stArt: The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree

A Mommy's Adventures is hosting stART this week. What's stART you ask? Story+Art=A Great Start!! I had this craft and book planned months ago, and it fits right in with what stART is all about. Caleb had a fun time this week reading and creating.

The Seasons Of Arnold's Apple Tree by Gail Gibbons

This book is about a little boy named Arnold who has an apple tree as a friend. He spends time with his apple tree through all of the seasons. He plays under and in it, picks apple blossoms and apples and watches his apple tree change with the seasons.

We decided to make, The Seasons of Caleb's Apple Tree craft. This craft was inspired by a similar craft I found at Hubbard's Cupboard.

SUPPLIES:

Blue Paper, folded into 4 equal parts

4 Brown Tree Trunks, cut from construction paper

Brown Branches, cut from construction paper

Pink Blossoms, I tore pink paper into small pieces

Green Leaf Buds, take green tissue paper and twist on end of pencil

Green Leaves, cut a circle out of green tissue paper

Small Green Apples, hole punch green construction paper

Yellow/Orange Leaves, cut 1 yellow circle and 1 orange out of tissue paper

Red Apples, make fingerprint apples with red paint

Take your blue paper and fold into 4 equal parts, one part for each season. Glue 1 brown tree trunk in each part. Label each separate section per season below tree trunks.

Spring:

Add brown branches, pink blossoms and green leaf buds.

Summer:

Glue green leaves (green circle from tissue paper) to top of tree. Add small green apples to tree.

Fall:

Glue yellow and orange leaves (yellow and orange circles cut from tissue paper) to tree. Using red paint, make fingerprint apples on Fall tree.

Winter:

Glue brown branches to tree. You could add snow, from pulled apart cotton balls, to the bare branches if you wanted to.

Tada! The Seasons of Caleb's Apple Tree.

I have my lesson plans made from now through December. But if we have something that will fit in with stART I will be linking up. Or if Caleb and I read a book and have a craft idea that is too good to pass up, well then, we'd just have to link up, wouldn't we. =)

To see more of stART for this week head on over to A Mommy's Adventures.