Easy Fine Motor Craft: Torn Paper Apple Trees
Apple is a great theme for the fall. This is a fun and easy-to-do Apple craft and book learning for kids!
Torn paper crafts are one of our favorite crafts to do! They are simple and easy.
And the torn paper apple tree makes a great paper apple tree craft for kids!
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We read The Life Cycle of an Apple Tree (Plant Life Cycles). We learned about the apple tree from seed to a tree full of apples.
Then we made our own apple trees with a torn paper craft. This is a great preschool apple tree craft.
What is a torn paper craft?
A torn papercraft is where kids tear the paper and then glue it to make a craft. Torn paper crafts are a great way to build up fine motor skills while doing a craft. It builds up the finger to help with holding a pencil.
So these torn paper apple trees are great fall fine motor craft.
What you need to make your Torn Paper Apple Trees
- glue
- construction paper
: green, brown, blue & red
- Apple Life Cycle Books
: green, brown, blue & red
How we made the Torn Paper Apple Trees
Glue on the Grass
They glued on the green hill the apple tree would be. The green paper was cut out and ready for them to put on the blue construction paper.
They put the glue on the back of the green paper and then placed in on the bottom of the blue paper.
Glued on the Trunk of the Apple Tree
They glued on the trunk of the apple tree. They tore the brown construction paper and then glue it on the background to make the trunk.
They each picked how big and the size the truck of the apple tree was.
Glued on the Green Leaves of the Apple Tree
They glued on the leaves of the tree. They make sure to make a big circle at the top of the trunk for the apple tree.
Make the Apples
They tore the red construction paper and made small red paper to make the apples on the tree.
Then they glued the apples on the apple tree. They did a mix of where the apples should be placed.
Our Finall Torn Apple Tree
The finished product. We were all done and the girls decided they needed falling apples from their trees. You never know what they will get out of a book.
Check out these other Apple Crafts
Apples Watercolor Process Art is a fun watercolor painting of an apple.
Model Magic Apple Tree is a cute way to make a tree using modle magic. One of our favorite craft materials.
Yarn Apple Trees are fun to make with your kids. You can always change up the color of the apples as well!
9 Apple Books We Love To Read has all the apple books that we love to read!
Finger Prints Apples Check out a fun way we used one of the printables. We did the color by size with our fingerprints.
Apple Sensory Bin is a great way to get some hands on learning. You will see counting, patterns and just plan on old sensory playing.
Check out all the fun Apple Activities & Printables on 3 Dinosaurs.
Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com
How fun! It looks like the girls had a fantastic time creating their apple trees!
Yes they did. Mary got upset at the end, but still enjoyed it.
Torn paper activities are such a fun activity for kids. Actually, I like joining in on them myself.
The girls love torn paper activities. I think I do have as much fun as they do.
This looks like so much fun 🙂 I love the falling apples
I think the falling apples ended up being their favorite part of it. Something to surprise mom.
So fun! I especially love the falling apples. It really is AMAZING what they get out of books. I’ll tell my little miss something, and I quite often hear in response “like the book mama”. She is always referencing her books 🙂
They always surprise me with what they learn and keep learning.
I am so happy to have come across your blog! I absolutely love it. My daughter is turning 3 in Nov. and we have started home schooling. It’s so much fun! Look forward to using your packs with her, thank you! Great, great work!
I’m glad that you could be joining us here! Thanks for your comments!
So sweet. Love all the different creations.
Thanks for sharing on Kids Get Crafty!
Maggy
I love this craft. I reminds me of the work of the Impressionist. Thank you for linking to Read.Explore.Learn.
What a fun way to learn about the life cycle of an apple tree. I like how it works with a variety of skill levels.
I love these apple trees! What a great Fall activity.
I love how they had to add the falling apples because they learned it in the book! Thanks for sharing at the Sunday Showcase. 🙂
Thanks for sharing your fun with us on the Sunday Showcase Mama. I love how each one turned out just a bit different, making them all unique! Great fine motor practice too! I featured this on this week’s linky.
Such a great activity! I also featured it on The Sunday Showcase this week! 🙂
Thanks for the feature!