We are creating kites for "Color the wind." This is some of the inforation i found on the orgin of kites. "According to the Shiji (Historical Records), written by the great historian Sima Qian (145BC – 87 AD), in the State of Lu (the present-day Weifang region) between 507-444 AD, a carpenter named Lu Ban made a magpie kite with bamboo and wood and set it to fly for three days without dropping. “This carpenter Lu Ban once made a big eagle kite with wood, which carried a person and flew high into the sky for reconnoitering the position of the enemy (of the state of Song)”, the Shiji has recorded" (http://www.sacu.org/kitehistory.html)