Apple Day
We decided to continue the theme at home today. Despite the fact that I have to make four cakes for the church's yard party tomorrow.
I found the cutest idea in a craft book I checked out from the library; making sock apples.
Gracie just got new socks, so I gathered some of the old ones that hadn't been thrown out (I used to save all of her old clothes including shoes, socks and undies, and realized I would not likely reuse them or be able to give things like that away, so now I save storage space and toss.)
This craft was harder than I thought, but it turned out pretty cute and looks great as a center piece on my kitchen table.
Step 1: paint the feet of old socks red.
...or green or yellow. There are many different colors of apples you know!
Step 2: Let dry, this will take apparently over night...DO NOT DO WHAT I DID and try and microwave them dry. We lost a few :(
Step 3: stuff the foot of the sock with stuffing..etc. (we used toilet paper and the tops of the socks.
Step 4: cut the sock to the right sized apple you want.
from here we created our own directions because it didn't look right tied off to me. I folded over the top of the sock and hot glued shut and inserted a painted (brown) Q-tip for the stem (the Q-tip was Gracie's idea) and then glued a construction paper leaf to the side of the stem. I think they came out pretty cute.
I love your pretty apples, Gracie! I can't wait to see pictures from the church yard party. I hope you had lots of fun, and I hope it's not as hot there as it is here. It's so humid and hot here!
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