DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Apple Crafts
(Johnny Appleseed Crafts)
Johnny Appleseed's birthday is on Sept 26th, 1774 and he died on March 11th, 1845. His birth name was John Chapman.
National Apple Day is on October 21st and is mainly celebrated in the United Kingdom. It occurs near the time for the harvest of apples.
This is a great gift for teachers but it's also a good "Welcome to School" gift for an older sibling to give to a younger child!
Other Apple Ideas (suggestions from the discussion group):
Apple stamps are great. If you cut an apple in half horizontally instead of vertically, it makes a nice stamp with a star shape in the center. Use different sizes of apples (crab apples are really cute) and stamp on paper, fabric or picture frames. We used this idea for the Aa simple alphabet template
Apple fridge magnet made from a frozen juice can lid or a mason jar lid (you can't reuse them for canning, so they make great craft supplies). You can paint them red and add the word apple to make a word wall fridge magnet.
You can also paint the lids red with acrylic paint and then use tacky glue to attach felt (or fun foam) leaves and stem. Glue on wiggly eyes and draw on a nose and mouth with black marker. Then they put a magnet on the back for the fridge.
For a cute snack you can make apple mouths. It uses peanut butter, but you could substitute marshmallow whip instead if nut allergies are a concern. Slice two fairly thin wedges of apple. Smear one side of each wedge with peanut butter. Line marshmallows along one of the wedges (embedded in the peanut butter). Put the other apple wedge on top to make a sandwich. If you look at it face on, the skin of the apple looks like lips and the marshmallows look like teeth.