Two drawings of wrapped presents. The first is a stack of three boxes of different sizes with one ribbon running up the whole stack and a bow on the top. The second is one large parcel on its own. Each box front is already divided into bands of small printed motifs, and Redraw changes what those motifs are.
A present is a pattern exercise
Wrapping paper is the reason to print this sheet. Each box front is split into two or three horizontal bands, and every band carries a row of the same small shape: stars, diamonds, hexagons, triangles, ovals or wavy lines. That is a lot of identical little areas, which is the sort of repetitive job children who find a face intimidating will settle into happily.
Press Redraw above the sheet and the motifs change, and so does the number of loops in the bow. The stack gives three boxes at three sizes, usually with a different motif on each, so one sheet carries three patterns. The single present gives one front big enough for a very young child to work across without running out of room.
Ribbons, bows and where the detail sits
There is one ribbon and one bow on each sheet, not one per box. On the stack the ribbon runs straight up through all three lids and the bow sits on the top box. The bow is drawn as two or three separate loops round a knot, and those loops are the narrowest areas on either sheet.
If the loops are too tight, move the line weight to Chunky. The thicker outline eats into each loop and leaves a shape a crayon can cope with, at the cost of some of the definition in the bow and in the smallest of the printed motifs.
Pairing it with a tag
A coloured present with a blank gift tag beside it is a quick way to get a child to practise writing a name. Print one of these sheets and a sheet of tags, and the tag goes on the drawing rather than on a real parcel.
Questions
- How many present colouring pages are there?
- Two drawings: a stack of three wrapped boxes of different sizes under one ribbon and bow, and a single large present on its own. Each prints at three line weights and on A4 or US Letter.
- Are the bows too fiddly for a young child?
- At the standard weight they can be. Move the line weight to Chunky, which thickens the outlines and widens each loop of the bow, or use the single large present, where everything on the sheet is bigger.
- Does the wrapping paper pattern change?
- Yes. Press Redraw above the sheet and the small motifs in each band are drawn again from a different set, and the number of loops in the bow changes with them, so a class can have a boxful of different patterns.
- Are the present sheets free?
- Yes. Both drawings print and download free with no account and no watermark, and you may print as many copies as a home, a class or a group needs.