Apple Stamping and Print Crafts for Preschoolers

Apple stamping is a preschool favourite because the shape is already done. You cut the apple. They press.

What you need

• One apple, cut across the middle
• Washable paint in a shallow tray
• Thick paper

Set up

Put a thin layer of paint in a tray. Too much paint makes a blob instead of an apple.

Press, do not rub

Show your child to press straight down and lift. Rubbing smears the star in the centre.

Four easy prints

• A row of red apples across the top of the page.
• One big print turned into a face with a marker.
• Apple prints as the feathers of a paper bird.
• A pattern: apple, leaf, apple, leaf.

When you are done

The apple goes in the compost. The page needs an hour to dry before it can be a card.

Want the mess to stay at the studio? Open Studio in Milton is a drop-in hour for this kind of making. Weekend sessions are on the events page.

Pair this with a colouring page if they want to keep going after the paint is finished.