"Kites Are Fun" is a song by American group The Free Design from their debut studio album by the same name.
A writer for Billboard magazine called it an "interesting rhythm item by a unique pop group," said it had "some of the feel" of previous sunshine pop hits from 1966 and 1967 such as "Yellow Balloon" by The Yellow Balloon and "Up, Up and Away" by The 5th Dimension.
[1] A writer for Cashbox magazine described it as a "cute, bright and breezy glider with punchy lyrics — an easy-drifting ballad in the modern pop style," and compared the B-side to music from Spanky and Our Gang.
[2] PopMatters writer Dylan Nelson wrote "There's something, aside from the haze of '60s sentimentalism that makes the song sort of trippy.
Perhaps it’s the very notion of bringing such sophisticated arrangements and such polished sounds to a song so simplistic and childish that feels paradoxically radical.