It’s raining outside the window, everything around is breathing autumn air, what can you do with your child in bad weather? An interesting seasonal activity will be crafts made from apples, of which there are always more than enough in September. These fruits can make funny little animals that you can play with and then eat. By the way, in the fall, many kindergartens and schools host exhibitions of crafts made from seasonal vegetables, fruits or nuts. Today you can learn original ideas for leisure with children from our material.
Apple caterpillar
This funny caterpillar is very easy to make from the most common fruits and vegetables. To do it you will need:
- Several apples of different sizes;
- Toothpicks;
- Carrot;
- Grape.
For one caterpillar you will need 6 apples. Sort the apples by size and place them in a row. Secure the apples together with toothpicks. Attach the caterpillar's head to the top. The body of the caterpillar is ready, all that remains is to make the legs.
For the caterpillar legs you will need pieces of peeled carrots. Like apples, they are attached to the caterpillar's body using toothpicks. To decorate the face, cut out 2 indentations in the apple-head and place grapes in them - these will be the eyes. Just below, make a depression in the shape of a smiling mouth and carefully decorate it with a piece of carrot, cut to resemble a smile. To make the caterpillar have funny horns, pierce the apple head with toothpicks and plant grapes on them.
The caterpillar is ready :).
Apple crab
This apple craft is very easy to make. It turns out very cute, so your child will be absolutely delighted when he makes it with his own hands! To make this crab you need to cut the apple into two parts. One part will be used for the body, and the other will be cut out for claws. You don’t need to do anything with the first part of the apple, just stick the eyes in the center. They can be made from peppers, olives or drawn with a marker. Cut the second side of the apple into two equal halves. Cut them into thin slices. 8-10 slices will be enough for you. These will be the crab legs. Fan out the apple slices on a flat surface with the largest ones at the bottom.
All that remains is to make the claws. To do this, cut the core from a third of the apple. You will get two semicircular blanks. Cut two triangles of flesh from them with a knife to get something like claws. Place these claws near the lobe legs and add the crab body on top. The apple crab is ready!
Now you have an interesting hobby that you can share with your children. Decorate your home with autumn crafts and cheer yourself and your loved ones up in bad weather!
The simplest and most effective version of an autumn craft is an apple caterpillar. She looks beautiful, always interesting and a little funny. The caterpillar can be made into a strict lady, a flirtatious girl and even an elegant gentleman. It all depends on the accessories that complement her image and style.
To create an autumn craft you will need:
- 5 apples. There may be more of them, depending on how long the caterpillar is. You can take a wide variety of apples - yellow, green, red. But preferably round;
- 1 carrot for creating legs;
- Toothpicks for the same purposes, as well as for fastening apples and other parts;
- 1 grape for the nose. You can use different varieties, but I prefer the green oblong version;
- A handful of cranberries or other berries for beads, threads;
- Moving eyes. You can replace them with plasticine, cut out of paper, dark berries;
- Leaves or any other material to decorate the head.
How to make a caterpillar from apples for the autumn holiday
To begin with, you should put aside one of the most beautiful apples; the head of the caterpillar will be made from it. In total there will be 4 apples on the body, which means 8 legs will be required.
Wash the carrots thoroughly; peeling them is not advisable. Cut 8 circles, 1-1.5 cm wide. Previously, I took two carrots so that the circles were the same width. After all, carrots are thick at the base and very thin at the tip. But now I used only 1 carrot, I attached the large circles at the back, and the smaller ones at the front. Insert a toothpick into each circle at once.
Attach two toothpicks with carrot pieces to the sides of the apples.
Using toothpicks, connect all 4 apples, assuming that where the tail is, this is the back of the caterpillar. For reliability, it is better to fasten the apples together with two toothpicks.
After the body of the apple caterpillar is completely ready, proceed to the head. Glue the eyes and attach the grape nose with a toothpick.
Connect the head to the body, again using one or two toothpicks.
Finally, create an interesting look for the caterpillar. I glued two dry maple leaves with double-sided tape, and stuck a rowan leaf into the apple. She strung cranberries on a thread and decorated the fashionista’s neck.
The apple caterpillar is ready; it certainly won’t go unnoticed at the holiday.
If you have a rich imagination and imagination, apples can be used to make various and fun crafts. This is a fairly soft, pliable fruit, having a convenient round shape and a peel of different colors, from green to yellow and red.
It is very easy to make animals, snowmen or decorations from it, especially if you take children as helpers and offer them some tempting ideas for joint creativity. The main thing is to arm yourself with instructions for making edible crafts and be patient.
- you need to prepare in advance all the tools, sticks, materials, plasticine or threads, in general, everything that may be needed to make crafts
- It is advisable to wash and dry the apples with a towel
- fruits must be clean, firm, without signs of rot or defects, smooth and even
- Only an adult should use the knife; it is enough for children to help put slices or whole fruits on toothpicks, skewers, and place them on a plate
- It is advisable to stock up on a sufficient number of apples, because there is a chance you won’t be able to resist and eat a few while working
- You cannot store such crafts for a long time; the very next day they can deteriorate and lose their appearance
- If the first time the crafts come out crooked and unsightly, there is no need to be upset - you can easily make new ones, even better and more unusual than they were at first
Cheerful snowman made from two apples
You will need:
- 2 small apples of different sizes is better yellow color
- a pair of toothpicks
- buttons for eyes
- carrot pieces for nose and hands
How to do:
- We place the fruits on top of each other, you can secure them with a skewer
- We cut off the edge of the top one, making a face, press buttons-eyes and a piece of carrot instead of a nose into it, stick toothpicks-hands with cut-out carrot mittens at the ends into the lower half of the snowman
- Black peppercorns will replace belly buttons. Sticks of fragrant cloves are also suitable for this purpose.
- If you take fruits of different colors, you will get cheerful and bright snowmen
Such crafts can be made for a New Year's competition or children's party, easy to decorate with them New Year's table or sweet fruit salad.
Hedgehog from half an apple
An apple, divided into 2 even halves with a sharp knife, produces two mischievous hedgehogs.
Additionally for this craft you will need:
- peppercorns for eyes
- nose berry and toothpicks broken in half
How to do:
- Place the half cut side down
- Stick pieces of toothpicks into the peel over the entire surface, point up.
- Add a piece of fruit in the form of a triangular muzzle and decorate it with pea eyes
- You can apply a berry to the tip of your nose, and put dry leaves or twigs nearby.
Instead of toothpicks, you can use regular matches and even sunflower seeds, distributing them over the entire surface instead of needles.
Multicolored apple caterpillar
- We take several even fruits of the same size and, alternating colors, fasten them with toothpicks
- By combining red, yellow or green apples, you get a colorful edible caterpillar
- It is better to make the head larger, adding eyes and a nose from carrot pieces
If you stick thin branches along the bottom of the craft, you will get a centipede. You can decorate it with a hat made of colored paper, rowan berry beads or ribbons.
Thick Large Apple Chicken
- For this craft you will need multi-colored plasticine and several leaves.
- We stick leaves in the back, this will be the chicken tail
- We stick 2 yellow plasticine wings on the sides, and in front - a brown head with a red comb and a beak made of seeds
- The hen is ready
- You can put small acorns or light pebbles around instead of eggs
Funny green edible men
For one figurine you need to take:
- 3 green apples
- seeds for eyes and nose
- toothpicks
- Place the smaller apple on top of the larger one and secure it with a toothpick so it doesn’t fall off.
- From the third we cut out sticks-handles and segments-legs, attach them to the body with pieces of toothpicks
- Using seeds, we make eyes, nose and mouth, buttons on the stomach
In the same way, you can make red or yellow men by making crafts from fruits of different varieties and colors. You can decorate them with hats made from pieces of carrots and beads made from berries.
Cool apple face
You need to prepare:
- wool threads
- thin ribbon
- felt-tip pens
How to do:
- We take a beautiful, smooth yellow fruit, draw a funny little girl’s face on it, making beautiful smile red felt-tip pen and bright cheeks
- At the top we attach woolen threads cut into small pieces with glue or a toothpick.
- You can braid several braids on the sides
- We decorate the resulting hair with ribbons or a large bow and get a perky face
- You can make several and place such crafts on a shelf or table
Sweet butterfly
- For this craft you will need a sharp knife and the help of an adult.
- Carefully cut out a butterfly figure from half the fruit, attach it with a toothpick to the other half of the apple, you can take the whole one
It will be interesting if you cut out several figures and decorate salads or glasses with butterflies, putting the crafts on the edges of the glasses. You can sprinkle its edges with granulated sugar for taste.
Volumetric swan made of thin slices
To decorate salads or fruit slices at a holiday, anniversary or wedding feast, you can make crafts in the form of pink or red swans. You will have to work hard and try, but the figurine will come out very beautiful and unusual.
- After cutting the apples in half and cleaning out the middle with the seeds, use a knife to cut into thin slices, trying to maintain the same thickness
- Swan necks are made from the largest ones, the rest from large to small are connected into wings on the sides
- At the ends of the wings there will be the smallest slices; the head can be decorated with pea eyes using black pepper
It may not be very easy to make such an edible decoration at first, but a few practices will solve the problem.
Edible Christmas tree made from slices
- Take a couple of large green apples, cut them into rings and fasten them with long toothpicks from larger to smaller in the shape of a Christmas tree
- If you choose fruit different color, you will get a more elegant Christmas tree
- You can decorate it with a star cut out of carrots on the top of your head.
This figurine will look great on New Year's salads and plates with chopped fruit. The edges of the circles can be cut into triangles, then the edible Christmas tree will become even more beautiful. You can alternate apple slices with orange or pear slices; children will really like this dessert.
Scary face for Halloween
In the absence of a Halloween pumpkin, you can successfully make scary scary faces out of large apples.
- We cut out the insides, use a thin knife to make triangular eyes, crooked teeth, a huge mouth
- If you wish, you can put a small candle inside, turning the craft into a lamp
Smeshariki from apples
Taking a large red-pink apple and plasticine, you can easily make a cheerful Nyusha from the popular cartoon.
- We stick arms and legs on the sides using pink plasticine, and on top we sculpt a pigtail with a bow.
- Piglet is also plasticine, and eyes can be made by taking bright buttons
Using the same principle, you can make Kopatych from a dark red apple and Losyash from a yellow one.
Edible yellow turtle
By cutting a yellow apple in half and taking one part for a craft, you can quickly make a turtle:
- Place the half cut side down and attach small rectangular slices to it in the form of arms and legs.
- Cut out a triangular tail and head
The turtle is ready.
Apple slice racing car
- Take half an apple and place it cut side down on the table.
- We cut off identical slices on the sides and remove them. The resulting part is the car body
- We stick 2 short toothpicks, put 4 dark grapes on their ends - these are wheels
You can make a lot of racing cars by taking fruits of different colors. Boys will be happy with this treat on their birthday.
Apple candlestick
- Take a beautiful apple of any color, carefully cut out the middle with a knife so that you can insert a candle
- You can cut out any pattern, stripes, lines on the sides, decorating it at your discretion
- The main thing is that it is stable and does not fall from the candle
Using these recommendations and instructions, you can easily and quickly make apples beautiful crafts with the participation of children. The time spent with the kids will bring a lot of pleasure, and everyone will like the edible apple decorations for their simplicity and unusualness. Having tried, you can even come up with your own options for using an apple as a craft, enlisting the support of children and their tips.
Nadezhda Bratukhina
Every year in the kindergarten there is an exhibition of crafts for the autumn holiday. My niece and I took an active part in the autumn exhibition. We decided to make 2 crafts - apple caterpillar and a zucchini sailboat. To begin with we took apples, skewers, rubber bands, beads for decorating crafts, carrots and toothpicks.
Put it on apples on a skewer,between apples put on elastic bands and stuck toothpicks instead of legs.
We cut the carrots into circles and made shoes.
We inserted eyes and made horns from beads.
It turned out beautiful caterpillar Since kindergarten, all the kids liked it!
We also made this sailboat.
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Autumn is a very generous time of year. She gives us a huge amount of tasty and healthy vegetables and fruits, golden foliage, luxurious late flowers, acorns and chestnuts. And all these gifts can be used to make children's crafts. In this article we will tell you how to make a caterpillar from apples with your own hands.
Beautiful apple caterpillar
Craft “Apple Caterpillar” step by step
You need to choose beautiful apples for crafts
To make a caterpillar from apples, you need to prepare:
- carrot;
- apples;
- grape;
- rowan;
- toothpicks;
- dried flowers, ribbons of different colors, thick threads and other materials for decoration at your discretion.
It’s good if the apples for the craft are picked from the tree and not collected on the ground
Another craft option
Carrots need to be washed and dried, cut into circles about 4-5 mm thick. Insert a toothpick into the place of the tail in the apple, string one carrot ring and attach the second apple. Repeat until the body of the desired length is obtained.
These carrot circles need to be prepared for the caterpillar
You need to make a head out of the largest apple. It must be attached perpendicular to the body.
Red apple caterpillar
When the insect's body is formed, it needs to be supplemented with legs. They can also be made from carrot circles and attached with toothpicks.
Chokeberry berries will replace the eyes
As eyes, you can use chokeberries, grapes, or blanks purchased at a craft store. A beautiful nose comes from green grapes.
Rowan beads will be a good decoration for the caterpillar
If you plan for the caterpillar to be a girl, you can put a bright hat made of dried flowers on her head or attach a bow made of satin ribbons. Do-it-yourself rowan beads will also come in handy.
Funny caterpillar
The boy caterpillar should also be decorated. A small dark-colored hat and a blue bow made from ribbon or intertwined knitting threads will come in handy here.
You can decorate the insect with satin ribbons
To make the craft last longer, it needs to be fixed on a cardboard backing covered with a beautiful fabric.
An easier way to make it for kids
Another way to make a caterpillar from apples
There is another way to make an apple caterpillar. It involves the use of fruit cut into small pieces.
Apple slice caterpillar
First you need to prepare a sheet of white cardboard, and then lay out the body of the insect on it. The legs and horns can be made from colored paper, the head from cardboard or an apple circle. The eyes should be cut out of apple peel and colored in with a marker or molded from plasticine.
Caterpillar with horns made of beads
The disadvantage of this craft is its mobility (the apple pieces are not attached to the cardboard base in any way), so you need to carry it to the exhibition very carefully.
