Long Giant Octopus Kite - Outdoor Toy (8-Meter)

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Giant octopus kite

A 26-foot octopus for your next windy day

A soft octopus kite about 26 ft (8 m) long from the top of its head to the tips of its tentacles. There are no rods or poles: the wind fills the head, and the long ribbon tentacles stream out behind it.

Take it to the beach or an open field on a breezy day, let out the line, and it rises into a big, bright octopus that people stop to look at. When you are done, it folds down like a sheet of fabric.

Two adults on a beach watching a blue octopus kite fly high over the sea, one holding the kite line

Size, honestly

Big kite, real proportions

From head to tentacle tips it measures about 26 ft (8 m), and the head is about 4 ft (1.2 m) across. Up in the sky that reads as a large, eye-catching kite. It is not one of the multi-story show kites flown at kite festivals, which are a different and much larger class of kite.

About 26 ft long

Measured from the top of the head to the tips of the tentacles.

Head about 4 ft wide

The rounded head is what catches the wind and holds the kite up.

No frame

Nothing to assemble and no rods to snap. It folds flat when you pack up.

An orange octopus kite flying high over a wide open grass field, with one adult holding the line far below

Before you go

What you need to fly it

Wind

A steady breeze of about 6 to 18 mph. In lighter air the head will not stay full; near the top of that range it pulls hard.

Line

Kite line and a winder are not included. Use a single kite line rated about 200 lb on a winder or handle.

Space

An open beach or field, well clear of power lines, roads, trees, crowds and airports.

Launching

Up in a few minutes

Lay it out

Stand with your back to the wind and lay the kite out downwind, tentacles straight and untangled.

Let the head fill

Tie on your line, then let the wind open the head. A second person holding the head up helps.

Let out line

Let out line steadily as it climbs. Bring it down slowly, hand over hand, and fold it before the wind grabs it.

Close-up of the rose red octopus kite's head in flight, showing the stitched fabric panels, the cartoon eyes and the bridle lines

Specifications

What it is

Soft, frameless single-line octopus kite

Length

About 26 ft (8 m), head to tentacle tips

Head width

About 4 ft (1.2 m)

Build

Ripstop fabric, no rods or frame; the wind inflates the head

Wind

A steady breeze of about 6 to 18 mph

Line

Not included; use kite line rated about 200 lb on a winder

Colors

Green, black, blue, orange, red or rose red

Age

Teens 14 and up and adults

What arrives

One octopus kite in the color you choose. Kite line and a winder are not included.

Safety: a kite this size pulls hard in strong wind. It is for teens 14 and up and adults; younger children can watch and help while an adult holds the line. Never fly near power lines, roads or airports, or in rain or thunderstorms.