My apple tree in the orchard

My apple tree in the orchard

Display the apple trees created by the children in your group on a wall to represent an orchard.

1. Gather your material. You will need a cereal box, an egg carton, white glue and/or hot glue, yellow, red, and green poster paint, scissors, and a paintbrush.

2. Cut the cereal box so you have two cardboard rectangles.

3. Cut a tree trunk shape out of one piece of cardboard.

4. Cut your apple tree's foliage out of the second piece of cardboard as shown.

5. Paint the foliage with a thick coat of green poster paint. Let dry.

6. Once the paint is dry, glue the foliage on the top part of the tree trunk.

7. Using the scissors, separate a few egg carton sections. Paint them with the red and yellow poster paint to represent apples. Let dry.

8. Glue the apples on the foliage to complete your apple tree.

Patricia-Ann Morrison