The lesson plan below comes from Ellerslie School. Gift Wrap You will need paint, brushes, A3 paper, glue, glitter. Read The Party .
Children find examples of patterns in the illustrations.
Talk together about how gifts are presented and look at a few commercial gift wraps. Discuss the patterns. Children select 3 paint colours and design their own gift wrap using repeating patterns. When their work is dry, they choose one of the patterns to highlight with glitter. Children put glue on the pattern and sprinkle it with glitter.