Our daycare theme every September is apples. We make apple paint and paint with it, take homemade applesauce, learn all about apples, do apple painting, volcano apples, and more. It's apples, apples, and more apples for thirty days (after that it's our Halloween theme). I was trying to come up with a new and simple art and craft for the kiddos to try.
I have a lot of younger kids this fall and I know they aren't able to do a lot of our regular fall activities or projects. But I still wanted to find something fun and new, even if it meant me helping them (and help I did). I picked up a few packs of flat canvases from Michael's last week for a different project, but once I came across my large red glitter I knew exactly what we'd be making: glittery apple shapes.
It was quite simple: I used an apple shaped cookie cutter and put glue around it. Then the kids put the red glitter on, and done! The longest part of the project was waiting for it to dry.
Two four year olds were able to do the glue themselves....although they did have to re-do it after their first one didn't turn out (they put a ton of glue on the inside of the cookie cutter. You must outline the outside of the cookie cutter or it runs out of it's shape otherwise. The younger kids had some issues with NOT putting the glitter into the glue. It took a while to get the sprinkling of the glitter down.
