A colorful paper apples craft is a great way to introduce autumn into your classroom. Once the apple art is finished, place the apples on your bulletin board for a fun fall theme. The simple apple patterns are easy to assemble and are great for practicing fine motor skills such as cutting, coloring and pasting. Incorporate a little math practice into this art activity by counting and drawing apple seeds in each apple.
Here are the materials and directions for this apple art activity.
Materials
Apple pattern
Red, yellow, light green and white construction paper
Crayons
Scissors
Glue
Apple seeds (optional)
Download these free reproducible apple patterns from All About the Farm for PreK and kindergarten here!
Directions
- Copy the first apple pattern onto different colored construction paper and the apple stem, leaf, and core onto white construction paper.
- Children choose an apple color from the apple pattern and cut out the apple.
- Then they color the other apple parts (stem, core, and leaf) and cut them out.
- Children glue the apple parts to the construction paper apple.
- Children either draw apple seeds in the center of the apple or glue real seeds in the center.
Extend your lesson by asking the children to describe their apple. I have a green apple. It has black seeds in the middle. Green apples taste good.
For more apple art lessons and ideas check out this Apple Activities Pinterest board.
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Heather Foudy is a certified elementary teacher with over 7 years’ experience as an educator and volunteer in the classroom. She enjoys creating lessons that are meaningful and creative for students. She is currently working for Evan-Moor’s marketing and communications team and enjoys building learning opportunities that are both meaningful and creative for students and teachers alike.