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Apple Stamping Craft

September 4, 2014 by OneMommy

This week we’ve been working on our kindergarten apple unit.  

Each morning we have read an apple-themed book followed by one of our apple activities for kids that ties in with the book.   

After reading our latest book, I knew we HAD to do apple stamping that day!

 

Fun apple craft for preschoolers -- apple stamping; make apple prints

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I’d always done apple stamps with the apples cut in half vertically, which makes an apple print that looks like an apple.  Apples, Apples, Apples is a cute book that talks about a variety of apples and includes a yummy apple recipe as well as directions to stamp with the apples in a different way…making star shapes!

Following the book’s directions, I used the cores from the apples we taste-tested in the morning and cut across them horizontally, allowing the star pattern to appear.

I also cut one small, spotted apple in half vertically.

 

cutting apple to make apple stamps

 

These apples became our stamps.   I poured red, green, and yellow paint into some shallow dishes and called the kids to the kitchen for our apple craft.

We learned quickly that if you got too much paint on your apple it would leave a gloppy print behind.  Using a few paper towels to blot some of the excess off before stamping the paper really helped!

 

stamping with apples

 

My son was excited to see the star shapes appear on his paper, just like we saw in the book!

 

My daughter goes with “you can never have too much” when it comes to painting.   She made some lovely yellow stars with the apple stamps.  Then she got a paintbrush and got creative!

 

kids apple craft

You could use the apple stamping to create some lovely homemade wrapping paper and gift cards.  Or just make some pretty pictures to decorate the doors this fall!

 

Be sure to check out some of our other apple activities!

  • Apple-Themed Math Activities
  • Apple-Themed CVC Word Game
  • Ten Apples up on Top! Activities

 

 

 

Filed Under: Kids Crafts Tagged With: apple unit, apples, fall craft

Comments

  1. Kate @ Busy Bee Kate says

    September 5, 2014 at 9:07 pm

    We have been wanting to try apple stamping as well… and hope to do so in the Fall with some “second” apples that have fall from our apple trees.

    Thanks for linking up with #kidsinthekitchen

    • OneMommy says

      September 5, 2014 at 9:32 pm

      We unfortunately had no apples on our trees this year, but we did pick 2 from my FIL’s trees and used them to stamp. 🙂

  2. Jeannette says

    September 5, 2014 at 11:48 pm

    I Love this! Definitely going to try it this week. Thanks for sharing the inspiration.

    • OneMommy says

      September 6, 2014 at 9:40 am

      I hope you have as much fun with it as we did! Have a great week!

  3. Carrie says

    September 12, 2014 at 7:56 pm

    I love apple stamping. So much fun!! Thanks for sharing at Sharing Saturday!!

  4. erin says

    September 15, 2014 at 1:27 pm

    Really super cute! I love apples. Thanks for linking up to Good Tips Tuesday. You are featured this week! 🙂 http://abirdandabean.com/2014/09/good-tips-tuesday-17.html

  5. OneMommy says

    September 15, 2014 at 3:24 pm

    I will have to remember the bell pepper idea come March! 🙂

  6. Ashley says

    September 17, 2014 at 7:37 am

    When we did this a few years ago my kids were so excited by the little stars it made! Featured this and your apple tasting on Mom’s Library!

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