25 apple projects, apple activites, apple crafts, and apple recipes for kids! Click on our links to the best apple ideas to make with your children at home or with students in school. These carefully curated apple projects bring you the best apple activities for children to explore, learn, and enjoy apples for autumn projects–or anytime of the year.
1 building with apples is a healthy twist on a classic building activity. Build and learn with these materials you have in your home!
2 healthy apple "cookies" children can make themselves—simple, no-cook, and easy apple snack!
3 add apple slices in sandwiches, and see our other healthy lunch ideas for children
5 read our favorite apple book, The Apple Pie That Papa Baked (Amazon affiliate link), with beautiful illustrations and story—recommended by a mother of 4 and children's book illustrator (me). I love this one!
6 origami apple favor, apple teacher's gift, or apple lunchbox idea
8 less mess apple prints using popsicle sticks
9 easy, no-cook homemade applesauce (find more healthy apple recipes and apple posts from my mom here)
10 canvas apple prints — a classic apple activity
13 apple orchard crisp granola and apple cinnamon granola
15 apple chips make a make-ahead, packable apple snack and healthy lunch idea
17 art resist apple sun catcher
19 mosaic apple artwork to teach children art history
21 caramel apple pie play dough made with real apples
22 tissue paper hand print apple trees
23 crochet apple cozy to pack children's lunch boxes
24 yarn ball apples to for play make these soft and woolly with handspun wool from an autumn green market
25 apple butter —spread on warm, buttered, whole-grain cinnamon bread. Autumn is a delightful time to roll up you and your children's sleeves to bake your own!
PLUS! Tromp to a farm, farm stand, green market or farmer's market with children to pick and sample new apple varieties too! There are so many, many more colors and varieties than you find in a supermarket. You and your children may just discover your new favorite apple!
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