Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Easy Yarn Apples

O and I made yarn apples on Monday. It was fun, quick, and easy! The idea came from here, and the directions are here.

Here are our finished apples!

We are planning to use this same method to make pumpkins next week!
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10 comments:

  1. Sarah Haney, M.A.September 30, 2009 at 1:59 AM

    Thank you for the idea! I was having a hard time coming up with a craft for this week, this is very cute!

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  2. KristinaSeptember 30, 2009 at 7:38 AM

    These apples are so cute, and the pumpkins will look perfect in a bowl on the dining room table :)

    I gave you a blog award - stop by my blog to grab it! :)

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  3. The Activity MomSeptember 30, 2009 at 8:07 AM

    ahh these are adorable. I'm going to try to make a few pumpkins.

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  4. KarenSeptember 30, 2009 at 12:25 PM

    I'm having a hard time figuring out the second brown pipe cleaner. Do you have pictures showing that part step by step? Sorry, it just isn't clear to me in the instructions.

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  5. Ashlie MillerSeptember 30, 2009 at 12:29 PM

    adorable! will definitely try this!

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  6. MelissaSeptember 30, 2009 at 12:47 PM

    Karen- It wasn't clear to me either :) I just put it through the other side exactly like I did the stem and cut it so the end was short and looked like the bottom of an apple. Hope that helps :)

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  7. Michelle GibsonOctober 1, 2009 at 5:03 PM

    Those are super cute! *Ü*

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  8. KarenOctober 1, 2009 at 8:51 PM

    Sorry Melissa I still don't get it. To me it seems that if you put the pipe cleaner through the center and tie it up (ie twist it) and then do the same again then how does it form the ball? Sorry. I'm just totally confused by it. I really want to make these but I can't seem to wrap my mind around it.

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  9. MelissaOctober 1, 2009 at 9:15 PM

    Karen- Put the pipe cleaner through while it's still on the cardboard. Put one through at the top and one through at the bottom. It will make more sense once you do it. It wasn't clear to me until I actually did it :)

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  10. GeonHui's BakeryOctober 3, 2009 at 9:26 PM

    Very cute idea! I made them this week with my 4 and 2 year old. Thanks!

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