The Learning Hive

We like to make stuff. You probably like to make stuff too. If you would like to make the stuff that we like to make, this is the web page for you.

Kwik Kite

The Kwik Kite is an easy-to-assemble kite made from an ordinary sheet of 11×17 paper (or two letter-sized sheets taped together) and two bamboo skewers. The Kwik Kite flies well even in light winds.
Kwik Kite instructions

Tommy Scout Biplane Paper Model

The Thomas-Morse Scout, or “Tommy,” was a biplane manufactured in Ithaca New York between 1917 and 1918. Several hundred of the planes were made in what is now known as the “Aeroplane Factory” near the Lake Cayuga inlet. Parts were also made at the Morse Chain Factory, which is now the Emerson Transmission building on South Hill. To make the Tommy Scout paper model you will need to download and print the parts page on card stock, and download the instructions.
Tommy Scout parts page
Tommy Scout instructions