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3 Apple-Themed Crafts for Preschoolers

It is apple season and a perfect opportunity for apple themed crafts. The crafts listed are easy and do not require any unusual or expensive materials. Perhaps these crafts would be fun after a trip to the orchard picking apples. Pom Pom Apple Tree Supplies: Red pom poms Safety scissors Markers White paper Glue Instructions: Cut out a shape to look like the top of an apple tree. You can make it simple like a cloud. Cut out a shape to be the trunk of the tree. Glue the pieces to make a tree on a piece of paper. Allow … Continue reading →

Apples Are Awesome!

I love all four of the seasons that we have here in Vermont, but I must say that if I were pressed to pick a favorite, Fall would be the one that I like best. Now that I have children, I am able to share my love of all things autumn with them. Number one on my to – do list for this fall was apple picking. Last Friday, my dad came to town for a visit. I thought that apple picking would be the perfect way for us all to spend an afternoon together. Unfortunately, none of the apple … Continue reading →

Fall Fun with Apples

Tis the season for apple overload. My family went bananas at a local u-pick apple orchard last month. We hauled home more than 20 pounds of the healthy fruit and still have more than a dozen individual apples left. They won’t be good for much longer, which is why I have been desperately looking for ways (besides making yet another pie) to make the most of the shiny orbs. Fortunately, there is no shortage of ideas floating around cyberspace. I tested a few of the more unique options from Women’s Day and several other reputable sites, then narrowed down my … Continue reading →

Apples and Scarecrows

Apples and scarecrows. It’s an addiction that I can’t entirely explain. When we were in Texas we found our way to organic apple orchards as frequently as possible. It was a nice reprieve from the sparse fields of cotton and generally treeless landscapes that populated most of our vision in that part of the state. What were we to do? The organic apple orchard gave our vision (and, incidentally, our taste buds) a thrilling sensation unfelt in other aspects of our life there. Now that we’ve moved back to more fertile ground we’ve found ourselves more frequently trekking to outdoor … Continue reading →

The Apple Orchard

I find myself more and more frequently wanting to get out of the house to do things. At this stage in my first pregnancy, it was far to hot to really enjoy any time out doors, aside from the occasional trip to the public pool. Being pregnant during the fall (and actually having a real fall for the first time in five years), is already proving itself to be far more enjoyable and invigorating. Today I took advantage of the lovely fall weather and ventured to a nearby organic apple orchard. This particular orchard was hosting an Apple and Pumpkin … Continue reading →

Johnny Appleseed Day Fun

I am very aware that Johnny Appleseed Day was yesterday, but, how much fun would it be to celebrate the event all! week! long! Yeah, my 7-year-old didn’t buy it either, especially since I made the suggestion after forgetting to send apple treats to school yesterday. There’s nothing fun about being labeled “That Mom.” The one who can’t remember to place pre-packaged applesauce into her only kid’s backpack. The fun part comes in trying to make up for my mistake. As my daughter shared tidbits about John Chapman (a.k.a. Johnny Appleseed) and the orchards he planted in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, … Continue reading →

Apple of My Eye

(The real apple of my eye.) And then there were two… If you’ve been following me on the FUN blog, then you know that my daughter has been sucked into an apple vortex of sorts. Our neighbor recently visited a u-pick apple orchard and came home with a bushel (42 pounds) of crunchy, red orbs. Her plan was to use the bulk of them to bake pies for her church’s Fall Festival and the rest she’d feature in other recipes and crafts. As it turned out, she barely used half of the bushel for the pies and was left with … Continue reading →

Apple Picking: Know Before You Go

U-pick apple orchards are ideal settings for a weekend of fun with the entire family. My young daughter looks forward to our annual trip each fall. She gets to ride a tractor, hand-pick her favorite fruit, scurry around in a corn maze, pet some farm animals, and stuff her face with caramel apples, apple muffins and apple pie. Yes, it’s fall family fun at its finest, if you go in prepared, and I’m not talking about prepping to schlepp 20 pounds of apples and a whiny 30-pound kid back to the pay stations. I’m talking about crunching numbers before you … Continue reading →

Oh My Apple!

It’s apple harvest time in Northern Wisconsin; time to have some serious family fun with the crunchy fruit that promises to keep the doctor away. Primetime for apple picking varies depending on where you live in North America, though the season typically starts winding down for most areas by the end of October. That gives you several weeks to plan a fun-filled trip to the orchard, so that you can stock up on the kid-friendly fruit. While we haven’t made our annual trip to the u-pick farm, our neighbor has and came back with a whopping 40 pounds of McIntosh, … Continue reading →

Apple Season Activites

It’s apple season! September is a wonderful month filled with images of cool days, apple cider and playing in the leaves. For my family it is apple picking season. We normally go at least once a season but this season we lucked out! My daughter has volleyball practice near an apple orchard so my other children and I will be visiting the orchard a few more times this year. I think the donuts and cider are my son’s favorite part. My daughter’s love to munch on the apples and go home to make apple pie. Apple orchards make lovely teaching … Continue reading →