Grade

7/8

TLE-IA
Handicraft Production
EXPLORATORY COURSE – MODULE 6
Produce Wrapped Gift Items
 Technology and Livelihood Education
Handicraft Production 7/8
Module 6

MELC: Wrap gift items

Objective:
 Use tools properly.

INTRODUCTION

Filipinos are known for being warm and affectionate. Sending of gifts on special occasions is
one way of expressing our affection and concern. We send gifts on special occasions such as
birthdays, Christmas, Easter, Christening, Wedding, Valentine’s Day and other instances. Wrapping
and packing are essential parts of giving. A gift in personalized gift wrap is a delightful way of sending
love to a friend or loved one.
Materials needed for Gift Wrapping

 Gift boxes or containers

 Wrapping paper
 Ribbons and bows
 Decorative items like paper flowers, lace, twine, etc.
 Tags and labels
Tools needed for Gift Wrapping

 Scissors – for cutting papers

 Pencil – for writing messages
 Cutter – for cutting metals
 Hole puncher – for punching hole
 Glue stick and Adhesive – to fasten sides and ends
 Ruler – for measuring distances and marking lines

Philippine Made Materials for Gift Wrapping

The Philippines known as to many as “Pearl of the Orient Seas” is noted for abundant natural
resources. The Philippine is rich in land and sea resources where raw materials for making native
products can be sourced. Famous native products such as baskets from rattan, Buri hats, native
Anahaw fans, Abaca bags and many others are good materials for unique and personalized gift
wrapping.
Other Philippine made ecology-friendly materials for packing and wrapping gifts are following:
Gift containers- bayong bags made of buri, coconut leaves, tampipi (small rectangular buri box),
native baskets, boxes made of our Philippine wood like narra and bamboo, corrugated papers.
Wrapping- sinamay,abaca, raffia, etc
Ribbons and bows- abaca strings, shells, dried flowers, twigs, etc.

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Natural Resources Used as Raw Materials for Gift Wrapping

BURI is the largest and most common palm found in the Philippines. (www.tagaloglang.com)

COCONUT is a tree of the palm family. It is probably originated somewhere in Indo-Malaya and are
one of the most important crops of the tropics. (www.britannica.com)

TAMPIPI native clothes trunk or chest made of bamboo, rattan, or a certain kind of palm leaves.
([‘w] en.m.wiktionary.org])

NARRA is a genus of timber trees of the pea family, native to Asia and Africa. (www.britannica.com)

BAMBOO are evergreen perennial flowering plants of the grass family. (Wikipedia)

RAFFIA is a palm tree native to tropical Africa and Madagascar, with a short trunk and leaves that
may grow up to 60 feet (18m) long. (Dictionary)

ABACA TREE is also called Manila hemp. This fibre comes from a tree of the banana family. It is a
leaf fibre composed of long, thin cells that form part of the leaf’s supporting structure.
(terranovapapers.com)

SINAMAY is a material that is woven from fibres of the abaca tree. It is three times stronger than
cotton or silk. (www.warrillostudio.com)

TWIG is a slender woody shoot growing from a branch or stem of a tree or shrub. (Dictionary)

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 ACTIVITY SHEET

ACTIVITY 1: CROSS WORD PUZZLE.

Direction: Use the clues below to fill the crossword puzzle with the correct tools in gift wrapping.

1. 3.

4.

2. 5.

ACROSS
1. used for cutting paper
2. used for punching holes

DOWN
3. used for cutting big and bulky materials quickly and with ease
4. used for writing messages
5. used for measuring distances and marking lines

ACTIVITY 2: ENUMERATION
Direction: Enumerate the following.

1-5 Materials in gift wrapping

6-10 Philippine made materials for gift wrapping

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KEY ANSWER
ACTTIVITY 1

S C I S S O R S
U
T P
T E
H O L E P U N C H E R
R C U
I L
l E
R
ACTIVITY 2
1-5 Materials in Gift wrapping
Decorative items like paper flowers, lace, twine, etc.
Gift boxes or containers
Ribbons and bows
Tags and labels
Wrapping pap

6-10 Philippine made materials for Gift wrapping

Abaca Corrugated papers Shells Twigs

Abaca strings Dried flowers Sinamay
Bayong bags made of buri, Coconut leaves
Boxes made of our Philippine wood like narra and amboo,
Native baskets
Tampipi (small rectangular buri box)

Reference

K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum Technology and Livelihood Education Learning Module

http://www.depedbataan.com/resources/9/k_to_12_handicrafts_learning_module.pdf

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 Technology and Livelihood Education
Handicraft Production 7/8
Module 6

SUMMATIVE EVALUATION

Name:_________________________________________ Score:_______
Grade & Section:__________________________________ Date:________

PART I.
Direction: Listed below are the tools and materials needed for gift wrapping. Write T for Tools and
M for Materials.

________1. scissors ________6. wrapping paper

________2. container ________7. lace
________3. pencil ________8. cutter
________4. tags ________9. ribbons
________5. ruler ________10. hole puncher

PART II.
Direction: Identify the Philippine made materials for gift wrapping. Arrange the jumbled letters to
reveal the materials
1. Y A M A N S I -
2. R I B U -
3. F I R A A F -
4. S E L L H S -
5. C A B A A -

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PART III. ESSAY
Direction: Answer briefly the question.

How can you showcase our Philippine made material for gift wrapping?

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Rubrics for evaluating the answer of learners.

CRITERIA 4 3 2 1
Clear Exceptionally Generally clear Lacks clarity and Unclear cannot
clear and easy to and quite easy to difficult to understand
understand understand understand
Comprehensive Thorough and Substantial Partial or not Misunderstanding
comprehensive explanation comprehensive of misconception
explanation explanation on the
explanation
Relevant Highly relevant Generally Somewhat Irrelevant
relevant relevant