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Paper plate apple core
Turn a paper plate into an apple-core picture with drawn seeds.
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A little plan for play
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One plain paper plate, a full sheet of paper, child-appropriate crayons, a glue stick, and adult scissors
Age: 3–5 years; choose for the individual child.
Stay with the child throughout. Check the space and supplies, including anything within reach of younger siblings. Skip any activity that is unsuitable. Stop if a child puts non-food material in their mouth or becomes distressed. Use intact books, full sheets of paper, a large child-appropriate crayon and a clean, dry towel. Follow product labels; remove torn paper and keep broken crayons and caps away from children. Adult handles and stores supplies.
Set up: An adult cuts a shallow curved section from each side of the plate to make an apple-core shape, then puts scissors and scraps away.
Adult's role: Handle scissors and help glue the cut plate onto the paper.
Let's make it happen
- Glue the apple-core shape to the paper and color its top and bottom edges.
- Draw a stem, a leaf, and a few seed shapes in the middle.
- Draw a picnic or orchard around your apple and let the picture dry flat.
Make it simpler: Draw an apple on the plate without cutting it.
Clean up: Close the glue stick, collect scraps, and put crayons away.
An adult handles scissors. Keep paper and glue out of mouths; seeds are drawn, not real.