Crafts from apples

An apple is not only a tasty and healthy fruit, but also an excellent material for making many crafts. A huge variety of figures for school or kindergarten can be modeled from a green or red fruit. In the article, we will tell you how to correctly perform various crafts from fresh apples.

A child can take an original craft in the form of an apple man to kindergarten. Such a character can be made with your own hands very quickly and easily.

To model a creative apple man figurine, you will need the following components:

• 2 fresh apples without damage or defects;
• half a lemon;
• boiled carrots;
• toothpicks.

When all the components are washed and prepared, you can start modeling a funny figure in the form of a man.

• For the apple that is larger in size, you need to cut off a little from the bottom. This is necessary in order for the little man to be able to stably position himself on any surfaces.
• The next step is to take the second apple. From its front, you need to cut a little. Here the face of the future self-made man will take shape.
• To do this, the young master will need to press a couple of allspice peas into the cut - these will be the eyes. To shape the spout, you need to prepare a round cut of carrots. For the mouth, a spice is suitable - cloves. Carnations should be stuck into the apple to form a smile line.
• When the apple-head is completely assembled and formed, it will need to be fixed on the apple-body. Fasteners can be realized using a regular toothpick of sufficient length.
• Now it is necessary to very carefully cut out the palms of the future man from the carrot. These parts should also be strung on toothpicks and secured to the torso.
• The apple man will look more interesting and bright if you decorate it with a fashionable accessory - a hat made from half a lemon. This component will first need to be freed from the pulp, and then put on the character's head. To keep the cap as secure as possible, it can be additionally secured by inserting toothpicks.
• You can resort to a huge number of other decorations for such a craft. For example, you can wear a tie made of tangerine skin on a man. With such details, the craft can serve not only as a high-quality task in kindergarten or school, but also as an effective decoration for the festive table.

The manufacture of such an interesting craft should take place under the strict supervision of adults, since the little master will need to use a knife at many stages. It is important to keep all procedures under control so that the child does not accidentally injure himself on the sharp blade.

From fresh and shiny apples, the child can independently model many other original and funny crafts. So, kids aged 3, 4 years and older will definitely be interested in making figurines of various animals. Often, such creative operations turn out to be homework on the theme "Autumn" at school (grades 1, 2, 3).

Let's consider several interesting master classes on self-modeling of beautiful animal figurines from apples and other necessary components.

A popular task in many schools and kindergartens is making a hedgehog from natural materials, vegetables or fruits. A very cute and original animal is obtained from ordinary apples.

To model such a cute autumn figure, the child will need to prepare:

• 1 apple large and sufficiently juicy, free from damage or rotten areas;
• a couple of black peppercorns (these components will form the eyes of an autumn character);
• any red berry (dried berries are also suitable, for example, rose hips) - this component will serve as a spout;
• toothpicks made of wood.

Let us analyze in stages how this light apple craft is modeled with our own hands.

• At the first stage, the apple must be cut into 2 halves. The core with all the seeds will need to be removed. One half of the apple is placed with the cut section down on a plate.
• Now you need to insert toothpicks into the impromptu back of the future apple hedgehog. Since these components are unnecessarily long, it is better to break them into 2 halves beforehand. With the help of these components, an imitation of hedgehog needles will be created.
• Next, you need to use the second half of the cut apple. The hedgehog's face should be cut out of it. This part should be given a triangular shape. And you can also cut out small ears.
• The next step is to tackle the design of the hedgehog's face. The peppercorns are inserted to simulate the eyes, and the berry is placed in the place of the spout. The original apple craft is ready!

An apple craft in the shape of a butterfly will turn out to be very beautiful and original. Such a product will surely attract a lot of attention at the exhibition. However, it should be borne in mind that tinkering with a butterfly from a block should be done with the utmost care. You need to stock up on a sharp and rather thin knife. As the main material, a large and tough apple is useful, on which there is still a twig.

• First, you must carefully cut a quarter out of the apple.
• The remaining apple branch should be in this quarter.
• The resulting fragment will need to be shaped like the wings of a butterfly.

A similar craft can be used not only for exhibitions, but also for decorating salads, glasses and many other things on the festive table.

Fresh apples can be used to make a charming wise owl. You can surprise a child with such a craft! To model a bird, you need 2 apples, a thin knife and toothpicks.

Let's take a look at a master class on making an elegant apple owl.

• You need to stick wooden toothpicks into the top point of one of the apples. You will need to string a second apple onto them.
• Further, in that apple, which plays the role of the bird's head, you need to cut out a couple of circles as carefully as possible. After that, apple seeds are placed in them. Thus, it will turn out to form the eyes of a wise character.
• Now on the apple-head it will be necessary to make small cuts on the sides from above. They will act as imitation of owl ears. The peel, together with the pulp, should be gently folded upwards.
• Next, you need to do the design of the owl's torso. You will need to make cuts on it, but only on the peel itself. The latter will need to be bent up. This will create a feathery effect.

Apples make amazing swan figurines. Specimens made using the carving technique look especially impressive. For a very young child, modeling such a craft may seem very difficult, but under the strict supervision of adults, everything is possible.

• You need to prepare 1 apple. Cleanly washed fruit should be free from defects, damage or rot.
• The fruit is cut into 2 halves.
• The core of the apple should be cut and removed immediately.
• Now the half is turned over with the cut section downward.
• Next, you will need to take a fairly sharp knife with a well-sharpened blade. With this device, you will need to make triangular cuts strictly at right angles.
• After that, you will need to make an indent of 2-3 mm and repeat the cuts. In this way, 5-7 "petals" should be formed.
• Similar actions will be needed on the other side of the workpiece.
• After that, you need to make a triangular incision. The core is pulled out.
• From the second remaining half of the apple, you need to cut a thin slice to simulate the neck and head of the swan.
• At the final stage, the neck will need to be placed in the made triangular hole, the wings must be carefully extended. A beautiful craft is ready.

From ripe green or red fruits, a child can make a gorgeous caterpillar. To create such an original craft, you will need:

• shiny apples without defects;
• a couple of carrots;
• 1 large grape;
• toothpicks;
• rowan berries;
• artificial or dried flowers;
• satin ribbon or velvet paper of the same color;
• safety pins;
• threads for knitting.

We will learn how an apple caterpillar is made from the listed components.

• First, the apples must be sorted by shape and size. First you need to take a couple of medium-sized apples. They will need to be fastened to each other with toothpicks.
• In a similar way, 2 more apples are fastened together. As a result, the body of the caterpillar will be formed.
• To make the legs, 6 circles should be cut out of the carrots. They are put on toothpicks, and then attached to the lower part of the body of the craft.
• The head of the caterpillar should also be secured to the body with toothpicks.
• You will need to attach a grape, planted to a toothpick, to the head of the apple craft. To indicate the eyes, you can purchase factory-made plastic items, or use parts from old toys. The easiest way to fix the eyes is with double-sided tape.
• The next step is to decorate the craft. To do this, you can make a miniature cylinder. A couple of circles should be cut out of colored cardboard or velvet material. One of them should be larger for the base, and the second should be smaller for the bottom of the cap.
• From a similar material, you can cut a strip, and then glue it, forming a ring. Its diameter should match the diameter of the small circle. First, one edge of the ring is coated with glue, it is fixed at the bottom. The second ring is fixed in the center. The resulting cylinder is attached to the head with pins.

Many crafts can be made using other fruits such as pear, grape, banana. So, a snail from an apple, banana and plasticine can turn out to be very unusual and funny. This creative craft is done like this.

• You need to wash the fruit. You don't need to peel or cut them.
• On the apple, with a very thin knife, you will need to make a small cut in the shape of a screw as carefully as possible. This will simulate a swirling snail shell.
• The apple should be planted on toothpicks, and then attached to them to the banana, turned upward with the curved parts.
• To make the craft more stable, the underside of the banana can be trimmed slightly.
• Now from plasticine it will be necessary to sculpt mugs stuck to thick flagella - these will be the eyes of a snail. On the circles, you will need to fix additional white and black circles - these will be the pupils and the white part surrounded by them.
• Plasticine eyes will need to be glued to the "blunt" end of the banana. A funny craft using an apple is ready!

A ladybug made from a ripe fruit with a red skin is very simple and looks very impressive. This craft is made as follows.

• The apple must first be cut into 2 pieces. One part will serve as the foundation. Here, at the top point, you need to cut a narrowed strip - this will be the cut of the wings.
• A lot of small holes should be made on the surface of the half taken. In them, you will then need to insert any black berries, for example, currants.
• Choose black grapes. 2 parts of a branch of grapes are stuck into it, playing the role of antennae.
• In the groove left on the half of the apple, you need to insert the grape, complemented by the antennae.

A child can easily make many other objects from apples. It can be not only insects or forest dwellers, but also compositions in the form of a house, an elegant bouquet with cones, a tree, as well as heroes of fairy tales.

Kids really like making such characters as smeshariki from fruits. So, Nyusha can be done according to this scheme.

• You should take a large red apple, wash it well and wipe it dry with a towel.
• After that, you will need plasticine of a suitable shade.
• Plasticine should be used to form handles, 2 cakes as legs, a patch with two holes, a smile. And also it is necessary to sculpt ears and a pigtail, which was the heroine of the famous cartoon.
• Now you need to take white plasticine. A flower is sculpted from it - an ornament for Nyusha's braids, as well as a couple of flattened circles for the eyes. To make the pupils, you need to form small black cakes.
• All the sculpted details must be fixed on the desired areas of Nyusha's apple-body.

Apples are often used to make other fairy-tale heroes, such as Cheburashka, Signor Tomato or a good old snowman. Let's find out how such copies are made using the example of a snowman.

• Two or three small apples of light shades are placed on top of each other, fixing with toothpicks.
• From the apple that will play the role of the character's head, you need to cut off a small part to open the pulp. It is easier to attach eyes, nose, mouth to it.
• A cut should also be made on the last apple from the bottom so that the structure is stable.
• Pea-eyes are fixed at the highest level of the structure, and below they stick a nose made of carrots.
• Carnation peas should be used to put a smile on your face.
• To decorate your character, you can cut cute mittens out of carrots. They should be fixed on stuck toothpicks, fixed below the head of the craft.
• Another interesting decor element is a hat made from cut orange peels and a mug of carrots. All parts should be fixed with toothpicks.
• On the apple-body of a snowman, you can cut out a pattern in the form of a snowflake with a knife.

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