Apple Crafts and Activities for Preschoolers
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Torn Paper & Tissue Paper Apples
Use small paper plates to create these simple apples. Tear up pieces of construction paper and glue onto the plate or cut up tissue paper and crumple them up to glue onto the plate. Either way they come out cute. Add leaves and stem made from construction paper.
Apple Transparency
Apple Prints
You will need:
•Apples (green, yellow,red)
•Tempra Paint(yellow,red,green)
•Paper plates
•white construction paper (large works best)
What to do:
•cut apples in half
•pour tempera paint on paper plates; green on one, red on another, yellow on the last plate.
•place 1/2 of the apple down into the paint (red apple in the
red paint, green in green paint etc)
•children will take the apple and make "apple prints" on the paper provided.•allow them to make as many apples/colors the
choose.
•if apples get messy simply rinse under water and they are good to go for next child!
Torn Paper Apple Craft
What you need:
• green, yellow and red construction paper
• glue sticks
•apple stencil (you can use one in my templates tab)
•brown construction paper
What to do:
* tear yellow, green or red construction paper (child chooses color) into small pieces
* using the apple stencil, trace the apple into a piece of white paper (you can have this prepared ahead of time), and have the children fill in the apple using the torn pieces of paper by gluing them to the center of the apple.
* use a piece of brown paper (torn) for the stem.
• green, yellow and red construction paper
• glue sticks
•apple stencil (you can use one in my templates tab)
•brown construction paper
What to do:
* tear yellow, green or red construction paper (child chooses color) into small pieces
* using the apple stencil, trace the apple into a piece of white paper (you can have this prepared ahead of time), and have the children fill in the apple using the torn pieces of paper by gluing them to the center of the apple.
* use a piece of brown paper (torn) for the stem.
Paper Plate Apple
What you need:
• 1 paper plate per child
• red, green or yellow paint (let child choose color)
•apple seeds (let the children taste many kinds of apples, great way to get the seeds and teach a lesson as well)
•glue
• green and brown construction paper
What to do:
* Paint the paper plate and allow to dry
* glue seeds in the middle
* add leaves and stem with green/brown construction paper
• 1 paper plate per child
• red, green or yellow paint (let child choose color)
•apple seeds (let the children taste many kinds of apples, great way to get the seeds and teach a lesson as well)
•glue
• green and brown construction paper
What to do:
* Paint the paper plate and allow to dry
* glue seeds in the middle
* add leaves and stem with green/brown construction paper
Hand Print Apples
What you need:
• red and green paint
• White paper
What to do:
• paint palm of child's hand red (you can also use yellow or green for different colored apples)
• Press palm onto paper and lift.
• Paint tip of a finger green and press down
for stem and leaves.
***make an apple quilt by connecting all the papers together.
• red and green paint
• White paper
What to do:
• paint palm of child's hand red (you can also use yellow or green for different colored apples)
• Press palm onto paper and lift.
• Paint tip of a finger green and press down
for stem and leaves.
***make an apple quilt by connecting all the papers together.
Apple Marble Painting
• Trace apple onto white construction paper and cut out (click on template tab for apple)•Place in bottom of shallow bin and squirt red paint onto the apple.
•Place marbles in bin and roll around.
Ten Apples On Top
Read "Ten Apples On Top" by Dr. Seuss. On a Long piece of paper draw a circle on the very bottom to draw face (child draws his/ her own face). Use an apple sponge, stamp, or cut an apple in half, dip in red paint and stamp as many apples as you wish on top of
the head.
the head.
Edible Apple Craft
What You Need:• Caramel Rice Cakes
• Red Icing (mix white icing with red food coloring)
• Brown chocolate candies to represent seeds
• Green Taffy
• Brown licorice or tootsie roll for stem
What To Do:
• Cover top and sides with red icing and add chocolate candies for seeds.
• Pull apart taffy and shape into a leaf and add stem/leaf to top.
Johnny Appleseed Game
Have children sit on the floor with their legs "criss crossed" Pick one child to be "Johnny" and sit him/her in a chair with their back facing the children who are sitting on the floor. Give one child who is sitting on the floor a beanbag (which will represent the apple seed) and have them hide it beneath them. The children then all say "Johnny Johnny Where can your seed be? Stand up, turn around and find it for me!" The child stands up and chooses a child who they think has their seed. They may guess 3 times. The child who has the seed goes next. Lots of fun!
Farmer Brown Had Ten Red Apples
Create this tree with poster board, laminate then attach magnetic tape to where you
would like the apples placed. Make the apples using foam (you will need 10) and add a magnet to the back of each one so they will "attach" to the tree magnets.
Sing the song below and remove one apple and pretend to eat it as you count down. Continue until there are no more apples on the tree.
Farmer Brown had 10 red apples hanging from a tree (hold up ten fingers)
He picked one apple
and ate it hungrily (pick one apple off the tree and pretend to eat it)
Farmer Brown had 9 red apples hanging from a tree (hold up 9 fingers)
He picked one apple
and ate it hungrily (pick one apple off the tree and pretend to eat it)
(Continue by counting down the number of apples)
would like the apples placed. Make the apples using foam (you will need 10) and add a magnet to the back of each one so they will "attach" to the tree magnets.
Sing the song below and remove one apple and pretend to eat it as you count down. Continue until there are no more apples on the tree.
Farmer Brown had 10 red apples hanging from a tree (hold up ten fingers)
He picked one apple
and ate it hungrily (pick one apple off the tree and pretend to eat it)
Farmer Brown had 9 red apples hanging from a tree (hold up 9 fingers)
He picked one apple
and ate it hungrily (pick one apple off the tree and pretend to eat it)
(Continue by counting down the number of apples)
Fold a coffee filter in half and cut out apple shape. Fold in half again and dip the edges into a mixture of water and red food coloring (use green and yellow for different colored apples). Unfold and allow to dry. Add leaves and stem. Hang on the windows.
What's Inside An Apple?
What's Inside an apple? Make these "Look and See" Apples by cutting out two apples
from red construction paper and fastening them together by inserting a fastener through the top so it slides up. Add Apple seeds to the middle with glue. Use brown construction paper for the stem and green for the leaves.
Way Up High
Way up high in the apple tree (hands above head)Two little apples smiled at me. (form apples with hands still raised)
I shook that tree as hard as I could (shaking motion)
Down came the apples.
(drop hands
Ummmmmmmmm.
Were they good! (rub
stomach)
Apple Lacing Cards
Cut out apples from different colored poster board and punch holes around the apple like shown. Use a bobby pin to sew the yarn in and out the holes.
Paper Plate Apple Tree
Cut a paper towel roll in half and paint it brown. Paint a small paper plate green, allow to dry and glue small red pom poms to it. Cut a slit on both sides of the paper towel roll and
insert the plate.
The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall
After reading The Apple Pie Tree, create your own scented apple pie using paper plates! Paint both paper plates brown and after it is dry mix a bit of glue and water to thin it out and paint it across the top. Sprinkle a mixture of cinnamon and sugar and let dry. Add slits in the middle with a black marker and glue the two plates together to make the pie complete. Smells yummy!
Apple Pie Pockets
Make these simple apple pockets with Grands Biscuits. Press out dough with hands or rolling pin so the biscuit is flat and round. Add apple pie filling to one half of the circle (I used the Apple Pie filling they sell at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store) you can add cinnamon if it is not in the filling. Fold over the biscuit to form a "pocket" and pinch down the sides with your fingers or a fork to seal. Bake in oven on cookie sheet at 350 degrees until golden brown. Add a scoop of caramel ice cream and enjoy!
Ten Apples On Top
Make this "Ten Apples On Top" headband with red and white poster board. Staple together like shown. Using a spinner like below, have each child spin to see how many apples they will have on top. Cut out apples from construction paper and glue that number of apples to their headband. Add leaves with a marker and write (child's name) has (number) apples on top!