Questions: Decorating and Design

Question 1

What does it mean to decorate something?

• A. To throw it away
• B. To make it more beautiful by adding colors, patterns, or special touches
• C. To break it into pieces
• D. To hide it

Answer: (B)

Decorating means adding things like colors, patterns, stickers, or other touches to make something look more beautiful or special.

Question 2

Which of these is a way to decorate a card?

• A. Crumple it up
• B. Draw colorful designs and add stickers to it
• C. Leave it completely blank
• D. Tear it in half

Answer: (B)

Drawing designs and adding stickers is a fun way to decorate a card! You can also use stamps, glitter, ribbon, and more.

Question 3

When you decorate something, you are making design choices.

• T. True
• F. False

Answer: True

Yes! Every time you choose a color, place a sticker, or draw a pattern, you are making a design choice. You are being a designer!

Question 4

The more decorations you add, the better something always looks.

• T. True
• F. False

Answer: False

Not always! Sometimes a few well-chosen decorations look more beautiful than covering every inch. Part of design is knowing when to stop.

Question 5

Decorate a plain piece of paper or a card. What did you add to it?

Model answer: Example: 'I drew a rainbow border around the edge, put star stickers in the corners, and wrote my name in big colorful letters in the middle.'

A good answer describes specific decorations that were added and shows that the child made intentional choices about what to put where.