This apple sun catcher craft is one of my favorite crafts to start the season with. I love including apples as one of my September themes, and when this craft is complete – it looks great up on our classroom windows!
In this blog post you’ll find instructions with accompanying photos of how you can make this craft with your students along with a free template for you to download to make your own apple sun catcher craft too.
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Materials Needed
- Apple template (download link at the bottom of this post.)
- Glue stick.
- Scissors.
- Black card.
- Printer and paper.
- Red and green crepe paper.
- Laminating sheet.
- Laminator.
Instructions
- Print out one copy of the apple template. (Download link below.)
- Cut around the apple template.
- Place the cut out apple template on top of black card and draw around it. Do this for however many crafts you are going to make. Each student will have one.
- Cut out around the apple, then cut out around the inside of the apple leaving a border. I also like to cut out around the inside of the leaf to decorate that too.
- Stick the border of the apple onto a laminating sheet.
- Rip up pieces of crepe paper.
- Add some glue to the inside of the apple and stick the ripped up pieces of crepe paper here.
- Put through the laminator.
- Once laminated, cut around the apple and then hang it up on your window!
Photos
Download Link
Click here to download the apple sun catcher craft template for free.
Helpful Links
You may also be interested in;
- Editable Name Crafts for Kids
- Slow Cooker Apple Crumble Recipe
- September Classroom Themes
- Apple Activities
- TpT Apple Activties
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