Hand Print Apple Tree

To celebrate Johnny Appleseed's birthday we made this hand print apple tree. The theme was the perfect follow up to our apple picking adventure while on vacation. The Big One really enjoyed making her hand prints and gluing the apples on the tree.


Supplies

White, red and brown construction paper
Scissors
green and brown paint


1. Paint the child's palm green. Make three hand prints as shown.

2. Paint the tree trunk. I pained the branches in between the hand prints and made the outline of the tree trunk. The Big One filled in the outline (and added grass). You may need to assist less depending on your child's ability.

3. While the Big One was painting, I cut apple shapes out of red paper and cut small rectangles for stems out of the brown paper.

4. While waiting for the paint to dry, we glued the stems to the apples and then the apples to the tree.

We enjoyed talking about picking apples while we were creating this project. It is simple and fun!