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1 September 21, 2010 Crafts

Flour Dough Crafts: A is for Apple

Flour dough crafts are a fun way to get kids involved in sensory activities at home. Our apple crafts for kids are great back to school and Fall activities.
Flour dough crafts are a fun way to get kids involved in sensory activities at home. Our apple crafts for kids are great back to school and Fall activities.

My daughter and son started school this past week. I found myself missing them terribly while they were gone. I thought it might be nice to sit down together when they came home and work on some flour dough crafts together. Being that it is the start of a new school year, I had apples on my mind. My children love to paint and I knew they would enjoy painting their own salt dough apple sculpture.

Flour dough crafts are a fun way to get kids involved in sensory activities at home. Our apple crafts for kids are great back to school and Fall activities.

If your children enjoy playing with play dough, they will certainly love flour dough crafts like this one. It is easy to make and dries rock solid. My children loved rolling the dough into balls and squishing the leaves flat. Let them paint their apples and leaves and allow to dry. Younger children may need help gluing and assembling the final pieces.


Flour dough crafts are a fun way to get kids involved in sensory activities at home. Our apple crafts for kids are great back to school and Fall activities.

FLOUR DOUGH CRAFTS: A IS FOR APPLE

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Materials:

  • Flour
  • Water
  • Red and green paint
  • Sticks for the apple stems

Directions:

Step 1: Mix 2 cups of flour with one cup water. If your mixture is too wet just throw in a little more flour. (You want it squishy). Knead the dough in your hands for a few minutes. Try to get it as smooth as you can.

Step 2: Separate the dough into five pieces. Roll 4 large pieces into balls to make the apples. The 5th piece should be much smaller for your leaves.

Step 3:  Form the 5th piece into a long, flat oval. Cut this piece into 4 small pieces. Shape them into leaves. With a butter knife slice little veins into the leaves.

Step 4: Put the apples and leaves on a cookie sheet and bake them for 20 minutes at 300 degrees.

Step 5: Set up your little Picasso’s up with some paint and let them go to work!

Step 6: Once the pieces are dry you can use twigs for a stem. I had some twiggy looking pieces in my potpourri so I cut them down to use for the stems. Push the stem into the top of the apple and glue the leaf on. Now you have apples!

Happy Crafting,

Daniele

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Categories: Crafts Tags: apple crafts, kids crafts, salt dough crafts

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  1. Marla Zickefoose says

    September 11, 2014 at 10:03 pm

    Super cute and we love apples so I can’t wait to try out your recipe!

    Reply
    • weknowstuff says

      September 15, 2014 at 6:10 pm

      Thank you! They were so easy to make!

      Reply
  2. Karen Coutu says

    September 11, 2014 at 2:47 am

    How cool is that? The apples turned out great! I bet they would make a wonderful handmade teacher’s gift!!

    Reply
    • weknowstuff says

      September 15, 2014 at 6:10 pm

      Thank you! You could always poke a few holes in the back for pencils!

      Reply
  3. Digna D. says

    September 10, 2014 at 11:31 pm

    Wow, interesting stuff. Playdough was as far as I got with the kids when they were this young. Wish we had the internet back them with all these great ideas. I can’t wait until I can do fun things like this with my grand daughter.

    Reply
  4. Kathleen says

    September 10, 2014 at 5:14 pm

    How fun! I bet this is a great crafts for back to school pre schoolers or kindergartners. I may have to try it in my homeschool pre-school co-op class.

    Reply
  5. Shell Feis says

    September 10, 2014 at 3:12 pm

    This is such a cute keepsake project. This would make cute Christmas ornaments. Thanks for the recipe.

    Reply
  6. Kimberly Grabinski says

    September 10, 2014 at 2:40 pm

    These are SO CUTE, I’m going to show them to my daughter and see if she wants to make some.

    Reply
  7. Mellisa says

    September 10, 2014 at 1:36 pm

    What a fun idea! You are very creative.

    Reply
  8. HilLesha says

    September 10, 2014 at 5:47 am

    My goodness, that is seriously cute and creative!

    Reply
  9. Crystal says

    September 10, 2014 at 4:00 am

    I remember that apples were every kindergarten classroom’s theme back when I was younger. Loved that! I would love to make these with my kiddos (and then make pumpkins next month using the same recipe!).

    Reply
  10. Liz Mays says

    September 10, 2014 at 3:31 am

    I want to make one now too. This is really a cute idea!

    Reply
  11. valmg @ Mom Knows It All says

    September 10, 2014 at 3:16 am

    Love how easy this was to do! And the bright colors are great!

    Reply
  12. Rachel says

    September 10, 2014 at 2:30 am

    Super cute and clever craft idea. 🙂

    Reply
  13. Melissa says

    September 10, 2014 at 1:13 am

    These are SO cute! I need to do this with my son.

    Reply
  14. Whitney @ Momma Knows Best says

    September 9, 2014 at 11:55 pm

    How CUTE! My 4-year old would love this. Will have to do this with her soon!

    Reply
  15. Lynsey @MoscatoMom says

    September 9, 2014 at 11:49 pm

    I remember making ornaments out of that recipe back in elementary school! So fun! Thanks for the reminder – I may have to do some with my girls this year.

    Reply
  16. Jennifer @ Mom Spotted says

    September 9, 2014 at 11:48 pm

    We just did an apple craft last week! I can’t believe it’s fall already! I love these! We should try them next!

    Reply
  17. Xenia @ Thanks, Mail Carrier says

    September 9, 2014 at 4:47 pm

    How fun and cute! My kids would definitely have a blast making these and you’re right that they’re perfect for this time of year!

    Reply

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