Make and decorate boxes to hold a present or to store treasures, using one of the patterns that follow.

• Cut on the solid lines, score and fold on the dotted lines, and figure out how they will look when they are glued together.
• Flatten them again, and decorate them while they are flat.
• Fold them and glue them according to the directions.

All the patterns here can be enlarged on a photocopier to make larger containers.

When kids have used the patterns here, they can figure out how to make their own patterns to make a container just the right size and shape for something special.