# Apple Crafts and Activities for Kids
> A roundup of apple crafts and art activities from fellow bloggers and Fun Littles, roughly grouped by skill level: toddlers, preschoolers and older kids. A good starting point for apple season and fall.
- URL: https://www.funlittles.com/apple-activities-kids/
- Ages: 2–7 yrs · Difficulty: easy · Mess: medium
- Time: prep none, activity varies
- Works for: one-on-one, small group, whole class
- Skills: art, fine-motor, sensory-exploration, literacy

## Safety
- Small parts like sequins, buttons and pom-poms are choking hazards for toddlers. Supervise closely.
- Adult does any cutting of real apples for stamping.
- Projects that involve heat, such as melted crayon art, are adult-only steps.

## Ideas
- **Hand Print Apples in a Basket**: Red hand-print apples tucked into a woven paper-strip basket with an 'Apples 5¢' sign.
- **Erupting Apple Sidewalk Chalk Paint**: A homemade sidewalk chalk paint recipe with an erupting apple twist.
- **Fall Colour Apple Stamping**: Stamp with apples in fall colors.
- **Apple Cloud Dough**: Apple-scented cloud dough for sensory play.
- **Apple Projects for Kids**: A collection of apple projects for little ones.
- **Fall Fun Apple Stamping**: Apple stamping for fall.
- **Easy Apple Craft**: A simple apple craft for toddlers.
- **Hand Print and Button Apple Tree**: An apple tree made with hand prints and buttons.
- **Leaves and Apples**: A fall activity with leaves and apples.
- **Apple Scented Frozen Glitter Paints**: Paint with frozen apple-scented glitter paint pucks held by clothespin handles.
- **Apple Tree Craft for Toddlers**: An apple tree craft sized for toddlers.
- **Paper Roll Apple Stamps**: Stamp apple shapes with paper rolls.
- **An Apple a Day Apple Tree Craft**: An apple tree craft for preschoolers.
- **Easy Apple Tree Preschool Craft**: A simple apple tree craft for preschool.
- **Painting with Apples**: Print-making with apples.
- **Paper Plate Apples**: Apples made from paper plates.
- **Apple Letter Sound Game**: A letter-sound game with an apple theme.
- **Tissue Paper Apple Art Project**: Apple art made with tissue paper.
- **Stuffed Paper Apples**: Puffy stuffed paper apples for fall.
- **Apples**: Apple crafts for preschoolers.
- **Another Preschool Apple Craft**: A preschool apple craft.
- **Apple Bowling Art**: Art made by bowling with apples.
- **Apple Art Project**: Autumn apple cut-out art.
- **Spicy Apple Art**: Spice-scented apple prints with a literacy twist.
- **Manzana**: Painted cardboard apples with paper stems and leaves.
- **Apple Prints**: Apple printing for toddlers.
- **Tissue Paper Art Apple Tree Craft**: A tissue paper treetop with red pom-pom apples on a paper trunk.
- **We Made Apple Trees in Preschool**: Apple trees made in a preschool classroom.
- **Building with Apples**: Build and stack with apples.
- **Sequin Apple**: Glue sequins onto a paper apple for fine-motor practice.
- **Little Apple Yarn Favors**: Little apples wrapped in yarn, made as favors.
- **Cardboard Tube Mini Apples**: Mini apples made from cardboard tubes.
- **Paper Bag Apple Tree**: A twisted paper bag tree hung with paper apples.
- **Plastic Bottle Apple Boxes**: Recycled plastic bottles turned into apple-shaped boxes.
- **Cereal Box Apples**: Apples crafted from cereal boxes.
- **Melted Crayon Leaves and Apples**: Fall melted crayon art of leaves and apples.
- **Apple Print Wreath**: A wreath made from apple prints.
- **Apple Suncatchers**: Apple-shaped suncatchers for the window.
- **Apple Print Making**: Apple stamping process art.
- **Cardboard Apple Trees**: Painted corrugated cardboard apple trees.
- **Coffee Filter Apple Art**: Fall apple art made with coffee filters.
- **Printed Fruit Trees**: Fruit trees made by printing.
- **Back to School Apple Trees**: Apple trees for back to school.
- **Fall and Apples**: A homeschool theme week on fall and apples.
- **Apple Printed Lunch Bags**: Lunch bags decorated with apple prints.
- **Paper Bag Apple Tree (again)**: The paper bag apple tree, listed a second time in the original post.
- **Apple Paints for Kids**: Our homemade apple paints.
- **Apple Playdough**: Our apple dough recipe.
- **Apple Tree Craft for Kids**: An apple tree made the toddler way.
- **Sticky Apple Tree Craft for Toddlers**: A sticky apple tree craft for toddlers.

## Tips
- We have roughly categorized them based on skill level: toddler apple crafts, preschool apple crafts, and apple crafts for older kids.

## The original post by TurkeyMom (2014)

Apple season is right around the corner! Can't wait for fall and the cool crisp air. Here are some apple crafts and art activities for you to get started. We have roughly categorized them based on skill level.

### Toddler Apple Crafts and apple activities

1. [**Apple Prints Basket**](http://www.momentsofmommyhood.com/2012/09/hand-print-apples-in-basket.html) from Moments of Mommyhood

[](http://www.momentsofmommyhood.com/2012/09/hand-print-apples-in-basket.html) 2. **Erupting Apple Sidewalk Chalk Paint Recipe** from Learn Play Imagine 3. **[Fall Colour Apple Stamping](http://happyhooligans.ca/fall-colour-apple-stamping/)** from Happy Hooligans 4. **[Apple Cloud Dough Recipe](http://www.growingajeweledrose.com/2012/10/apple-scented-cloud-dough-activity.html)** from Growing A Jeweled Rose 5. **[Apple Projects for Kids](https://thechirpingmoms.com/apple-projects-for-kids/)** from The Chirping Moms 6. **[Fall Fun Apple Stamping](http://mamapapabubba.com/2012/09/06/fall-fun-apple-stamping/)** from Mama Papa Bubba 7. **Easy Apple Craft** from Mamas Like Me 8. **[Hand Print And Button Apple Tree](http://www.momentsofmommyhood.com/2012/09/hand-print-and-button-apple-tree.html)** from Moments of Mommyhood 9. **Leaves and Apples** from Little Leaners Lounge 10. **[Apple Frozen Paints](http://www.frogsandsnailsandpuppydogtail.com/2014/08/diy-apple-scented-frozen-glitter-paints.html)** fromFrogs Snails and Puppy Dogs Tails

[](http://www.frogsandsnailsandpuppydogtail.com/2014/08/diy-apple-scented-frozen-glitter-paints.html) 11. **[Apple Tree Craft Toddlers](http://handsonaswegrow.com/apple-tree-craft-toddlers/)** from Hands On As We Grow 12. **Paper Roll Apple Stamps** from Sugar Aunts

### Preschool Apple Crafts and activities

13. **[An Apple A Day from No Time](http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2009/01/an-apple-a-day.html)** For Flash Cards 14. **[East Apple Tree Preschool Craft](http://www.readingconfetti.com/2013/09/easy-apple-tree-preschool-craft.html)** from Reading Confetti 15. **[Painting With Apples Brushes and Flower](http://www.frogsandsnailsandpuppydogtail.com/2012/05/painting-with-apples-brushes-and-flower.html)** from Frogs And Snails And Puppy Dogs Tails 16. **Paper Plate Apples** from Kindercraze Blog 17. **Apple Letter Sound Game** from Kindergarden Smiles 18. **[Tissue Paper Apple Art Project](http://www.blissfulroots.com/2013/09/tissue-paper-apple-art-project.html)** from Blissful Roots 19. **[Stuffed Paper Apples](http://buggyandbuddy.com/stuffed-paper-apples/)** from Buggy And Buddy 20. **[Apples](http://www.mypreschool-crafts.com/apples.html)** from My Preschool Crafts 21. **Another Preschool Apple Craft** from The Ramblings Of A Crazy Woman 22. **Apple Bowling Art** from Mess For Less 23. **[Apple Art Project](https://www.deepspacesparkle.com/apple-art-project/)** from Deep Space Sparkle 24. **[Spice Apple Art For Kids](http://fun-a-day.com/spicy-apple-art-for-kids/)** from Fun A Day

[](http://fun-a-day.com/spicy-apple-art-for-kids/) 25. **Manza** from Fem Manuals

 26. **[Apple Prints](https://teaching2and3yearolds.com/toddler-apple-activity-lots-of-action/)** from Teaching 2 And 3 Years Olds 27. **[Tissue Paper Art Apple Tree Craft](http://www.fantasticfunandlearning.com/tissue-paper-art-apple-tree-craft.html)** from Fantastic Fun And Learning

[](http://www.fantasticfunandlearning.com/tissue-paper-art-apple-tree-craft.html) 28. **[We Made Apple Trees in Preschool](http://www.teachpreschool.org/2011/09/we-made-apple-trees-in-preschool/)** from Teach Preschool 29. **[Building With Apples](http://www.funathomewithkids.com/2013/09/building-with-apples.html)** from Fun At Home With Kids

### Apple Crafts and activities for older kids

30. **Sequin Apple** from Child Care And Blog

 31. **[Little Apple Yarn Favours](http://www.makeandtakes.com/little-apple-yarn-favors)** from Make and Takes 32. **Cardboard Tube Mini Apples** from Naturally Educational 33. **Paper Bag Apple Tree** from Creative Jewish Mom

 34. **Bottles Apple Craft** from Creative Jewish Mom 35. **[Cereal Box Apples Craft](http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2011/08/cereal-box-apples-craft.html)** from No Time For Flash Cards 36. **Melted Crayon Leaves And Apples** from Life With Moore Babies 37. **[Apple Print Wreath](http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2010/09/apple-print-wreath.html)** from No Time For Flash Cards 38. **[Apple Sun Catchers](https://www.firefliesandmudpies.com/apple-suncatchers/)** from Fireflies and Mud Pies 39. **[Apple Print Making](http://fun-a-day.com/apple-print-making/)** from Fun A Day 40. **[Carboard Apple Trees](http://www.housingaforest.com/cardboard-apple-trees/)** from Housing A Forest

 41. **[Fall Crafts Coffee Filter Apple Art](http://www.momto2poshlildivas.com/2012/09/fall-crafts-coffee-filter-apple-art-for.html)** from Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas 42. **Printed Fruit Trees** from Nettle Knits 43. **Back To School Apple Trees** from Lilly Cakes 44. **Fall And Apples** from The Nature Of Grace 45. **[Apple Printed Lunch Bags](http://innerchildfun.com/2012/08/diy-school-supplies-apple-printed-lunch-bags.html)** from Inner Child Fun 46**. Paper bag apple tree** from Creative Jewish Mom ***Some more apple crafts and other activities from Blog Me Mom*** 47**.** **[Apple Paints for kids](https://www.funlittles.com/fall-activities-homemade-edible-apple-paints/)** 48. **[Apple playdough](https://www.funlittles.com/fall-activities-apple-dough-recipe/)** 49**.** **[Apple Tree Craft for kids](https://www.funlittles.com/make-an-apple-tree-the-toddler-way/)** 50**.** **[Sticky apple tree craft for toddlers](https://www.funlittles.com/toddler-activities-with-apple-tree-craft/)**