Christmas Wreath Colouring Page

This wreath is drawn as one thick, bumpy ring, made up of dozens of small scalloped bumps like a string of puffy leaves. Sitting inside that ring are three star-shaped holly leaves, spaced evenly around the top and sides, and five plain round berries tucked between them. At the bottom hangs a big two-loop bow with a small square knot and two pointed ribbon tails trailing down. The middle of the wreath is left completely open, a large white circle with nothing in it.

The scalloped ring is the main event here, and it is drawn as one continuous shape rather than dozens of separate little leaves, so a child can run a crayon round and round it without hunting for edges. The bow, the empty centre and the plain background all give big stretches of space to fill in with a single colour, which suits a child who is still working on staying inside the lines more than on switching colours often. The five berries and three holly stars are small enough to ask for a slower hand and a different colour if a child wants the wreath to look properly finished, so there is a bit of both easy and fiddly work on the same page.

Because almost every shape here is large, closed and free of fine detail, this is one of the more forgiving sheets in the Christmas set, well suited to a two or three year old colouring for the first time. Older preschoolers can use it too, especially if they want to add the small berries and stars in different shades against the plain ring, but nobody needs to for the page to look finished.