Handprint Apple Tree Tutorial

What are some of your favorite Fall bucket list activities? Each Fall we love to head to a local apple tree farm and pick apples! The kids love it and the apples are delicious! We also love apple crafts around our house. This handprint apple tree craft is fun for all ages of children. You probably have everything you need already at home! Each apple tree will be unique since everyone will be using their own handprint for the top of the tree! This craft is even fun to frame and hang around the house or in your child’s room for Fall decor. Handprint crafts are a wonderful way to capture a moment in time, especially for young children as they grow up so quickly.

Apple Tree Handprint Craft For Children

Handprint crafts can be suitable for a wide range of ages, depending on the complexity of the craft and the level of assistance provided. Preschoolers can actively participate in handprint crafts. They can paint their own hands (with supervision) and press them onto paper or other surfaces.

Handprint Apple Tree Craft Supplies Needed:

• Construction Paper
• Glue Stick
• Scissors
• Green Washable Paint (non-toxic finger paint works great)
• Brown and Green Markers

Best Paint Types for Kids’ Handprints

For kids’ handprint art, you want something safe, washable, and non-toxic, while still giving good color. Here are the best options:

• Washable Tempera Paint
  • Classic choice for kids’ crafts.
  • Bright colors, easy to wash off skin and clothing.
  • Non-toxic and dries fairly quickly.
  • Works best on paper, poster board, or cardboard.
• Washable Finger Paint
  • Made specifically for skin contact.
  • Creamy, smooth texture that’s fun for kids to spread.
  • Great for younger children since it’s extra gentle.
• Acrylic Paint (with caution)
  • More vibrant and permanent on materials like canvas, wood, or ceramic.
  • Can be used for keepsake art (like handprint canvases or ornaments).
  • Make sure it’s labeled non-toxic, and wash hands right away since it can stain skin and clothes.

Directions For How To Make A Handprint Apple Tree, A Perfect Preschool Craft

This is a great apple tree craft for toddlers because you can help them with the steps. Toddlers will get great exposure to art and craft supplies and begin to learn what they are for and how to use them. These types of activities are great for increasing hand eye coordination and improving gross motor skills. Arts and crafts actually teach so many skills!

Gather your supplies and head to a table. Start off by painting your child’s hand with your green paint. Carefully place their painted hand on a white piece of construction paper. Wash hands afterwards!

Go ahead and grab your brown marker to make the trunk of your tree. While you are waiting for the handprint to dry, draw apples on green, red and yellow construction paper. Cut out the apples. If your child is old enough to use children’s scissors, let them help! (Never leave children unsupervised with scissors.)

You can make your tree as full of apples as you want! Once all the apples are cut out, grab the glue stick and start gluing. My kids enjoyed sticking the apples on their own trees.

After all our apples were glued, I went back and drew a stem and a leaf on each apple.

There is your Handprint Apple Tree! These can be framed and hung up around the house or in your child’s room for some fun Fall decor or they can even be placed in a scrapbook filled with your child’s other crafts.

Conclusion

Kids use their imagination while turning their handprints into tree trunks, branches, and apples. It helps them see how everyday shapes can become art. The process of painting hands, pressing them down, and adding details helps strengthen fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and sensory awareness. You can tie in lessons about nature, seasons, colors, or even counting apples on the tree. It blends art and education in a hands-on way. In addition, doing the project together is quality one-on-one time. It gives you a chance to talk, laugh, and enjoy being creative side by side.

Handprint crafts are not only fun to make but also serve as cherished mementos of childhood. A handprint craft captures the size of your child’s hands at a moment in time. Years later, it becomes a keepsake that reminds you how small they once were. Have you made a Fall craft yet? If you are looking for a fun craft to do with your child soon, give this handprint apple tree craft a try! It is really fun and the kids can definitely personalize their apple tree in a lot of different ways!

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