Easy Back To School Apple Craft [Free Printable Template]

The back to school season brings fresh pencils, new routines, and a whole lot of excitement. Channel that energy into something fun and creative like this back to school apple craft. Kids will create a colorful stack of books with a happy apple perched on top. It’s a cheerful project that celebrates the new school year while keeping little hands busy and minds engaged.

If you’re looking to add more creative ideas to your back to school plans, this apple and books craft is just the beginning! You can find even more inspiration with these hands-on back to school crafts.

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First Day Of School Apple Craft

Get kids excited to go to school by creating a colorful stack of books with a cheerful apple sitting on top. It’s a fun way to welcome the school year and let little ones explore their creativity through cutting, gluing, and assembling their masterpiece.

Besides just being fun, this project encourages kids to build fine motor skills, practice cutting and gluing, and express their creativity.

They can make it all their own by choosing the colors for each book and even deciding if their apple will be red, green, or yellow.

Be sure to grab the printable template to make this activity super simple to set up. It’s a playful way to kick off the school year with creativity and hands-on fun!

Supplies

• Colored cardstock or construction paper
• Scissors
• Glue
• Back To School Apple Template (click the “click here to get your freebies” image at the end of the post)

Directions

Start by downloading and printing the template. Once the template is printed, gather the materials for this fun activity. Get those scissors ready, and let’s help the kids bring this apple to life!

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Grab the eye pieces and help your little one glue them onto the apple face.

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Next up, find the two pink circles and glue them just below the eyes. These cheeks make the apple look cheerful.

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Take the brown stem and help your child glue it right behind the top center of the apple. It gives the apple its classic shape!

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Now, grab the green leaf and glue it slightly angled next to the stem.

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It’s time to build the book pile! Take one of the colorful book cutouts and glue it to the bottom of the apple.

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Grab the next book piece and help your child glue it right below the first one. Make sure it lines up nicely or let them angle it slightly for a fun layered look. There’s no wrong way to build a book stack!

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Time to add the last book! Help your child glue the last book piece at the very bottom of the stack. Once it’s in place, gently press down all three books to make sure they’re nice and secure.

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Now you’ve got the cutest little apple sitting proudly on its stack of books—ready to head back to school with a big smile! Love this apple craft? Be sure to check out more of our fun apple crafts for kids while you’re here

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Back To School Gnome Craft

Back To School Books For Kids

We Don’t Eat Our Classmates – This silly book is about a dinosaur named Penelope who is starting school and just can’t resist eating her classmates! Kids will love the fun drawings and crazy antics of Penelope, while also learning that being mistreated is never fun.

Chairs On Strike – The chairs have had enough of all the crazy things the kids do to them so they go on strike! This story helps kids learn to take care of their property and has lots of fun and silly humor.

Daniel Goes To School – If you have a little one who’s starting preschool or kindergarten and is reluctant to be away from you, this book is perfect for them! Daniel Tiger learns “grown-ups come back” at the end of every school day. We love this cute book!

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Back To School Kids Crafts

School Bus Name Craft – This school bus name craft gets kids excited to learn by turning their names into a fun display on stop signs. They’ll build a bright yellow bus and practice letters, shapes, and scissor skills at the same time. Grab the free template and start creating today!

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First Day Of School Printable Book – Kick off the school year with a keepsake kids will love making! This pencil shaped printable book is a cute way for children to document their first day of school. It’s a sweet and simple project to record their favorite part of the day, teacher’s name, and facts about themselves.

Back To School Bus Craft

Crayon Paper Bag Puppet Craft – Kids can choose their favorite color and make a crayon puppet using a paper bag and our free template! They’ll decorate their puppet then get creative using it for colorful stories and pretend play. It’s a simple activity that will encourage their imaginations.

Pencil Name Craft – Start the school year with smiles when kids make this personalized pencil. Kids will love seeing their names stretched across a giant pencil they get to decorate themselves. It’s a creative way to help them recognize and spell their names! Use our editable pdf to print their names on the template.

Back To School Free Printables

These back to school cutting practice pages are a fun way to help kids build confidence using scissors! They’ll work on their cutting skills while enjoying cheerful school themed activities from tracing along wiggly lines to matching numbers and pictures.

Each page will help strengthen hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills in a fun way. Your little learners will stay engaged and excited to learn!

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Start the school year with smiles with these back to school worksheets that are packed with learning fun that keeps little hands and minds busy.

Kids will trace the letter Cc for crayons, navigate through a letter Bb for backpack maze, and complete fun patterns to build key early learning skills. Each page will make foundational learning feel like play. They’ll get kids ready for the new school year ahead with excitement.

Printable Apple Pattern Worksheets

Celebrate the first day of school with big smiles and a fun photo tradition! These printable first day of school signs are an easy way to capture the moment your child heads off to a new grade.

Just customize the sign with their name and the school year, print it out, and snap that adorable picture. Kids will love showing off their sign, and you’ll love having a sweet memory to look back on.

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Kick off the school year with colorful fun! These school days color by number pages are a creative way to help kids practice number recognition and color matching.

As they color in each space, a surprise school themed picture will appear. Little hands will love the challenge of staying in the lines while also giving their fine motor skills a great workout.

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Free Back To School Apple Craft Template

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