This week’s crafts are all about apples! Apple stamping is one of those classic art activities that take you right back to your childhood. It’s so simple to do, but young children just love it.

FOR OUR APPLE STAMPING ACTIVITY, YOU’LL NEED:

apple in red paint

SUPPLIES:

  • Apples, halved
  • Red paint
  • Leaves from the garden
  • Glue
  • Tray or plate to hold your paint
  • White paper or cardboard

INSTRUCTIONS:

Pour a puddle of red paint into a styrofoam produce tray and give each child a long, narrow piece of white cardboard to do their stamping on.

Note: Always run your styrofoam trays through the dishwasher to sterilize them before using them for kids’ craft projects.

“STAR” APPLE SLICING TRICK:

Have the kids gather around while you cut the apples in half. My guys always love to examine the inside of the apple and see how the seeds are all tucked in there so neatly.

You can cut your apples top to bottom to make a traditional apple shape with your prints, but for fun, you may want to cut one of your apples cross-wise to surprise your kids with this star-shape arrangement of seeds.

Apple cut cross-wise to see seed star formation

 

Have your child dip their cut apples in the paint and then stamp them along their cardboard strips.

Prescooler stamping with apples

To add interest to the apples, you can gather real leaves from the garden and glue them to the tops of the apples.

apple stamping art made by toddlers and preschoolers

 

 This craft comes from Happy Hooligans.