Whatever your creative impulse, Visio Home 3.0 can probably make the job more fun though not necessarily more sophisticated, given the coloringbook tone of some of the images. The program ($49) is Shapeware’s newest expanded version of the company’s original drag-and-drop drawing program for Windows. It provides templates for everything from home-remodeling designs to treasure maps, flashcards and football playbooks. Once you’ve chosen a template, add any of dozens of geometric patterns and cartoon images.
If you weren’t the one to get the artistic genes in your family, never fear: Visio Home does most of the drawing for you, and is intuitive and lively enough for a 10-year-old.
