More than 55 Apple Themed Ideas! Games, Art, Crafts, Literacy, Diversity and more!
APPLE CRAFTS
APPLE SHAKER TAMBOURINE
Materials:
Paper plates or card stock; some things that will make noise inside the apple shape-such as buttons, seeds, rice, dried beans, small pebbles, etc.; ribbon
Have kids paint two pieces of APPLE SHAPED poster board - or paper plates. Glue and staple the two pieces together with the sound-maker in the middle inside of it. Attach the ribbons.
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MAKE AN APPLE CANDLE HOLDER
This table centerpiece is short lived ---but pretty while it lasts.
Materials:
Large Rome Beauty apples (that will stand straight on the table)
Candles
Waxed paper
Potato peeler
Lemon juice
1. Using an apple corer, make a hole about halfway through the middle of an apple. Make the hole as straight as possible and remove the core piece.
2. Insert a candle into the hole. It should fit tightly; if the hole is too large, wrap waxed paper around the candle's end.
3. Older kids can decorate the apples by carefully carving designs in the skins with the tip of a potato peeler (to prevent the designs from turning brown, rub them with lemon juice).
4. Arrange the candleholders in a circle on a plate or cutting board.
Make sure that the apples are stable. Cut the bottom accordingly if not.
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MAKE A DRIED APPLE WREATH…
Version #1
Step One: Making Dried Apples
Ingredients:
Juice of approximately 8-10 lemons
2 teaspoons salt
8 - 10 large firm apples
8 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons allspice
1 teaspoon cloves
8" - 10" sturdy, heavy gauge wire (for a wreath)
Jute (for garland or apple stacker)
1 - 1 1/2 yards of ribbon, fabric scraps, or raffia
Preparation:
1. Dry the apples.
2. Place lemon juice in a large bowl, and stir in salt.
3. Peel, core, and slice apples horizontally into 1/4" thick circles. Soak slices in lemon juice bowl for approximately 6-10 minutes, making sure each side of the slices has a chance to absorb some of the lemon juice.
4. While waiting, mix spices in a bowl and blend well.
5. Remove the slices from the bowl and place them on paper towels. Pat tops of apple slices with paper towels.
6. Dust apples slices with spice mixture. Turn slices over and repeat on opposite side.
7. Place apples slices in a single layer on a baking sheet.
8. Bake at 150-200 degrees F for 6 hours or until completely dried. Apple slices should be slightly pliable.
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Version #2
DRIED APPLE RECIPE
2 red apples
1 cup lemon juice
1 T salt
Non-stick cooking spray
• Preheat over to 225 F. Slice apple 1/4" thick.
• Combine the lemon juice and salt in a bowl and soak the apples for 20-25 minutes. Turn apples once while soaking.
• Coat a baking sheet with the non-stick cooking spray and place the apple slices on the sheet in a single layer.
• Bake for 4 to 6 hours until the slice feel leathery--but no brown. Turn slices over once during baking.
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TO CREATE AN APPLE WREATH:
1) Fold each apple slice in half, and then into quarters and thread the apple slices onto the wire. Continue to pack on the folded apples until the wire is completely filled.
2) When the wire is completely covered, use pliers to bend ends into hooks so that they can connect and close. Carefully shape wire into desired shape. Recommendation is either a circle or heart shape.
3) Using the ribbon or fabric scraps, create a hanger for your wreath.
4) Hang on the wall, or package as a gift for someone special.
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MAKE SHRUNKEN APPLE HEADS!
• Choose the largest, firmest apples you can find. The apples shrink a lot when they dry so you want to be sure that they are big enough to begin with. Firm apples will be easier to carve and will dry out much better.
• The first step in making your shrunken apple heads is to peel the apples. You can core them if you would like, although it is not necessary. Next, brush a mixture of lemon juice and salt onto the peeled apple. The lemon juice and salt mixture will help to keeping the apples from turning as brown as usually when they dry.
• Next, you will want to take a paring knife and carve out the basic features of a face from one side of the apple. Don't go into too much detail since when the apple dries any small details will be lost. Focus on creating large features like the eye sockets, a nose and a mouth. Example: To make a shrunken apple for a witch's head you would most likely carve a large nose, two deep holes for the eye sockets and a sneering hole for the mouth. Keep the shapes that you carve simple and larger than you think you need them to be since they will shrink as they dry.
• Place the carved apples somewhere dry and out of the way. Turn them every couple of days in within about 2 weeks they will have shriveled up into ghoulish little faces. You can speed up the drying time if you would like by setting them on a cookie sheet in the oven on the lowest setting or by using a food dehydrator, although it will still take some time for them to dry and shrivel.
• 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.
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DRIED APPLE AND CINNAMON PASTA HANGING
1. Slice apples sideways and place the slices in a lemon juice and water mixture for a few minutes.
2. Moisten rigatoni pasta with water and then roll and coat them in cinnamon.
3. Using plastic needles and yarn, alternately string the apples and noodles.
4. Add a country fabric bow (or your choice of bow) to the top and dry near a sunny window.
5. The wreaths hang straight down... and look and smell great!
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DRIED APPLE PICTURE FRAME
- Arrange four craft sticks to form a small, rectangular frame the size of a school picture.
- Using a school picture as a guide, lay one stick across the top and a second across the bottom.
- Place once craft stick vertically at each of the picture edges to frame the picture.
- Glue the sticks and a picture in place.
- Glue two or three dried apple slices to one corner of the frame and a magnet to the back. (Use one of the above recipes
- Allow the frame to dry.
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APPLE SHAPE PUZZLE
Draw a very large apple (made from card-stock if possible). Laminate it and cut into pieces to put back together as a puzzle. Save pieces in plastic baggie.
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APPLE TREES
Need:
Small ball of modeling dough or clay
Empty short can such as tuna can
6 to 8 inch twig with branches
Several green tissue paper squares
Craft glue
Several red beads
Piece of construction paper cut to fit around the can
• Place the dough or clay in the bottom of the can.
• Stand the twig in the center of the clay.
• Twist the tissue squares to resemble bow ties.
• Glue the bow ties to the branches to look like leaves.
• Glue a few of the read bead "apples" on the branches.
• Have kids decorate the paper strip; cover the can and glue it in place.
Tip: A couple weeks before this activity, ask parents to bring in tuna fish size cans!
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APPLE WORM PUPPET#1 (Apples and Worms go together!)
- You will need a 4" x 4" piece of cardboard.
- Cut the cardboard into a large apple shape.
- Next, cut out a small finger hole somewhere on the apple.
- Have child color the apple with a red crayon or marker.
- Children hold up the apple with one hand while they stick their pointer finger from the opposite hand into the worm hole and wiggle.
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MAKE A WORM PUPPET #2
Materials:
Small cup,
Brown paint or markers
Black marker
Scissors
- Take the cup and cut out the bottom.
- Paint or color the cup brown; is the dirt from which your worm peers.
- Draw a face on the tip your index finger (Finger the worm.)
- Stick the worm through the cup and you have a fun worm puppet.
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APPLE CORE PENCIL HOLDER
- Leaving the hole open to hold the pencils, put paper Mache around a toilet paper roll.
- When dry--- paint it to look like an apple core...
- Insert a brown or black pipe cleaner stem. Use green raffia, construction paper or foam sheet for a leaf.
***MACHE recipes are on this site. Click here...
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TALKING APPLE PUPPET
Materials: Old tennis balls (If no one in your program plays tennis, put them on your wish list! Someone will have some "dead" tennis balls and would be happy to donate them.)
Sharp knife (adults only)
Red paint and a paintbrush (You can skip this part if you're able to find red tennis balls at pet store)
Brown pipe cleaner
Scrap of green felt
Two large wiggle eyes
Masking tape
Tiny red pom-pom
Black marker
Scissors
White glue or thick blue glue gel
Newspaper to work on
Plastic-foam egg carton (for drying the tennis ball on)
1. Have an adult use a sharp knife to cut a slit across the lower half of the ball for the mouth and to poke a small slit in the top of the ball for the stem. If you have a shop vise, you can use it to hold the ball steady while you make the cuts. The deeper the mouth cut, the easier it will be to squeeze the mouth to open it.
2. Paint the ball red. Let it dry on the plastic-foam egg carton.
3. Stick a piece of masking tape on the back of each wiggle eye to create a better gluing surface. Glue the eyes on the ball above the mouth.
4. Glue on the red pom-pom for the nose.
5. Cut a 2-inch piece of brown pipe cleaner for the stem. Push the end of the stem through the hole in the top of the apple.
6. Cut a leaf shape from the green felt scrap. Cut a tiny slit at the base of the leaf. Slide the leaf down over the stem through the slit so that it sits on the top of the apple.
7. Use the black marker to make a line over the cut mouth to accentuate it. To make the mouth of the apple open and close, squeeze the ball on each side of the mouth.
- This little apple puppet can pick things up with the mouth and swallow them. You might want to make a game of seeing how many things the puppet can pick up and swallow in a set amount of time. Try picking up peppercorns, small pom-poms, or popcorn kernels.
- One person said the children were more interested in throwing than picking up… but they did pick up bits of cereal and raisins.
- The kids especially liked to play the 'apple eats your nose game'. More than one group reported apple puppets nibbling at other kids with much giggling--- a part of the game.
Source: realfamiliesrealfun.com
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APPLE ART
APPLE COLLAGE
Use a small paper plate and a piece of red paper. Have children tear the paper into small pieces and then glue and cover the plate with the pices. Add a green paper stem and hang up.
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DEMENTIONAL CURLED APPLE TREE
Materials:
Red, green, brown, and blue construction paper,
Glue
Scissors
Pencil
- Cut out a tree-shape trunk from the brown paper; cut out apples from the red construction paper.
- Assemble and glue the trunk and apples on a background piece of paper.
- Cut out many small, thin (about 1/4 inch wide and a few inches long) strips of green paper and some red strips as well.
- One by one take the strips and wrap them tightly around a pencil and they will curl.
- Remove the curled paper from the pencil and dip the edges in glue.
- Add each glue edged 'curl' to your tree.
- Keep repeating this process until the tree is covered with apples and leaves.
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CRAB APPLE PAINTING
• Give children construction paper and several colors of thick tempera paint in shallow dishes.
• Have them put their paper in a shallow box.
• They dip their apple in the chosen paint color and use a spoon to scoop it out and onto the paper.
• Now hold the box tilting it back and forth as the crabapple moves across.
• When there is no more paint, dip the crab apple again ---or put a new apple into a different color.
• This can also be done using regular larger apples! Nice to hang and display.
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PRINT MAKING USING APPLES
Need:
Apples
Paper Towels
Styrofoam Plate, Meat Tray, or Other Shallow Dish
Construction Paper and Paint
• Cut the apple in half. Experiment with the apples by cutting them different ways. Cut through the top and out the bottom to make a 'traditional' apple print, cut through the middle to make apple 'star' prints. Cut the apple into quarters for a different print also!
• Fold a paper towel into 4ths and lay it on the bottom of the Styrofoam plate, etc. Pour paint into the center of the paper towel to make it into a stamp pad. Using red, green, and yellow paint will represent the different kinds of apples.
• Dip the cut side of the apple into the paint. Dab it around on the paper towel to wipe off excess paint, and then press it onto the paper. To finish off--cut sponges into leaf shapes and have kids repeat the above process to paint leaves. When dry add stems and seeds with sharpies. Sample apple print by a Kindergarten student of art teacher Michal Austin
• Make a whole collection of apple pictures this way! You can also use fabric paint and make an apple print T-shirt, towels, etc!
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WORM ART (Apples and Worms go together!!!)
• Dip pieces of yarn into paint and drag it across paper to make squiggles, lines, etc.
• You can also use COOKED NOODLES for worms. Click here for 'Painting with Spaghetti" in the Activities with Pasta Category.
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PAPER MACHÉ APPLES
- Inflate a balloon.
- Dip newspaper strips in a mixture of your favorite paper Mache recipe
- Completely cover the balloon. Let it dry thoroughly. Paint and decorate the shape to look like an apple!
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Make an APPLE TREE MURAL... as FALL progresses- add pumpkins, scarecrows, etc. to the mural. As Thankgiving arrives add a turkey, cornucopia, pilgrims, indians, etc.
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Paint a STILL LIFE OF APPLES
Just put together a bowl of apples, or apples on a table. Put out the paints and paper, and see how creative the kids can be!
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APPLE CINNAMON DOUGH #1
Ingredients:
1 cup ground cinnamon
1 cup applesauce
1/4 cup white school glue (optional)
Add the cinnamon to the applesauce until you get a clay-like consistency. You may add glue for added thickness. Once the dough is mixed, create shapes with your hands or roll the dough out and use cookie cutters. Let the dough dry. Store unused dough in a bowl with plastic wrap as a cover.
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#2 RECIPE
1 cup ground cinnamon
4 tablespoons white glue
3/4 cup water
Mix until the consistency of cookie dough. (Add more water if needed.) Sprinkle cinnamon on the cutting board and knead the dough. Roll out 1/4-inch thick. Cut into shapes using cookie cutters or Popsicle sticks. Punch hole in the top with a straw or pencil before drying (so you can string ribbon through later for hanging). Bake in 350° oven for 30 minutes or until firm. Let 
them cool, and then decorate! These are usually used as ornaments-----but make necklaces from them!
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Applesauce and Cinnamon Clay/Dough #3
1 Cup Applesauce
1 Cup Cinnamon
Instructions:
- Mix the applesauce and the cinnamon until it gets to a nice clay consistency.
- If --too sticky, add a bit more cinnamon or even a touch of flour.
- You can make shapes and designs or use cookie cutters.
- Put the shapes in a warm, dry spot to dry - this takes a few days!
- You now have sweet-smelling sculptures to decorate and/or paint.
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APPLE PLAY DOUGH (for young children)
Use red, yellow, and green colored play dough, adding cinnamon spice to it. Lay out apple cookie cutters and tools. Kids may want to make their own version of an apple (or other things) Add a pipe cleaner for a worm!
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APPLE THEMED GAMES
PAPER APPLE RELAY
- Cut a large number of APPLES and write a different instruction on each apple for a relay race… Such as skip, crawl, crab walk, hop, walk backwards, etc. –
- Duplicate the instruction for the number of Teams you will have playing. (Example: Three teams equal three sets of instructions)
- Divide the children into groups (if not even, have one child go twice)
- Put the cut out apple shapes at the end of the room in a pile for each team.
On go, the first player on each team runs up to the pile and takes an apple. The players come back to the group doing what it says on the apple. When the first players get back-- the next players run to the apples--and play continues...
Return the apples to the bottom of the pile until ALL have had a turn.
Tip: Laminate the apples for FUTURE Fall, Harvest or Apple Themed Days.)
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HALF AN APPLE MATCH GAME...
(Use this game to find partners ...or to just have fun!)
- In advance, cut each APPLE SHAPE into two pieces with BOLD, UNUSUAL LINES- SO EACH ONE IS UNIQUE!
- Distribute one-half of an apple to each child.
- At a signal have the children find the other half of their apple.
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GRABBING AN APPLE (Much like Bobbing for Apples---except trying to get the apple while it is hanging from a line!)
- Hang a string between trees or use a clothesline.
- Tie some more string to apple stems ---and hang the apples from the clothesline.
- Kids then attempt to grab an apple by using their teeth---no hands!
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IDEA: Have a relay race USING APPLES AND BROOMS (Push apples along with a broom)
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MUSICAL APPLE PASS (Pre-K- gr. 3)
Prepare a large APPLE SHAPE from construction paper before the game. Put the children in a circle, and play fun music while they pass around the paper apple. The person holding the apple when the music stops wins a treat. Bring plenty of treats for many plays... (Make sure every child receives a treat)
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SHARE THE APPLE GAME (younger children)
- Before you play--make half as many 24" APPLES"---as there are children in the group.
- Tape the apples to the floor in a large circle.
- Play music and have the children walk around the circle of apples.
- Stop the music intermittently. When the music stops, have each child stand on an apple with both feet. More than one child can share an apple; children may hang on to one another in order to stay on their apple.
- Do not eliminate payers-- instead--eliminate apples!
- Start the music again.
- While children are walking, remove one apple.
- Eliminate an apple each round-until it is impossible for children to use any fewer apples.
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APPLE SHAPED TIDILY WINKS
- Before play---cut a medium to large paper apple. Provide each player with 4 plastic disks (Tidily Winks, poker chips or Bingo markers).
- Form a circle at a table or on the floor. Place the apple in the center of the circle.
- When you say "Go" the players "shoot" their disks onto the apple by pressing the edges with another disk.
- How many can they get to land on the apple? It's harder than you think! -
- Let the kids try this as many times as they would like.
- If you have a large group of children, divide players into smaller groups and make more apple "targets".
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APPLE-PARING GAME
Cooking something with apples? Kids will like the challenge and the added bonus of their efforts...a yummy apple something! Need:
Potato peelers
Paring knives (for adults)
Apples
- Using the peeler (kids) or knife (adults only), see who can produce the longest unbroken strip of apple skin. For an added challenge, see who can produce one that is both the narrowest and longest.
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PASS THE APPLE GAME
- Divide kids into equal teams. Have them sit on the floor-close and in a straight line.
- Ask kids to put their hands on their shoulders (right hand on right shoulder--left on left shoulder)
- Place an apple between the elbows of the first player on each team.
- At a signal, have players pass the apple down the line from person to person.
- When the apple reaches the end, reverse the direction and have the kids pass the apple back to the starting point
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APPLE RELAY
- To play, you need one apple for each team.
- On the word "go," a team member places an apple on the back or hand of the first player.
- The first player races to the end of the course and back without letting the apple fall off their back or hand. If the apple falls off, that player has to stop where he/she is and put it back on.
- Once the apple is back in place, they keep going from where it fell off.
- When the player gets back to their team, they put the apple on the back or hand of the next person in line.
- The first team to finish wins.
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THE INCH WORM WALK...
- Stand with feet together, bend, and touch hands to the floor-- just in front of your feet.
- Walk your hands forward - without moving your feet up - until you can't go any farther.
- Next walk your feet up to your hands. Continue...
- (If some of the children cannot do this, they could always lie down on the floor and wiggle forward any way they can.) Play some music to go with the movement!!!
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BALANCE THE APPLE RELAY RACE...
- To play, you need one apple for each team and something to mark the end of the course.
- First, place markers at the end of the course, about 40 feet away from the starting line.
- Split into even teams.
- On the word "go," a team member places an apple on their head.
- The first player races to the end of the course and back without letting the apple fall off their head. If the apple falls off, that player has to stop where they are and put it back on.
- Once the apple is back in place, they keep going from where it fell off.
- When the player gets back to their team, they put the apple on the head of the next person in line.
The first team to finish wins.
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WHO TOOK THE APPLE FROM THE APPLE TREE?" (A version of "Who stole the cookie...") For Pre-k to Grade 1 children...
The children chant and clap as an apple starts with one child and then proceeds around the circle with each new chant...
- Whole group chant:
Who took the apple from the apple tree? "Johnny" took the apple from the apple tree!
- (Child) Who Me?
- (Group) Yes you!
- (Child) Couldn't be...
- (Group) Then who took the apple from the apple tree?
- Child then passes the apple to the next child and play continues until all have had a turn!
- After everyone has had a turn, have an apple snack and read a favorite apple story!
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Idea: Play "HOT APPLE"; play it like "hot potato" using an apple! or Johnny Appleseed says...? (Instead of Simon Says...)
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APPLE IN THE MOUTH RACE...
- Players hold their hands behind their back and grab apples with their mouth and run to the finish line with the apple in their mouth.
- This can be played with several bowls of apples where everyone races at the same time...Or it can be done one at a time and timed.
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APPLE TOSS GAME
You will need a bushel basket and five apples (you can substitute red bean bags or small red balls). Use masking tape to tape a line on the floor. Place the basket five to six feet away from the line. Have the child stand behind the line and try to toss the apples into the basket.
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How about having an APPLE RELAY RACE by pushing an apple to the finish line with your nose?
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BOBBING FOR APPLES GAME
Needed:
A bushel of apples
One large wash container filled with clean water
Towels
- Put the apples in the bucket with the water. Do not totally fill container, you want the apples bobbing around.
- Select the first two or three players and have them put their hands behind their backs.
- Say, "Go," and have players try to grab an apple with their teeth, all at the same time. The first to bring an apple up wins.
- Provide towels for all players. Even losers will be wet.
(A player has to try and get an apple out of the bin by biting into it. He may not bite the stem and he may not use his hands in any way. Also, smaller apples work better for younger children)
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'WORM' THROUGH THE APPLE...
- Have children stand in a straight line with their feet apart.
- The child at the end is the "worm."
- They crawl through the "apples" (children's spread feet/legs).
- When the player reaches the front of the apple line, the next person in line becomes the "worm".
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Idea: Have the children place an apple under their chin and run to the opposite side of the gym and place it in a basket. The first team to fill the basket wins.
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BUZZ BOMB BALLOON GAME
- Need 1 balloon per player that is not inflated.
- On red, yellow or apple-green butcher paper, draw a large apple shape (or the apple can be colored in by the group). Put a tape mark in the center of the apple to represent the target!
Formation: line or circle
- All players inflate their balloon. Some players may need help.
- When the leader says "1, 2, 3, GO!" The players release their balloons in the direction of the target. (The large apple)
- Score 5 points for the closest balloon and 15 points for a direct hit.
- This game works well with teams - each team gets their own colored balloons; red, blue, green etc.
- Or, you do not need to keep score at all and just have fun playing the game several times.
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Large-sized TIC-TAC TOE with APPLES
Take a large piece of poster board and draw the tic-tac-toe lines on it; laminate it if possible. Cut-two different colored apple 
shapes (such as read and yellow); then simply play tic-tac-toe.
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MISCELLANEOUS FUN IDEAS!
FEED THE BIRDS!
1. Take an apple and cut it in half.
2. Put peanut butter and bird seed on it.
3. Place or hang it from trees and watch the birds. (As this photo illustrates, you can also find a safe area and slice an apple and place it in a dish with peanutbutter!
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GUESS THE NUMBER OF SEEDS IN AN APPLE!
- Discuss the growth of an apple tree from seed to tree--- to apple and back.
- Show the apple and have the kids guess the number of seeds in it.
- Cut open the apple and find out how many there really are.
- You can have apple slices for snack.
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GUESSING CONTEST!
You can also turn the above into a contest, by LEAVING THE APPLE OUT...HAVE THE CHILDREN GUESS THE NUMBER OF SEEDS in the apple---- and then put their guesses in a container. After all have guessed—proceed as above.
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TWO DIVERSITY LESSONS USING APPLES!
#1 APPLES: DIFFERENT COLORS & ALL THE SAME INSIDE! This is a great diversity lesson for YOUNG CHILDREN!
- Set a red, a yellow, and a green apple on the table. Ask children to name the colors.
- Cut the apples open and talk about how they have different colors on the outside... but are the same on the inside, just like people.
- Enjoy the snack!
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#2 GOOD APPLES: GRADES 3-8
Good for a "Special Activity" in smaller groups...
- Tell youth you will be spending some time finding out about how people are the same and how they are different.
- Put the apples on a table in front of the group.
- Have each student choose an apple.
- Tell kids to get to know their apple real well. Suggest they notice their apple's special characteristics.
- Have them make up a story about their apple and tell it to a friend (modeling this step is helpful with younger students). Allow the students to share their stories with the rest of the group.
- Direct the students to return their apples to the table in front of the class.
- Mix the apples up and ask the students to come back and find their apple.
- Ask how they knew which apple was theirs (they will indicate things like color, size, shape, special features).
- Ask what this has to do with people.
- Make a list of how people are different. Discuss why this is important.
- Make a list of how people are the same. Discuss why this is important.
- The lists may be done in cooperative groups and then shared with the large group.
Tying it All Together:
Summarize the importance of individual differences and similarities in people.
Suggest that one way in which all people are similar is that they all have a star inside them (something special that makes them shine, that they especially like about themselves), just like each apple has a star inside it.
- Cut each apple in half (don't cut the usual way, but through the center the other way).
- Let each child see the star inside their apple.
- While the students eat the apple, allow them to share something about their star, their strengths, their individuality. Source: Robbie Fearon, Burlington Elementary School, Burlington
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APPLE TASTING AND CHARTING!
Bring in LARGE VARIETY of apples. (During peek season there are many-many!) Have children taste them and see which one they like the best. With older kids you can chart and tally the results. You can also do this with applesauce (flavored vs. unflavored and also taste test cider vs. apple juice.
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APPLE GRAPH - Math for the young
- Make a chart by putting a picture of three different colored apples at the top.
- Have each child's name written down the left hand margin.
- Pass out a slice of each type of apple and then have each child tell you which was his favorite apple. (red, yellow or green)
Tally up the results and make a total at the bottom of each column. You can get the colored sticker labels from the stationery store for the children to use to put on the chart. If they like a red apple, they place their red circle sticker under the red, yellow circle sticker under the yellow apple, etc. They enjoy doing this because they get to use stickers---but they also get to taste a variety of apples!
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LITERACY
- Compile an APPLE COOKBOOK!
Some of it can be computer written and some hand written- with lots of child comments and art work. Ask Teachers and Parents to share their favorite 'Apple goodies'!
- Read or tell the story of Johnny Apple Seed.
- Have the children write a book on apples; shape the books like apples.
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*This site has more than 55 Apple Snack and Cooking recipes for kids!-Consider trying one each week!
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APPLE RIDDLES for younger children
1. You can see me in the spring.
Then, I turn white.
Later, I fall to the ground
What am I?
2. I am an insect.
I take nectar from a blossom.
I take pollen from one blossom to another.
I am yellow and black.
What am I?
3. I taste good.
I have a top and a bottom
I have apples, cinnamon and nutmeg inside.
I like ice cream on top of me.
What am I?
4. I am yellow.
I stick to a honeybee's legs.
The honeybee takes me from one flower to another.
What am I?
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SONG
HAVE YOU EVER HAD AN APPLE
Sung to 'Have You Ever Seen A Lassie?'
Have you ever had an apple, an apple, an apple?
Have you ever had an apple and heard it go 'crunch'? Have you ever had an orange, an orange, an orange? Have you ever had an orange and heard it go 'slurp'? Have you ever had a banana, a banana, a banana? Have you ever had a banana and heard it go 'mush'?
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INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT APPLE...
- Apples come in all shades of reds, greens, yellows.
- 2500 varieties of apples are grown in the United States and 7500 varieties of apples are grown throughout the world.
- The pilgrims planted the first United States apple trees in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- Apples are a member of the rose family.
- The most nutritious part of the apple is the skin.
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Compiled by Barbara Shelby
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