Kite flying has been one of the major cultural activities for the people of the Subcontinent. The paper elaborates the art of dor making in the kite flying culture of the Punjab. It discusses that how the changing mode of kite flying in the Subcontinent contributed to the development of the tradition of dor making. It describes the materials and processes involved in dor making and the context in which the tradition thrived and then faded away. The study maintains that after the division of India into princely states, it was the competitive environment that was responsible for the development of dor making as an expertise.