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Apple Prints

Celebrate harvest time with a bounty of fresh apples. This activity will help your child have fun with this popular fruit.

Apple Prints

Activity for an individual child

Age group: 18-40 months

Duration of activity: 10 minutes

Materials:

  • 1 apple
  • Knife
  • Paper towel
  • Tempera paint
  • Shallow pie tin
  • Light-colored construction paper

Celebrate harvest time with a bounty of fresh apples. This activity will help your child have fun with this popular fruit.

  1. Cut the apple in half crosswise. Dry off the inside with a paper towel.
  2. Pour a small amount of paint into the pie tin.
  3. Show your toddler how to grasp the apple to dip it into the paint. Have him press the painted apple on the paper to create a print. The effect will look a little like a star.

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