Name Practice Back to School Apple Craft for Kids
This fun back to school apple craft is the perfect way for preschoolers, toddlers, kindergartners, and more, to work on and learn the letters and order of letters in their names.
This super simple apple craft uses a paper plate, construction paper, a glue stick, a crayon or marker, and a scissors to complete. It is fun, easy, and quick to make which makes it the perfect craft for the start of a new school year.
This craft works great for back to school, learning about apples and the lifecycle of apples, or for working on name practice and learning the letters in children’s names. It can be made in a classroom, at home for a fun craft, in a homeschooling group, and more.
For more fun back to school name crafts be sure to also check out this fun name recognition school bus craft. It works on kids names while making a fun yellow bus paper craft.
Paper Plate Apple Craft Tips for Success
- You can prep for this craft ahead of time with younger children or have older children do the prep work on their own as part of the craft. You will need to rip a bunch of small red,green, or yellow scraps of paper for the outside of the apple for prep.
- Ripping paper is great for motor skill development so you can also have younger children do this craft in two parts. Cut paper strips and have children rip the paper strips into small scraps one day and put the rest of the craft together the next.
- You can make this craft with either red, green, or yellow paper scraps for the apple. Red is the traeditional apple color but you can also make a green or yellow apple. It would also make a great lesson on apples if you talked about and taste tested the three colors of apples. Then let kids use ripped paper that is the same as their favorite color apple to complete their project.
- You will need to use a scissors to cut out a brown rectangle for a stem, a green rectangle for a leaf, and brown seed shapes for the seeds. Make sure to use a light brown so that the marker or crayon will still show up on the seed when you write your child’s letters. You will need one seed for each letter in their name.
- We typically recommend the standard paper plates but you will need to use a paper plate that is white so that the inside of the apple is more realistic.
Paper Plate Name Recogntion Back to School Apple Craft
Materials:
- White Paper Plate
- Red Construction Paper (Or Green or Yellow)
- Green and Brown Construction Paper
- Scissors
- Glue Stick
- Pen/Marker
Directions:
- Rip red, yellow or green construction paper (depending on the color of apple you choose) into small paper scraps.
- Glue paper scraps around the outside of a paper plate leaving the inner circle uncovered.
- Cut out a small brown rectangle for the stem and a small green leaf shape and glue to the top of the apple.
- Cut out the same number of seeds from brown construction paper as are in the name you want to work on. Write the letters of the name on each of the seeds.
- Glue the letter seeds onto the middle of the apple in the correct order to complete the apple craft.
More Apple Crafts & Activities for Kids
For more fun apple themed crafts and activities check out some of our favorites below:
- Apple Taste Testing Activity – Use the free printable apple recording sheet to taste test different colors of apples and choose a favorite.
- Apple Painting Craft – On an apple themed coloring sheet, use real apples as stamps to paint fun apple shapes and fill in the coloring sheet.
- Apple Pie Sensory Bin – Using oatmeal and pom poms, make a fun apple pie themed sensory bin and use the free printables to follow the directions and make apple pies.
