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Painting with apples {apple art project for preschoolers}

September 12, 2014 by Katie 1 Comment

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After we went apple picking last year, we ended up with 24 pounds of apples that we needed to use up. That’s a lot of apples!!  So in addition to comparing the tastes of different apples, we decided to do some painting with apples.

There’s nothing particularly fancy about this activity. I simply wanted to give my kids a unique “brush” to use for a painting project as a way for them to experiment with different ways of doing art.

Note: For more kid-friendly apple activities, see my Apple Unit Study page. 

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I started by creating a few different apple “brushes” for my kids to play with by cutting up some apples in different ways. As you can see, I took two apples and simply cut them in half through the middle. I took another two apples and did the same, except I then cut them down so only the star pattern in the middle was left.

Painting with apples 1

I gave my kids some very large pieces of poster board for painting. And I set out red, yellow, and green paint on small trays.

Painting with apples 2

The kids dipped the apples into the paints and then stamped them on to their papers.

Painting with apples 3

They explored the different colors.

Painting with apples 4

They also learned that their stamps turned out better when they used only a sparing amount of paint on their apples

Painting with apples 5

And here are their final creations!

Painting with apples 6

Painting with apples 7

Super fun and super easy! And a great way to use up some of the 24 pounds of apples we collected!

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  1. Jill says

    September 21, 2014 at 7:09 pm

    This looks like a great way for kids to paint!

    Thank you for stopping by the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop this week. We hope to see you drop by our neck of the woods next week!

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