A method for making a box kite includes the steps of placing two elongate strips of tissue paper atop a support surface in parallel relation to one another, separated by a third strip of stiff cardboard that maintains the parallel separation between them. The third strip is gradually withdrawn as elongate and truncate bamboo struts are adhered to the first and second strips of tissue in a particular pattern. A square parallelogram is then formed and strings and tails are secured to the kite. The kite is flattened, placed atop a flat thread card about which the main kite string and the tails are wrapped, and inserted into a package for sale.