Bare trees are the useful ones
Three of the designs are a tree outline with branches and nothing else. Children add their own baubles, lights, tinsel and a topper. For a class, that turns one printout into a display where every tree is different, and it works for a much wider age range than a pre-decorated drawing.
A bare tree is also the easiest sheet to extend. Stickers, hole-punched circles of coloured paper, glitter glue and tissue paper all stick to it without the drawing underneath fighting them.
The decorated designs
The trimmed trees have baubles, a garland, a star and wrapped presents at the base. Each bauble is a separate enclosed shape, so the sheet is good practice at staying inside a line, and the gaps between branches give a reason to use more than one green.
The potted tree and the tree with presents are the two that scale best. Printed at A3 they make a decent door display, and the broad trunk and pot give somewhere to write a class name.
Counting, sorting and other quiet uses
Nursery staff often use the bauble tree as a counting sheet: colour five baubles red, three gold, two silver. It is a colouring page that happens to be doing number work, and children do not notice the difference.
Questions
- Is there a plain Christmas tree outline to decorate?
- Yes. Three of the eight designs are bare trees with branches and no decorations, so children can add their own baubles, lights and a topper.
- Can I print the tree large for a display?
- Yes. The artwork is vector, so printing the A4 PDF onto A3 keeps the outlines sharp. For anything bigger, print at A3 across two sheets and join them behind the trunk line.
- Do these work with glitter glue and stickers?
- Yes, and the bare designs work best. Use 120gsm paper or heavier so the sheet does not cockle when the glue dries.
- Is there a tree template for cutting out?
- Yes, on the Christmas tree template page. That version is a clean outline sized for card, without the interior branch detail that gets in the way of scissors.