Fun Letter A Apple Craft – Popsicle Stick Puppet

This fun and easy-to-make letter A apple craft will surely pop a smile and laughter to your little ones. FREE TEMPLATES are below!

Looking for a fun and easy popsicle stick craft for preschoolers and kindergarteners? You’ve come to the right place. You’ll love this apple craft popsicle stick puppet.

Teaching the letters of the alphabet with phonics to kids will be so much fun and engaging when you make projects with them. While making this craft, let them say the word and sound out the letter phonetically. This helps them to remember the letter sounds of each letter of the alphabet. On this page, we have the letter A. Aa – Aa as in Apple!

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Letter A Apple Craft – Popsicle Stick Puppet

KiDorzo Letter A apple craft 2 apple popsicle stick

This apple craft project only needs a few things.

Let’s get started and let the fun begin!

Alphabet Crafts Letter A

Supplies to make the Letter A Apple Craft – Popsicle Stick Puppet

1. Scissors (Amazon recommendation here)

2. Glue (I used Elmer’s stick glue)

3. Brown pipe cleaner (Approx. 4″)

4. Popsicle stick (small or jumbo size)

5. Apple Puppet Template – download the colored version or download the black and white version

6. White Cardstock (check out my Amazon-recommended cardstock)

KiDorzo Letter A apple materials

Can the Popsicle Stick Puppet Craft be Adapted for Other Seasons or Themes?

Yes, the popsicle stick puppet craft can be easily adapted for other seasons or themes. For example, for a fun Christmas wreath craft, you can use green and red popsicle sticks to create a festive wreath shape, and then add holiday-themed puppets like Santa Claus, reindeer, or elves to the design.

Directions to make the Letter A Apple Craft – Popsicle Stick Puppet

  1. Print the Apple Craft template (download here: colored version or black and white version) using white cardstock. You can print the instructions page on standard printer paper though.
KiDorzo Letter A apple craft Free printable template colored version
The photo above is the colored template.

When making the black-and-white version, let your kids color the apple template page first before cutting out the pieces.

KiDorzo Letter A apple craft Free printable template black and white version
The photo above is the black and white template.

2. Cut out the apple, eyes, mouth, and leaf.

KiDorzo Letter A apple craft cut outs

3. Glue the eyes, mouth, and leaf on the apple to make an apple face.

KiDorzo Letter A apple craft gluing together
KiDorzo Letter A apple craft gluing the face of apple popsicle puppet

4. Cut about 4″ of brown pipe cleaner and fold it into half. Then glue it on top of the apple as a stem.

KiDorzo Letter A apple craft brown pipe cleaner

5. Add a popsicle stick on the bottom to make the Apple Puppet.

KiDorzo Letter A apple craft popsicle stick

There ya go! Meet Appley the Apple Puppet! or you can name yours whatever your kid likes.

My kids and I had so much fun making this letter A apple craft puppet project! They actually named it Appley.

My 4 yr old son was saying the A sound phonetically as he was making this and he loves doing pretend talk with his apple puppet. It’s so cute!

I hope you will have fun and enjoy making this letter A apple craft with your kiddos also.

If you made this, I would love to see yours too! Send me a picture in the comments below or tag @KiDorzo on Instagram, Facebook, or Pinterest.

If you want some preschool printable worksheets to go along with learning the letters of the alphabet, numbers from 1 to 10, shapes and colors, and other fun worksheets for kids, check out my Preschool Printable Bundle on Etsy or below.

Lovingly yours,

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