As the air starts to turn crisp and apple season rolls in, it’s the perfect time to dive into all things apples in your classroom! Apple week is always a favorite around here, and I love finding simple ways to bring a little creativity into our learning. These apple crafts are the perfect way to do just that, helping your preschool and kindergarten students explore concepts like the apple life cycle, parts of an apple, and how apple trees change throughout the seasons. Each craft is hands-on, easy to prep, and designed to keep your students engaged while building those important fine motor skills!

Apple Crafts #1: All About Apples Shape Book

These all about apple investigation activities are a must during apple week! Throughout the week, students complete pages in an interactive apple-shaped book, creating an apple craft keepsake filled with everything they’ve learned.

To begin, students each bring in an apple to investigate. We start by exploring math concepts, estimating and measuring the apple’s height, weight, and circumference with tools like linking cubes, chain links, and a balance scale. Then, we cut open the apples to count and graph the seeds, followed by a fun taste test where students graph their favorite type of apple.

As we continue, we bring in literacy by using our five senses to describe apples, labeling the parts, and completing simple writing activities like mix and fix sentences and writing apple facts. We also explore the life cycle of an apple and practice sequencing with interactive reading activities.

Next, we dive into science by discussing the seasons of an apple tree and completing simple experiments, like testing whether apples float or sink and observing what happens when apples oxidize. Along the way, we even tie in social studies by talking about where apples grow and how they are used.

To wrap up the week, we make applesauce together and create a cover for our “All About Apples” apple craft book.

Apple Crafts #2: Torn Paper Apple Craft

This simple torn paper apple craft is a fall favorite for preschool, kindergarten, and even first grade! It’s perfect for strengthening fine motor skills while exploring apples.

To start, trace an apple onto black construction paper for each student.

Then, give them squares of red, yellow, or green paper for the apple, along with brown and green for the stem and leaf, and show them how to carefully tear the paper into small pieces. This tearing is excellent fine motor practice!

Next, students glue the torn pieces inside the apple shape, overlapping them so no black shows. Once the apple is filled in, they can add a simple sentence about their favorite apple or an apple fact, giving this craft a literacy twist as they practice high-frequency words and sentence structure.

Finally, have students add their name and display their apples on a bulletin board for a fun, festive classroom decoration for fall.

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Apple Crafts #3: Paper Plate Apple Craft

This paper plate apple craft is a fun, hands-on way for preschool and kindergarten students to learn the parts of an apple while strengthening fine motor skills. To start, cut small squares of red construction paper for the skin and tan for the flesh, along with rectangles of brown for the stem and squares of green for the leaves.

Students begin by gluing the red squares around the edge of the paper plate to create the apple skin, then fill in the inside with the tan squares for the flesh. Next, they add the stem, leaves, and seeds to complete their apple.

Once the apple is assembled, students use the included labeling printable to identify each part, practicing word recognition and fine motor skills at the same time.

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Apple Crafts #4: Seasons of an Apple Tree

This seasons of an apple tree craft is a meaningful way to help students understand how apple trees change throughout the year, while also incorporating a variety of art materials and techniques.

Students create a tree for each of the four seasons: spring, summer, fall, and winter. Each section uses a different medium, making the craft both engaging and visually appealing.

For the fall tree, students tear pieces of red, orange, and yellow construction paper and glue them onto the tree to represent changing leaves. This also helps strengthen fine motor skills.

For the winter tree, students draw bare branches and add small pieces of pulled-apart cotton balls to create the look of snow on the branches and ground.

For the spring tree, students draw and color a tree, then add pink tissue paper to represent blossoms. You can have them crumple the tissue paper into small pieces or wrap it around the end of a pencil to create a twisted, flower-like effect.

For the summer tree, students use a Q-tip dipped in red paint to dot apples onto the tree. This is always a class favorite and adds a fun, hands-on painting element.

Students can label each section (spring, summer, fall, winter) using pre-printed labels or by writing them on their own.

This craft pairs perfectly with any read-aloud about apples or apple trees through the seasons and makes a beautiful display for your classroom! One of my personal favorites is The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree by Gail Gibbons.

Apple Crafts #5: Life Cycle of an Apple Craft

This life cycle of an apple craft is a simple and meaningful way to help students understand how apples grow from seed to fruit.

To start, prep the craft by copying the apple template on red paper, the stem on brown, and the leaf on green, along with the life cycle stages on white paper. Before jumping into the craft, take some time to read a few apple life cycle books and discuss each stage so students have a strong foundation.

Once students are ready, they cut out all of the pieces, giving them great scissor practice. Then, they assemble their apple and begin gluing each stage of the life cycle in order, talking through each step as they go. After all the stages are added, students can color in the details to bring their apple to life.

These make an adorable fall display and are a great way to combine science, fine motor, and sequencing skills all in one activity. Don’t forget to grab the FREE apple life cycle template to use with your students!

More Fall Activities and Crafts

After enjoying a week of apple crafts and activities, it’s time for some fun with pumpkins with these pumpkin investigation activities.

You might also love these fire safety crafts and activities for fire safety week!

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