How to Draw a Christmas Present

When it's almost Christmas time, many people will want to know how to draw Christmas presents for handmade Christmas cards, company signs, little notes for coworkers and all kinds of other reasons. There are many people who would have trouble trying to draw a Christmas present. Keep it simple and use basic shapes. You can customize your drawing with patterns and colors for the wrapping paper and bow. Have fun drawing Christmas presents and use your imagination.

Things You'll Need

• Pen or pencil
• Markers or colored pencils
• Paper

Instructions

1. 

   Start by drawing a square or rectangle shape.

2. 

   Create a ribbon on the side of the box by drawing 2 parallel lines in the middle. The ribbon can be wide or narrow, depending on what you'd like. Color your ribbon.

3. 

   To create the ribbon at the top, draw multiple triangles with one center. You may draw as many as you'd like, and think of it as a fan shape. Now color the box and the rest of your ribbon. That's it!

4. 

   Have fun drawing Christmas presents. Some other options for bows are shown in the example image. One is a loop bow, which is done by drawing the loop shape in the same way as the above bow. The second is 2 of those triangle shapes and 2 tails for the bow's ends.

Tips & Warnings

• You may use the same basic principle to draw other shaped presents (circle or triangle, etc.) You may use the same basic principle with cutout paper to create a collage.