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APPLE THEME

Great for Apple Day in Scouts!

CRAFTS:

Apple Core
Draw an apple shape (a little more oval through the sides than up and down) on green or red construction paper. Cut the apple in half through the sides. Cut out a white core. This is shaped like a long rectangle with the ends flared out on each side. Glue this between the two apple pieces. Either draw on or sponge paint on black seeds in the middle of the core. These are really cute!

Apple Pictures
Cut out apple shapes from white paper, and add some red finger paint, and let your child paint the apple red!!!

Apple Head Grannies
Peel the apple and leave the stem at the top. Tie a string to the stem. Hang in a dry area like a window for a couple of weeks. The apples will shrink and wrinkle up like little old ladies. You can make a body by putting the heads on small bottles( shampoo, dish soap etc.) Make a dress out of a piece of fabric. You can even use a small paper clip to make glasses. If you don't want the apples to be that brown then dip them in lemon juice first.

Apple Tree with Sponge Painting
Draw a large tree on craft paper, and cut a sponge into round pieces. Attach a clothespin to the back of each piece. Give each child a clothespin sponge to dip into red tempera paint and dab on the tree to look like apples.

Apple Necklaces
Cut out apple shapes from different colors of paper. Older children can do the cutting for themselves. Then depending on the ages.. either punch holes in the apples or allow the children to punch the holes. Then supply the children with yarn that is about 18 inches long with one end that is wrapped with a little piece of masking tape. Have the children lace the apples onto the yarn, then tie it to make a necklace.
 

Apple tree 
Cut out an apple tree from brown and green paper. Glue the pieces together. Supply your child with red tempera paint, and a pencil with an eraser. Have the child make prints on the tree with the eraser to make apples. After the picture has dried ask your child how many apples are on their tree.

Apple Collage
Use a small paper plate and a piece of red paper. Have children tear the paper into small pieces then glue the pieces all over the plate, add green paper stems and hang up.

Apple Book
Cut out a red construction paper apple, and have each child dictate a story. They can illustrate it, then staple and put cover around pages to make a book.

Apple Printing
Cut the apple in half to reveal the star of seeds paint the apple and print.

Easy Apple Tree
Supply each child with a tree shape, and a red, green, or yellow non-toxic bingo dabber. Have the children put "apples" on the tree with the dabber.

Finger paint Apple
Use red, green or yellow to finger paint an apple that has been cut out.

Paper Plate Apples
You can make paper plate apples a few different ways. Give a child a 9 inch paper plate. Have them cut out the shape of a leaf from green paper (you can draw out the leaf for them or let them be creative) and this will be added to the apple last. They can make the apple red by simply coloring the whole plate red, paining the whole plate red, sponge painting the plate red for a textured look, or by tearing up pieces of red construction paper and gluing them on the plate for a unique textured 3-D type of look. Don't forget to add the leaf. You can also add a piece of brown paper for a stem. 

Play Dough Apples 
Let your child use red or green play dough to make apples.

Seed Collage 
Save the seeds from a bunch of apples. Allow them to dry, and have your child glue them to a piece of paper.

Torn paper apples 
Draw an apple on a piece of white paper or use a white paper plate. Tear red paper into dime sized bits (enough to cover your apple drawing.) Cut out one or two leafs for the apple from green paper. (Or if possible use real apple leaves.) Have your child glue the torn pieces of paper onto your drawing of an apple. Then have your child glue on the apple leaves.
 

Wormy Apple Craft 
Cut three apple shapes from folded red construction paper using a pattern, as shown. Place the three apple shapes, one on top of each other, and staple together on the fold line (get a leader or a older child to do the stapling). Make the apple three dimensional by spreading the layers apart. Cut a stalk and leaf from green construction paper and glue to the top of the apple. Cut a small narrow strip of brown paper. Curl one end around a pencil in one direction and the other end in the opposite direction. Draw on eyes and glue the worm sticking out of the apple.

Worm Art
This one is a lot of fun, and has great results. Set out a piece of yarn for each color of paint you intend to use. Have the child dip the yarn in one color of paint, and run it across the paper. Use a new piece of string for a different color. For the brave... dip real worms in paint, and let them crawl across the paper. Be sure to wash them off and return them to their environment. (They usually survive.)

GAMES & ACTIVITIES:

Apple Race
Give each child an apple. Balancing it on their heads, the kids must walk to a line, turn around and walk back. If the apple falls off, the player must go back to the starting line and begin again. By the time the game finishes, the apples will probably be quite bruised. 

Apple Fishing Game 
Tie 3 feet of string to a wooden spoon. Attach a magnet to the end of the string. Cut and laminate many different colored, and sized Apples from construction paper (not too big though). Attach a paper clip to each Apple. Spread the Apple shapes on the floor and let your child try to catch the Apples. Have them try to catch the red Apple.. or the biggest Apple. For a twist, label the Apples with letters or numbers. Ask the children to catch a specific Apple, or ask them which Apple they caught.

Apple Numbers 
Cut out ten Apple shapes. Number them one to ten. Ask the children to line up the Apples from one to ten.

Apple Colors
Ask the children to sort the Apples by color.

Apple Sort 
Ask the children to sort the Apples by size.

Apple Hide and Seek 
Have all the children hide their eyes while you "hide" an apple in the room. (It should be placed in plain view) Tell the children to find the Apple, but not touch it. Once they spot it they should sit back down in their spot. The first one to sit down again will get to hide the Apple.

Apple Tasting
Next time you go to the grocery store with your child. Point out all the different kinds of apples. Tell your child their names. Buy a few different kinds, and when you get home, let your child try them. Ask your child how each one tastes. Ask your child how each one is different.

Apple Bobbing
Have an apple for each child. Tie strings to the apple stems and hang them from a bar. the kids must keep their hands behind their backs during this game. Because they are blindfolded, another child must direct them to the hanging apples. The child must bite the apple before the leader removes the blindfold. Let the child eat the apple. 

Big Apple - Small Apple
Cut out different sizes of apples from colored construction paper or color them on white ones. Arrange them from small to large or make them a flannel board exercise if you have small children.

Apple Seeds 
Before cutting open an apple, ask the children to predict how many seeds there will be inside. Cut the apple in half horizontally and let the children observe the "star" that holds the seeds. Count the seeds with the children and have them compare the number with their predictions. Try the experiment with another apple. Does it have the same number of seeds as the first? Try the same experiment using a different colored apple --As you cut open the different color apples make note that the insides are the same even though the outside is different. You can make the same comparison with people - different on the outside but all the same on the inside.)

Apple Mural
Cut out a large apple shape from a large paper roll. Let the children do apple printing on the shape during art time. Use a variety of sizes and shapes and colors - red, green, yellow. Tack apple print to wall and play a variety of games with the mural.
1 - count the apple prints
2 - find the print that is the largest/smallest
3 - find the print that is the darkest/lightest
4 - do any of the shapes look the same/different? 

Apple Hop 
Cut out large apple shapes from colored paper. Laminate them and cut them out. Place them on the floor and ask the children to hop from one apple to another. These may also be used at seat markers for group time.

Pass the Apple
Played like hot potato... have the children sit in a circle and pass an apple around the circle when music is playing, when the music stops the child holding the apple sits in the middle or the "apple pie pot" until the music stops again and the next child replaces the first. You may also chant "hot apple, hot apple 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10" and the child who has the apple on 10 is in the "apple pie pot."
 
 

SONGS:

Apple On A Stick - poem
Apple on a stick, apple on a stick
I can lick it all day and not get sick.
Apple in a cup, apple in a cup
I can drink it all day and not fill up.
Apple in a crunch, apple in a crunch
I can eat it all day, it is so good to munch
Apple in a cake, apple in a cake
I can eat it all day with no tummy ache
Apple in a pie, apple in a pie
I can eat it all day and never cry.
Apple in a dish, apple in a dish
I can eat it all day, it's so delish!

Apples and Bananas 
Sing this song: 
I like to eat eat eat apples and bananas, 
I like to ate ate ate apples and bananas, 
( all a's pronounced with a long a as in ate) 
I like to eat eat eat epples and banenes, 
I like to ite ite ite ipples and baninis, 
I like to ote ote ote opples and banonos,
I like to ute ute ute upples and banunus, 
I like to eat eat eat apples and bananas. 

Five Red Apples - poem
Five red apples in a grocery store
Bobby bought one & then there were 4
Four red apples on an apple tree
Susie ate one & then there were 3
Three red apples. What did Alice do?
Why she ate one & then there were 2
Two red apples ripening in the sun
Tommy ate one, & now there was one
One red apple & now we are done
I ate the last one & now there are none! 

Johnny Had An Apple Pie
(Tune: The More We Get Together)
Johnny had an apple pie,
An apple pie, an apple pie,
Johnny had an apple pie,
With a green worm on top.
Chorus:
A fuzzy worm, a wuzzy worm,
A great, big, fat, juicy worm.
Oh, Johnny had an apple pie
With a green worm on top.

Red Apple - poem
A little red apple
Hung high in a tree
I looked up at it
And it looked down at me
"Come down, please" I called
And what do you suppose---
That little red apple
Dropped right on my nose!

The Apple Tree - poem
Way up high in the apple tree. (point up)
Two little apples smiled at me. (close thumb & forefinger of each hand to make an apple)
I shook that tree as hard as I could (grab pretend tree & shake)
Down fell the apples--- (raise hands & let fall)
MMMMMM, were they good!

STORIES:

Johnny Appleseed
This is a true story about a man named John Chapman. He liked the sun, animals and being outside. When he grew up, he decided to live outdoors and do something nice for other people. He began walking through the fields and forest and over the mountains. He wore a pan on his head. As he walked, he talked to the animals of the forest. He also threw apple seeds everywhere he walked. He hoped to toss enough seeds that apple trees would sprout up, so people would enjoy apples everywhere. As a result, people began to call him “Johnny Appleseed”, a name he kept for the rest of his life.
 

FOOD SUGGESTIONS:

Apple Fritters
Serve these warm and sprinkled with icing sugar. Try adding pineapple rings or chunks of banana to the batter. 
250 mL flour 
30 mL sugar
75 mL milk 3-4 apples
10 mL baking powder 
1 egg
30 mL vegetable oil 
cooking oil
Stir together the flour, baking powder and sugar until mixed. In a separate bowl, beat the egg with the milk and oil, then add this to the flour mixture and blend well. Don’t beat it too much! The batter should be thick enough to coat the apple slice. If it seems too thick, add a little more milk to thin it. Peel and core the apples and slice them into rings. Dip slices into the batter, then deep-fry until brown on both sides, turning once. Drain on paper towels and sprinkle with icing sugar.
If you run out of fruit before all the batter is used up, try dropping globs of batter into the oil and see what weird shapes you can create.

Apple Pizza 
Ingredients: Pizza dough, apples, flour, sugar, cinnamon, shredded cheddar cheese.
1. Roll pizza dough out onto tray.
2. Sprinkle cheese on dough.
3. Put cut apples (pre sliced thin by you - although you can do a few with them to show them) on dough.
4. Mix equal amounts of flour, sugar, cinnamon in a bowl (enough to cover pizza).
5. Sprinkle mixture on pizza.
6. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
7. Enjoy!!!

Baked Apples
wash and core one apple per child. Fill the core with raisins and brown sugar. Place the apple upright on a baking sheet. Bake for 60 minutes at 350 degrees. Optional: serve with ice cream. 

Apple Honey Grahams 
Apples
Graham crackers
Peanut butter
Optional: honey
Give each child a slice of apple and a table knife for dicing the apple. Spread a graham cracker slice with peanut butter. Add honey, if you like. Sprinkle diced apples on top.

Apple Sandwiches 
Apples
Peanut butter
Slice apples the "round way" so that a star is formed in the center. Spread a slice with peanut butter and top with a second slice to form a sandwich. (You don't need to core the apples if the slices are thin.) You can use the leftover end pieces for making applesauce or for dicing on the apple grahams described above.

Applesauce
For each quart of peeled and sliced apples, add:
1 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. lemon juice
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
pinch of salt
Cook until tender. Mash apples with a potato masher or electric mixer. Add more sugar if needed. Serve cold.

Apple Ring Sandwiches
Peel, core, and cut apples into rings. Spread with:
peanut butter and bananas slices
cream cheese and raisins
granola mixed with honey
cheese spread or a slice of cheese
Cover the first apple ring with another apple ring to make a sandwich.

Apple Juice
1/2 cup seeded apples
1 cup water
1 tsp. sugar
Blend the ingredients in a blender. Serve chilled.

Caramel Apples
An all-time favorite. You can melt your own caramels, or buy the kits pre-made into wraps at the store. 

Dried Apple Rings
Peel, core, and cut apples into rings. Dip in salted water for 15 minutes. Dry for two weeks.

Individual Apple Pies
Ready-made pie crust (the kind that comes packaged flat in the dairy case)
Canned apple pie filling
Have each child cut out two large circles of pie crust (using a large, round cookie cutter or a large plastic drinking cup). Put a spoonful of pie filling in the middle of one circle. Place the second dough circle on top. Use a fork to crimp the edges and pierce a few holes in the top to allow steam to escape. Bake in a toaster oven 10-15 minutes or until brown.
 

TIPS/NOTES:

Trip to the apple orchard - to pick apples