Apple Activities for Kids

by Michele Cheplic | More from this Blogger

08 Sep 2009 05:40 PM

Apples are not just for eating. I discovered this fact last week when my kindergartener returned home from school with an apple stamp. Some ingenious individual (my daughter's teacher refused to take credit for the idea) came up with a way to turn a perfectly good piece of fruit into a mock rubber stamp. Brilliant.

If you're looking for unique ways to incorporate this season's bumper crop of apples into fun craft projects for kids, then consider these simple options:

APPLE STAMP

Materials:

Apples

Butter knife or plastic knife (for younger kids, adults can manipulate knife)

White paint

Red paint

Your favorite color paint

Paintbrush

Glue

Construction paper (variety of colors)

Directions:

Cut apples in half.

Cut one apple in half vertically and one apple horizontally, then cut designs in each half to yield different patterns.

Younger kids can dip the apple into the paint and make apple prints on the construction paper.

Older kids can use a paintbrush and paint the middle of the apple white and outline the edges in red paint.

When you are done stamping you can embellish your design with glitter or sequins, or you can glue the seeds you got out of the apples on to the apple prints.

STAINED GLASS APPLES

Materials:

Contact paper

Tissue paper

Construction paper

Leaves

Pipe cleaners

Yarn

Directions:

Give your kids some contact paper and have them cut out apple shapes.

Cut tissue paper into one-inch squares.

Peel off back of contact paper cut-outs.

Have kids place tissue paper on apple cut-out, and then stick on construction paper.

Use yarn as worms, pipe cleaners for apple stems, and top with leaves.

EDIBLE APPLE TREE LEAF PILES

Ingredients:

6 cups cornflakes

1 cup Karo syrup

1 cup peanut butter

Wax paper

Directions:

In a microwave melt the Karo syrup and peanut butter together.

Pour mixture over the cornflakes and place them in piles on wax paper.

Allow to cool completely.

Cut up apples and place slices on edible leaf piles. Serve as a nutritious afternoon snack.

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Michele Cheplic was born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii, but now lives in Wisconsin. Michele graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in Journalism.

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