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Spring Break Week at Sky Meadows: Sky High Kite-Making Adventures

Location of Sky Meadows State Park in Virginia

Where

Sky Meadows State Park, 11012 Edmonds Ln., Delaplane, VA 20144.
Historic Area

When

April 16, 2025. 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Let your creativity take flight! Join us for a hands-on kite-making experience, where you will design and build your own kite before testing it in the open fields of Sky Meadows. Learn about the science behind flight and discover how kites played a role in the Civil War. Fun for all ages!

Join the Northern Virginia Association of Rocketry (NOVAAR) Club as they discuss the science, engineering, design, and mathematics of flight.

An additional fee of $10 per participant for those who opt to make their own kite. Fee can be paid online here.

Four children behind a split-rail fence, looking through and over it at something in the distance. Three of the children are wearing backpacks and one is looking through binoculars.

Other details

Standard parking or admission fee applies: Yes.
Extra fee: $10 per kite-making kit.
Registration required: Yes.
Children welcome: Yes.
Phone: 540-592-3556
Email Address: SkyMeadows@dcr.virginia.gov