Pumpkin Apple Stamping
Inside: Pumpkin apple stamping is an adorable and easy fall craft for kids with simple supplies you likely already have at home!
Wait!! Don’t throw away those bruised apples!
One of my favorite ways to use up ingredients that are a bit past-their-prime is to use them in kids’ kitchen crafts!
Like our Potato Easter Egg Stampers, these Apple Pumpkin Stamps are a great way to use up bruised apples the kids won’t eat while also creating some cute, seasonal art!
Pumpkin Apple Stamping
My kids love it when I pull out some food and tell them we’re not having a snack – we’re going to craft!
It’s so fun for them to imagine and repurpose items for crafting and it’s also a great activity to practice mental fluidity, which opens up our brains for being creative and inventive in other areas of our lives.
This is always a great activity after we have been at the apple orchard and have inevitably found a couple of bruised or hole-y apples at the bottom of our bag.
Of course, you can make apple prints with your apples – or add Jack O’Lantern faces to your pumpkins after they are done drying. (You could even carve Jack O’Lantern faces into your apples before stamping but I’m all about low-key and easy.)
These are cute on fall-themed cards and you could even use this technique to make a bunting banner or customize a tote bag.
Materials Used for Pumpkin Apple Stamping
- Apples, cut in half
- Orange tempera paint
- Green tempera paint or washi tape
- Plates for paint
- Thick paper (we use white cardstock or brown packaging paper)
Tips to customize this apple stamping craft:
- Use red or green paint to make apple prints
- Glue on eyes and mouths cut from black paper to make Jack O’Lanterns
- Stick a fork into the apple for easier grasping for toddlers
How to Make Pumpkin Apple Stamps
Cut your apples in half along the stem.
Pour your orange paint into a shallow, rimmed plate.
(If crafting with toddlers, stick a fork in the skin-side of the apples for easy stamping.)
Show the kids how to dip the flat “flesh” side of the apple into the paint and make a clean stamp on their paper or fabric.
Let dry completely before adding on details like stems, worms or faces!
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Pumpkin Apple Stamping Craft
Who would have thought you could make pumpkins using apples? This adorable pumpkin apple stamping craft is perfect for holiday kids art & decorations.
Materials
- Apples, cut in half
- Orange paint
- Green paint or washi tape
- Thick paper (we use white cardstock or brown packaging paper)
Tools
- Plates for paint
Instructions
- Cut your apples in half along the stem.
- Pour your orange paint into a shallow, rimmed plate.
- Show the kids how to dip the flat “flesh” side of the apple into the paint and make a clean stamp on their paper or fabric.
- Let dry completely before adding on details like stems, worms or faces!
What are your favorite ways to use up the last of food that kids might not want to eat?
For more fun fall kitchen ideas, check out our 30+ Kid-made Thanksgiving recipes or our Jack O’Lantern Halloween pancakes.
I’m a toddler teacher and came across this and thought WOW!! how creative and fun is this? I love it and I think that my class is going to enjoy this very much.