This Paper Plate Apple Craft is perfect for toddlers, preschoolers, and kids to practice their fine motor skills and learn about the fall season! Plus, check out all the fun paper plate crafts on the blog!
Toddler Paper Plate Apple Craft For Fine Motor Skills
We all know how much kids love crafts, but sometimes we don’t realize how important crafts are for kids’ fine motor skills.
It’s a great way to allow children to explore not only through the arts but also allow them to explore the way their hands and fingers move.
Crafts like this toddler apple craft are perfect for young children and preschoolers.
Plus, it’s an easy apple craft that the kids will love!
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Materials Needed For Paper Plate Apple Craft
- Red, green, & brown construction paper
- Paper plate
- Craft glue or glue sticks
Fine-Motor Skills Craft For Preschoolers
This is an easy fine motor skills activity that is perfect for the fall months, and in the end, you will have a cute little apple craft to hang for everyone to enjoy!
- First, I showed my daughter how to rip and tear her own construction paper into pieces.
- Then I allowed her to show me how she moved her fingers and hands.
- Adjust how your child tears or help them if they feel frustrated.
- I then allow my daughter to finish tearing the rest of her paper independently.
Tip: If your child wants to try and cut the paper with scissors, allow them to explore with child-safe scissors.
My daughter wanted to try to cut the pieces with the scissors, so I allowed her.
She noticed it was difficult for her, so we went back to tearing with our fingers.
The important point here is that she wanted to try on her own, and it’s our job as parents, teachers, and caregivers to encourage them to try.
- Once my daughter had all of her pieces torn apart, I showed her how to glue each piece individually on her paper plate.
- The goal is to fill the entire white area of the paper plate.
- When the paper plate is filled with torn red construction paper is time to add a leaf and a stem to your apple.
Tip: You can help your child draw a leaf and a stem, then help them cut them out with scissors, or you can allow them to tear around it as well.
There’s no right or wrong way to complete this apple craft!
I think my daughter was most excited about using her own glue stick over everything else!
Especially since she sees her big sister use them for crafts and school activities.
An Easy Toddler Apple Craft With Benefits
This is a simple apple craft, but my little one enjoyed it very much.
Especially when she got to tear paper and use her glue stick.
The benefits of tearing, gluing, and pasting pieces together are very beneficial for toddlers.
This craft would also be perfect for when you are homeschooling older children and need to keep the little ones busy or want to just add a fun fall craft to your day.
It’s a great quiet craft, and tearing the paper and gluing everything themselves keeps them busy on their own for a bit.
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Have you started some apple crafting yet?
Such a acute, easy craft!
Aww, what a cute apple made by an adorable little crafter!
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Thank you Jill 🙂
Since Easter is coming soon, I’m going to adapt this to making an Easter egg using pastel colors. Thanks for the initial idea. I never thought to have him tear paper before trying to cut paper. He needs help using a glue stick as I found out when we did a similar activity at the library after story time.
Yes, this is perfect for fine motor skills practice. Plus, allow him to use the glue stick at home for practice. Crafts like these makes is way more fun to practice with and I love the Easter idea!