Shamrock Apple Printing and Other Stuff!

I don't know if anyone has ever done this before, but I was cutting apples and thought of this! I love apple printing in the Fall,  but what about using an apple to create a shamrock or four leaf clover for St. Patrick's Day??? Here is my example:

These are the supplies you will need: an apple, green paint (tempera or acrylic), a paint brush, and sponge to be used as a stamp pad:

First,  I dabbed the green paint on the sponge and spread it with a brush to cover a surface big enough for the apple. Test it to see if there is enough paint on the sponge before you do a final print!

Cut the apple in half very evenly or it will be difficult for a child to get the whole apple printed!! If you don't cut it straight,  you will have to rock the surface of the apple back and forth for it to print the whole surface of the cut apple. If you don't have a sponge you could alternately paint the cut apple surface and print it that way too.

We tried printing shamrocks (3 leaves) and four leaf clovers and just added a stem with a brush!  The tricky part is making sure to turn the apple so that it is the same direction all around! Have fun and don't worry if it isn't perfect!  That is the beauty of printmaking!

Here is our lucky four leaf clover again:

Just plain apple prints: (I was thinking older kids could cut these out to form shamrocks too!)

We experimented with using our fingerprints as the leaves of shamrocks too!  That was definitely FUN! Cassie really enjoyed this too! We used green marker for the stems. Don't you love the Mardi Gras mask?

FInished fingerprint shamrocks: What kid doesn't love using their fingerprints to create Art?

We also learned about drawing shamrocks.  Make one circle on top and two on the bottom and add a stem.  My daughter has been drawing these like crazy all over the place.  Also,  we added a little learning about rainbows and the proper order of the colors  ROYGBIV! Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. I set out the markers in the proper order and she followed along to create this precious rainbow!  Check out the children's group: They Might Be Giants and their: Here Comes Science DVD/CD combo that has a great song about Roy G. Biv.  It is a great science resource. It actually was nominated for a Grammy too!! Roy G. Biv is a colorful man.........don't get me singing this! I posted the video for this in my next post!!!

Isn't this BEAUTIFUL?????
HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!

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