HanNaRae Culture Inc. invited us to learn how to make the shield-shaped Korean kites. After messing up a few times, my kite actually came together. It is said that if you fly your kite on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month of the year, it drives away that year's calamity & brings happiness. However, your name & date of birth must also be written on your kite. Well, mine didn't fly & I guess I didn't put my name on it either. Shoot, better luck next year right?
Here's some of the group assembling the kites. 
Adrienne getting some assitance from Kyung-Won. 
My kite, before I went crazy with the markers in an attempt to add more color. 
Ye-Rim adding some finishing touches.
Please fly little kite... Please fly... Please...
I had to run with it, but a least it's a few feet from my hand now. This may have been the time I accidently hit the kite master, purple pants & black jacket, on the head with my kite.
Well, that didn't last long. It seemed to get wrapped over the line with the hanging lanterns, which you can see in the picture above.
I had to throw this picture in, because it came out so humorously bad. Sorry... This was taken at a Turkish restaurant, Kebapistan, after our kite making lesson.
