longitudinal edge of said first strip of tissue paper and aligning a first edge of said tissue separator template with a first edge of said first strip of tissue paper;
• positioning a second strip of tissue paper having the same dimensions as first strip of tissue paper against a bottom longitudinal edge of said tissue separator template and aligning a first edge of said second strip of tissue paper with the first edge of said tissue separator template;
• securing respective opposite ends of said first strip of tissue paper and said second strip of tissue paper to said flat support surface so that said tissue separator template is free to slide between them;
• providing first, second, third and fourth elongate bamboo struts;
• forming a “V”-shaped notch in opposite ends of said first elongate bamboo strut;
• sliding said tissue separator template a first time in a longitudinal direction away from said respective first edges of said first and second strips of tissue paper until said first edge of said tissue separator template is in a first position that is misaligned with said respective first edges of said first and second strips of tissue paper;
• securing said first elongate bamboo strut into overlying relation to said first and second strips of tissue paper in parallel and spaced apart relation to said respective first edges and in overlying relation to said first edge of said tissue separator template;
• providing four sets of truncate bamboo struts where each set includes a first, second, third, and fourth truncate bamboo strut;
• securing said first and second truncate bamboo struts of said first set of truncate bamboo struts to top and bottom longitudinal edges of said first strip of tissue paper so that respective trailing ends of said first and second bamboo struts are in abutting relation to said first elongate bamboo strut and so that said first and second truncate bamboo struts are disposed normal to said first elongate bamboo strut;
• securing said third and fourth truncate bamboo struts of said first set of truncate bamboo struts to top and bottom longitudinal edges of said second strip of tissue paper so that respective trailing ends of said third and fourth truncate bamboo struts are in abutting relation to said first elongate bamboo strut and so that said third and fourth truncate bamboo struts are disposed normal to said first elongate bamboo strut;
• sliding said tissue separator template a second time in a longitudinal direction away from said first elongate bamboo strut until said first edge of said tissue separator template is in a second position that is misaligned with said first elongate bamboo strut;
• securing said second elongate bamboo strut into overlying relation to said first and second strips of tissue paper in parallel and spaced apart relation to said first elongate bamboo strut and in overlying relation to said first edge of said tissue separator template;
• securing said first and second truncate bamboo struts of said second set of truncate bamboo struts to top and bottom longitudinal edges of said first strip of tissue paper so that respective trailing ends of said first and second bamboo struts of said second set of bamboo struts are in abutting relation to said second elongate bamboo strut and so that said first and second truncate bamboo struts of said second set of bamboo struts are disposed normal to said second elongate bamboo strut;
• securing said third and fourth truncate bamboo struts of said second set of truncate bamboo struts to top and bottom longitudinal edges of said second strip of tissue paper so that respective trailing ends of said third and fourth truncate bamboo struts of said second set of bamboo struts are in abutting relation to said second elongate bamboo strut and so that said third and fourth truncate bamboo struts of said second set of bamboo struts are disposed normal to said second elongate bamboo strut;
• sliding said tissue separator template a third time in a longitudinal direction away from said second elongate bamboo strut until said first edge of said tissue separator template is in a third position spaced justly slightly beyond respective leadings ends of said first, second, third, and fourth bamboo struts of said second set of truncate bamboo struts;
• securing said third elongate bamboo strut into overlying relation to said first and second strips of tissue paper in parallel and spaced apart relation to said second elongate bamboo strut and in overlying relation to said first edge of said tissue separator template;
• securing said first and second truncate bamboo struts of said third set of truncate bamboo struts to top and bottom longitudinal edges of said first strip of tissue paper so that respective trailing ends of said first and second bamboo struts of said third set of truncate bamboo struts are in abutting relation to said third elongate bamboo strut and so that said first and second truncate bamboo struts of said third sets of truncate bamboo struts are disposed normal to said third elongate bamboo strut;
• securing said third and fourth truncate bamboo struts of said third set of truncate bamboo struts to top and bottom longitudinal edges of said second strip of tissue paper so that respective trailing ends of said third and fourth truncate bamboo struts of said third set of truncate bamboo struts are in abutting relation to said third elongate bamboo strut and so that said third and fourth truncate bamboo struts of said third set of truncate bamboo struts are disposed normal to said third elongate bamboo strut;
• sliding said tissue separator template a fourth time in a longitudinal direction away from said third elongate bamboo strut until said first edge of said tissue separator template is in a fourth position spaced justly slightly beyond respective leadings ends of said first, second, third, and fourth truncate bamboo struts of said third set of truncate bamboo struts;
• securing said fourth elongate bamboo strut into overlying relation to said first and second strips of tissue paper in parallel and spaced apart relation to said third elongate bamboo strut and in overlying relation to said first edge of said tissue separator template;
• securing said first and second truncate bamboo struts of said fourth set of truncate bamboo struts to top and bottom longitudinal edges of said first strip of tissue paper so that respective trailing ends of said first and second bamboo struts of said fourth set of truncate bamboo struts are in abutting relation to said fourth elongate bamboo strut and so that said first and second truncate bamboo struts of said fourth set of truncate bamboo struts are disposed normal to said fourth elongate bamboo strut;
• securing said third and fourth truncate bamboo struts of said fourth set of truncate bamboo struts to top and bottom longitudinal edges of said second strip of tissue paper so that respective trailing ends of said third and fourth truncate bamboo struts of said fourth set of truncate bamboo struts are in abutting relation to said fourth elongate bamboo strut and so that said third and fourth truncate bamboo struts of said fourth set of truncate bamboo struts are disposed normal to said fourth elongate bamboo strut;
• removing said tissue separator template from its position between said first and second strips of tissue paper;
• forming a box kite by folding said first and second strips of tissue paper into a square parallelogram configuration and securing said first and second strips of tissue paper so that they do not unfold;
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• securing a thread to said box kite;
• whereby a miniature, operable box kite is assembled.