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Johnny Appleseed - Apple Tree or Picnic Theme Coloring Page Crafty Project

Turn a coloring page into a fun crafty project with a few items and printing in something other than white paper. This one can be used to depict Johnny Appleseed resting under an apple tree or a picnic scene.

Artist: Emmeline at age 5 in 2015

Materials:

• printer
• light blue paper or lightweight construction paper sized to fit computer
• coloring tools
• a choice of one of these methods to paste apples to the tree:
  • apple stickers (as depicted)
  • fingerprint apples using washable paint or ink pad
  • red dot marker / bingo maker
  • cut red circles using a coin as a template, or trace over the tree and color them in
  • glue stick, optional if pasting paper cut apples

Instructions:

• Print out the coloring page to light blue paper. Review similar coloring pages below.
• Color the image. Children should have a variety of coloring tools to have fun
• Apples: Decide on a number of apples to paste or dot in. Five apples for children under age 4. Up to ten apples for ages 4+, and practice counting.
• Add letter A and the word apple to the page (optional).

Resources:

• Apple theme lesson plan: includes apple nutrition and other ideas.

Coloring page for this project and similar ones that can be adapted:

Johnny Appleseed or picnic theme tree

smilling tree
spring or summer