Autumn is apple season! Help celebrate fall with your young child by making a simple but fun red apple paper plate craft.
Materials
- Red, brown, and green nontoxic paint
- White paper plates
- Blank paper
- Paintbrush
- Scrap cardboard
- Black permanent marker
- Scissors
- Glue
Instructions
- Pour some red paint onto the cardboard.
- Allow your child to paint the paper plate with the red paint.
- Allow the red paint to dry thoroughly.
- Draw an apple stem (rectangle) and apple leaf (crescent moon) onto the blank paper with the black marker.
- Pour some brown paint onto the scrap cardboard.
- Paint the stem brown.
- Pour some green paint on to the scrap cardboard.
- Paint the leaf green.
- Allow the green and brown paint to dry thoroughly.
- After the green and brown paint dries, turn the paper over and cut out the stem and leaf following the marker outline.
- Glue the leaf and stem onto the back of the red plate.
- Display the red apple paper plate craft!
For more apple craft idea, try my Button Apples Craft, A Is for Apple Handprint Craft, Autumn Apple Paper Plate and Handprint Craft, Paper Apple Craft, Toilet Paper Tube Apple Craft, A Is for Apple Paper Plate Craft, A Is for Apple Handprint Craft, Autumn Apple Paper Plate and Handprint Craft, and Red Apple Paper Plate Toddler Craft.
Image Credits
Red Apple Paper Plate Toddler Craft © 2014 Heather Johnson
Painting the Paper Plate Red 1 © 2014 Heather Johnson
Painting the Paper Plate Red 2 © 2014 Heather Johnson
Red Paper Plate © 2014 Heather Johnson
Drawing the Rectangle and Crescent Moon on the Blank Paper © 2014 Heather Johnson
Painting the Rectangle Brown © 2014 Heather Johnson
Painting the Crescent Moon Green © 2014 Heather Johnson
Allowing the Red, Brown, and Green Paint to Dry © 2014 Heather Johnson
Cutting out the Rectangle and Crescent Moon © 2014 Heather Johnson
Red Apple Paper Plate Toddler Craft © 2014 Heather Johnson
