This Apple Stamping Craft is a fun way to make art with apples!

This apple stamping craft looks amazing, but it is so easy and inexpensive to make. Younger children will need help with the cutting and gluing, but stamping apples is fun for all ages. It is a great craft if you are working on the letter “A” with your preschooler. You can talk about the “A” sound in apple while painting with apples.

This apple stamping craft would also be a great fall art project to do with your kids that could turn into a favorite fall decoration.

Apple Stamping Craft

Materials Needed:

brown construction paper
white construction paper
white glue or glue stick
scissors
green paint
red paint
2 foam brushes
2 paper plates
2 apples, cut in half
apple seeds, reserved from cut apples
markers (optional)

Directions:

1. Use scissors to cut a piece of construction paper in half.

2. Cut one-half of a sheet of paper into long strips. Cut one-half of a sheet of paper into short strips.

Lay one long strip on a flat surface and place the short strips in the opposite direction, overlapping and gluing the pieces together.

3. Use long strips to weave the basket and glue the ends.

Apple Stamping Craft- overlap and glue paper strips together

4. Finish the basket with one long piece of paper, on the top and secure with glue. Trim the sides of the basket and round the corners on the bottom of the basket.

5. Place paint on paper plates. Use foam brushes to apply paint to sliced apples and stamp them onto white construction paper. Let dry.

Apple Stamping Craft- use foam brushes to coat apples with paint

6. When dry, use glue to add the basket to the paper and the seeds to the apple.

Apple Stamping Craft - glue seeds to painted apples

Optional: Add stems and leaves with markers if desired.

Printable Directions for Apple Stamping Craft

Apple Stamping Craft

A fun fall craft for kids using apples for stamps.

Author Alea

Ingredients

Materials Needed:

brown construction paper
white construction paper
white glue or glue stick
scissors
green paint
red paint
2 foam brushes
2 paper plates
2 apples cut in half
apple seeds reserved from cut apples
markers optional

Instructions

Use scissors to cut a piece of construction paper in half.
Cut one-half of a sheet of paper into long strips. Cut one-half of a sheet of paper into short strips.
Lay one long strip on a flat surface and place the short strips in the opposite direction, overlapping and gluing the pieces together.
Use long strips to weave the basket and glue the ends.
Finish the basket with one long piece of paper, on the top and secure with glue. Trim the sides of the basket and round the corners on the bottom of the basket.
Place paint on paper plates. Use foam brushes to apply paint to sliced apples and stamp them onto white construction paper. Let dry.
When dry, use glue to add the basket to the paper and the seeds to the apple.