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Apple Print-Making

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apple print-making with kids, painting with apples

With October came a new theme at preschool . . . “Fall Harvest”.  It’s a broad topic so that each Mom’s Day Out and Preschool teacher has a lot of leeway in her planning.  Mary Poppins, Ice Ice Lady, and I decided to focus on apples, pumpkins, fall, and Halloween within this month’s theme.  One of the first art activities we did with the students was apple print-making.  This is a pretty common activity for early childhood classrooms, I know, but it’s common for a reason — the children love painting with apples!

apple print-making with kids, painting with apples

To set up, I put red, green, and yellow paint on  separate paper plates.  Mary Poppins and I cut the apples in half so the children could see the seed pods inside.  I put corn cob holders in the top of each apple (I saw the idea on Share and Remember’s “Apple Prints” post).  The corn cob holders definitely made it easier for the students to keep hold of the apples.

apple print-making with kids, painting with apples

While the kiddos enjoyed painting with apples, this activity also encouraged a variety of learning.  There was the sensory experience with the apples — seeing, touching, and smelling the apples while painting.  Letting the children use unconventional art materials encouraged them to “think outside the box”.  They were also able to explore colors, color-mixing, shapes, and textures.  On top of all that, we discussed different facts about apples while the children painted.

As always, I got a kick out of watching the children paint.  Some children were very meticulous in their painting.  They made patterns and didn’t want the different apple prints to touch.

apple print-making with kids, painting with apples

Others decided they’d rather slide the apples along the paper, creating a more “free form” piece of art.  Either way, we all had fun with this art project!

apple print-making with kids, painting with apples

As you can see, it was difficult to get a picture of these boys while they were painting. They were moving those apples so fast!

Have you and your children or students ever painted with apples?  What was your experience like?

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Done-for-You Preschool Resources

Planning meaningful lessons for students week after week while balancing other teaching responsibilities and your personal life can be a daunting task. That’s where Preschool Teacher 101 comes in to save you time!

Apples seem to be a topic that preschoolers love to explore. To go along with Fun-A-Day’s apple print art, Preschool Teacher 101 has some really great apple lesson plans and activity resources.

Click on the large image below to learn about the week-long comprehensive apple lesson plans and the smaller images to learn about some of the other apple themed activities that we offer.

picture of three preschool printables with a cartoon image of apples in a basket with the text preschool apples lesson plans
Collage of images which include pretend play printable, apple stand orders printable, and text that reads "preschool apple dramatic play" with two cartoon children at an apple stand.
Apple Dramatic Play
5 Little Apples
Apple math differentiated number sense activities cover image.
Apple Math

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Filed Under: Art and Crafts Tagged With: Apples, Fall, Process Art

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  1. Melinda@LookWhatMomFound...andDadtoo says

    May 17, 2013 at 3:31 pm

    what a waste of a perfectly delicious apple 🙂 just kidding
    thanks for linking up to #kidsinthekitchen this week

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    • MaryC says

      May 17, 2013 at 3:33 pm

      Hahaha! Those were actually leftover apples we had after a taste-testing the day before. They were the “bad apples” of the bunch. 🙂 Thanks so much for hosting, Melinda!

      Reply
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