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August 22, 2017 By Chelsey 8 Comments

Yarn-Wrapped Pinecone Apple Tree Craft for Kids

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This unique apple tree craft for kids uses a pinecone, some yarn, and pompoms! It’s an easy craft for fall and also provides lots of fine motor practice for little hands. Perfect for preschool, kindergarten, or first grade!

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Yarn-Wrapped Pinecone Apple Tree Craft for Kids

 

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I absolutely love the simplicity of this adorable apple tree craft using a pinecone as the base for the tree! You’ll only need a few materials, and it can be done it a short amount of time.

You can buy your pinecones at a local craft store or online. It would also be fun to take a walk and collect your own!

 

Some Great Children’s Books to Go with the Activity

  • The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree by Gail Gibbons
  • How Do Apples Grow? by Betsy Maestro
  • Ten Apples Up On Top by Dr. Seuss

 

Yarn-Wrapped Pinecone Apple Tree Craft for Kids

 

Yarn-Wrapped Pinecone Apple Tree Craft

Materials for Pinecone Apple Tree

  • Pinecone
  • Green yarn
  • Red pompoms
  • Glue
  • Scissors
  • Optional: Wooden spool

 

Directions for Making Pinecone Apple Tree

1. Wrap green yarn around your pinecone numerous times. If you are using a smaller pinecone, regular worsted weight yarn (like this) works well. For larger pinecones (or smaller hands), use a chunky yarn like this one.

 

wrap green yarn around pinecone to make apple tree craft for kids

 

2. Cut off the end of the yarn and tuck it in. You can also place a dab of glue where your yarn ends if you’re worried about it coming undone.

 

3. Glue red pompoms onto your pinecone tree to represent apples. Again, the size of your pinecone will determine the size of pompoms to use. You can also place an assortment of sizes out and allow your children to select their favorites.

 

glue red pom poms to your pinecone for the apple tree craft for kids

 

4. Optional: If you’d like to add a trunk to make your apple tree more realistic, glue your pinecone on top of a wooden spool. (A hot glue gun works best. This is my favorite– you can set it to either high or low temp.)

 

use a wooden craft spool as a trunk for your pinecone apple tree fall art project for kids

 

The finished apple trees make great decorations for fall!

 

Yarn-Wrapped Pinecone Apple Tree Craft for Kids

 

Be sure to also check out this unique method for making fall pinecone trees!

 

Tips

  • Place a wide selection of pinecones, different colors of yarn, and various sized pompoms out for your children or students. Allow them to come up with their own combination of supplies to use!
  • Younger children might need help cutting the yarn.
  • If adding a spool trunk to your tree, you can use liquid glue (like Tacky Glue), although a glue gun works more quickly.

 

Yarn-Wrapped Pinecone Apple Tree Craft for Kids


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Yarn-Wrapped Pinecone Apple Tree Craft for Kids

Filed Under: Apples, Crafts for Kids, Fall, Kindergarten Tagged With: apples, Fall, pinecones, trees, yarn

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Comments

  1. Sean Mahan says

    August 30, 2017 at 11:03 am

    They look so adorable! And they’re so easy to make, kids will love these!

    Reply
  2. Dawn says

    September 10, 2017 at 3:42 pm

    These are super cute! Also makes a great 1 to 1 correspondence activity (i.e. counting apples they put in tree).

    Reply

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