Earlier this spring we made an awesome yarn wrapped spring tree.

The yarn wrapping is perfect for working fine motor muscles for toddlers and preschoolers.

Read our easy instructions below for how to make this fun apple tree craft with your kids.

Square close up image of yarn wrapped apple tree craft for preschoolers to make.

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Tutorial:

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Four image collage showing the printed out tree template, an adult tracing the template on cardboard and cutting it out, and taping yarn on the back of the treetop.

Cut out your shapes

Download and print outour tree template.

Trace the treetop and trunk piece from the template onto cardboard with a pencil.

Then cut them out.

Four image collage showing adult wrapping the cardboard tree with green yarn, then wrapping the tree trunk with brown yarn, gluing red poms for apples on the tree and then hot gluing the tree top onto the tree trunk.

Glue yarn to the shapes

Cut off a long strand of your green yarn and your brown yarn.

Glue on red pom poms

Glue small red craft pom poms as apples all over the tree top.

We used glue dots to adhere them to the tree.

Vertical close up image of apple tree craft with the words “Yarn wrapped apple tree” in the bottom left corner.

You could also use tacky glue or a hot glue gun with adult help and supervision.

Adult supervision is always required when using a hot glue gun.

You could also tape the two pieces together with sturdy tape like duct tape.

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