{"product_id":"colourme-cardboard-australian-animals-pack-of-21-pre-printed-patterns","title":"ColourMe Cardboard Australian Animals Pack of 21 Pre Printed Patterns","description":"\u003ch2\u003eTwenty-one animals, already cut out and already patterned\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePack of 21 pre-cut Australian animal shapes. Quality white drawing board. Pre-printed with patterns. $22.50 - about $1.07 each.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePre-cut is the whole time saving.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cutting twenty-one animal outlines out of card takes an adult an hour and a class a lesson. These arrive cut, so the lesson starts with the colouring rather than the scissors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe printed patterns give a child somewhere to start.\u003c\/strong\u003e A blank shape stops some children dead; a shape already broken into sections to fill in does not. It is the difference between \"draw an echidna\" and \"colour these spines\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhite drawing board takes nearly anything\u003c\/strong\u003e - coloured pencil, pen, marker, pastel, ink and paint, plus collage and embellishments glued on top.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eColouring in is a wellbeing activity\u003c\/strong\u003e as much as an art one. The supplier makes that point and we would not argue with it - it is quiet, repetitive and finished when the child says so.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFine motor, colour, pattern and line\u003c\/strong\u003e all get a run without any of it having to be taught explicitly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat is not published\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhich animals, and how big they are.\u003c\/strong\u003e Twenty-one shapes and no species list and no measurement. \u003cstrong\u003eWe have asked for both.\u003c\/strong\u003e Ask us before you order if you need particular animals for a unit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53793417068907,"sku":"EVCB728","price":22.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0963\/2795\/8891\/files\/the-creative-school-supply-company-cardboard-projects-default-title-colourme-cardboard-australian-animals-pack-of-21-cb728-49901984547092.jpg?v=1788371271","url":"https:\/\/megaofficesupplies.com.au\/products\/colourme-cardboard-australian-animals-pack-of-21-pre-printed-patterns","provider":"Mega Office Supplies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}