First up we painted apple trees! I cut big sheets off of a large paper roll I have and drew a tree(ish) outline on it. Trunk and a few branches. I cut an apple in half and gave each girl one half. They painted the apple red and then used it like a stamp. Sort of anyway ;) Then I cut apple slices which they were supposed to use the same way but paint green to make leaves. That part was a fail as both girls hate getting their hands dirty so they stamped once and then couldn't pick up the slice without getting their hands dirty so they refused. So instead they just painted leaves however they wanted. Next up they painted the trunks. I explained the base of the tree is called the tree trunk. To which our lil buddy said "like an elephant!" gotta love little kids! Anyway that was our apple trees!
After that we made apple cake. I used this RECIPE. I WAY overcooked it. It says to go until it tests done. Well I think the moisture from the apples made it appear still uncooked when it really was done. So we had super crunchy apple cake lol. The middle was soft and it still tasted good and both girlies ate it. They had fun dumping the ingredients in and watching the mixer.
After that we glued shredded paper onto an apple shape. Both this and the apple trees were good lessons on listening to directions. They had to listen and put the correct colors in the correct places. Obviously they are 2&3 so not a big deal if they wanted a brown apple instead of red but I think its good to try and encourage them to listen to directions. And they really did pretty well. They also colored apple pictures with crayons and had free reign to use any color their hearts desired :)
An apple a day!
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