I bought a princess kite for my daughter last week...it flew really well this past weekend...kroger...10 bucks or so... It seemed like kites were so much harder to fly when I was 6-7 y.o. They must have made them lighter or something because these were easy as hell to get up in a mild wind.
Last time I was in town, I saw some kids flying a kite in the park. I was really happy to see them with the kite, since I used to enjoy them as a kid. Then I became confused as to why the kids weren't indoors playing video games.