Aidan and I decided to make apple prints yesterday. He did his on blank card stock. I decided to cut some newspaper and print mine on it.
Inspired by this craftbits post, I cut apples in half, squirted acrylic paint on a paper plate, used a foam brush to put the paint on the apple and pressed the apple onto the paper. No Honeycrisps were harmed in this project. Just some Paula Reds. I tried to avoid the obituaries. That would work better for a Halloween bunting.
When dry, I used brown acrylic paint to draw on stems and seeds and a green sharpie to make leaves.
I then took the folded paper and placed it over some cotton cording and sewed the newspaper around the cording.
This may not last forever but it was fun to make and it will be fun until I can get my spooky stuff up.
this looks like you had fun!
Posted by: mom | October 09, 2009 at 12:57 PM