Creative Apple-Themed Lessons and Classroom Projects

Materials Needed:

• 3 inch terra cotta clay pot
• 3 inch terra cotta clay saucer
• small wooden spool
• Fun Foam
• paint
• clear acrylic sealer spray
• glue (hot glue gun preferred)

Instructions:

1. Wipe down your terra cotta pot and saucer with a damp cloth and let dry completely.
2. Paint the clay pot and saucer red (Figure 1) - let dry. Paint a face on the pot (Figure 2). Paint the wooden spool green. Once all the paint is dry, spray everything with the clear acrylic sealer.
   
3. Flip the saucer upside down and place it as a lid on top of the clay pot. Glue the wooden spool onto the bottom of the saucer (Figure 3). Cut a small leaf shape out of Fun Foam and glue it to the wooden spool. Your apple is now done! A great place to keep treasures, candy, or other small items.
   

Do you love Steven Kellogg's book Johnny Appleseed? Download this free resource to use with the book. This download includes bookmarks, word cards, a vocabulary list with definitions, and a six-page mini book with vocabulary practice. Patterns and instructions to complete a craftivity with the vocabulary words are also included. Note this book is appropriate for 2nd - 4th graders. Download these free activities here.

Compare/Contrast Johnny Appleseed (fictional character) to John Chapman (the real man).

Compare two or more Johnny Appleseed books. Make a T-Chart or Venn diagram to show their similarities and differences. Here are a few books you might like to use:

• Johnny Appleseed: The Legend and the Truth by Jane Yolen (2nd - 5th grade)
• Who was Johnny Appleseed? by Joan Holub (3rd - 7th grade)
• Johnny Appleseed: The Story of a Legend by Will Moses (4th-6th grade)