It’s fall season and one of my favorite fall themes is Apple. Create a simple apple paper plate craft using a paper plate, red paint and green construction paper.
There are two variations of this apple paper plate craft . The first one uses a hand print for the leaves and the second one uses cut-up construction paper pieces.
Scissor skills is an important 2 year old milestones so this craft offers the opportunity to practice using scissors.
Supplies needed:
- Paper plates
- Red washable paint (we are using colorations tempera paint)
- Green Construction Paper
- Scissors
- School Glue
- Green Marker (optional to draw the handprint
How to create an apple paper plate craft
squirt some paint onto the paper plate and cover your little learner hand with bubble wrap.
My bubble wrap was an envelope from a purchase I got in the mail but the bubbles were not too prominent so when he painted with a lot of paint you could barely see the marks.
I also used two plates, the first, to pour the paint and sip the glove in and the second was our actual craft. I actually think you can save one plate by just adding the paint onto the craft plate and have them dab it around.
We sang the song “apples and bananas” as we created the craft and also said “tap, tap, tap” as he tapped the paint into the plate. This helped me show him what I wanted him to do as well as making it a game.
Once the plate was covered in paint we loved on to the leaves. I cut up a small rectangle out of green construction paper and let him cut up smaller rectangles out of it to create the leaves.
Scissor skills is an important skill when entering preschool so we take every opportunity we have to practice.
Once the craft is dried, I added some school glue to the top of the Apple. (I chose a space that had the least paint). I usually let him do the glue too because he loves to squeeze the bottle, but he was so done with the activity that I just did it to finish it off.
Apple hand-print version
Do you wish you could save his hand-print forever? Well, crafts are a great idea to do it.
Trace your little learner’s hand onto green construction paper. Cut around the handprint.
If you don’t have green construction paper you can do white paper and paint your little learner’s hand use green paint and pressing it down onto the paper.
With a dab of glue, attach the hand-print (marks on the back) to the plate. Let it dry and it’s done!
Making crafts at two years old might be a quick activity but you can repeat it many times to give enough exposure to the materials. At two years old, crafts are all about exploring with the materials, getting messy with the paint, feeling the stickiness of them glue and having fun!
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Apple paper plate craft
Ingredients
- Paper Plate
- Red Tempera Paint
- Green Construction Paper
- Bubble Wrap
- Scissors
- Marker
- School Glue
Instructions
- Add a small amount of tempera paint into the plate
- Dip the bubble wrap dip into the paint and stamp the paint around the paper plate
- Trace your little learner’s hand onto the green construction paper and cut
- Allow for paint to dry
- Using school glue, add a small amount to the top of the plate and place the hand with the thumb toward the bottom.
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