Help Santa and his Elves in this design thinking project as students work through the challenge of designing gift wrapping paper and choosing a toy that perfectly fits 5 different personality profiles, including one of their classmates.

Students will go through the design thinking process as they utilize their analytical thinking, while equally engaging in creative thinking, to understand and empathize what each of their "clients" needs are.

I created this for my 3rd and 4th graders as a fun project during the week before winter holidays. Given that this project was designed to be open ended it can be used with a range of ability levels.

CHRISTMAS GIFT DESIGN THINKING PROJECT Open Ended No Prep Seasonal Activity

• Challenge your students with a design thinking project

• Design thinking is an approach to learning that includes considering problems, research, analysis, coming up with original ideas and solutions, and lots of trial and error experimentation

Included In Your Download:

Pages 1 to 7

Main cover page, printing tips, and terms of use

Pages 8 to 32

No prep student usable pages to take them through the design thinking process.

Pages 33 to 49

Detailed teacher notes of how I used each resource page with my students.

Packet includes the following:

• Santa needs your help. Letter introducing students to the project.

• What is the problem? Students will empathize and choose feelings that Santa and his Elves are experiencing with the goal of defining the problem in their own words.

• Your mission. Handout with job directions about the mission.

• Notes about Person 1 to 5. Students will read the personality profiles for 5 different people to understand and research what their needs and preferences are.

• Student notes organizer for Person 1 to 5 and a classmate.

• Gift wrap design sheet for Person 1 to 5 and a classmate.

• Individual student survey to understand what their classmates' needs and preferences are.

• Interview a Classmate. Create questions and interview.

• Toy notes organizer (QR code version). Students will scan the QR code, which will take them to an online resource to research toys that fit the needs and preferences of the different personalities.

• Toy notes organizer (without QR code). Students can brainstorm and ideate what toys each person would like.

• Reflection sheet. Post-project reflection.

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Printing Tips:

Please note that this product was created in 8.5 X 11 in. paper format standard in the USA. I'm teaching overseas where the standard paper size is A4. I've been able to print on any other size paper by choosing 'shrink to fit' or 'fit to printable area' in the printer options. I've even enlarged some response activities to fit on A3 paper for group work.

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