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ABC Crafts - Lowercase Letters

A Is for Apple Craft

A lowercase letter A treat that’s tasty, good for you, and fun to craft? Grab the red construction paper and count us in!

little girl finishing her lowercase letter a craft

A Is for apple craft graphic

Chomp, chomp, chomp—yum, yum, yum! Is there anything tastier than a ripe red apple? Your little ones will enjoy the fruits of their labor with this ABC Craft for the letter A. You can be sure there won’t be any bad apples in this bunch!

Here’s What You’ll Need

  • 2 sheets of printer paper
  • Card stock (we used green, light green, red, off-white, dark brown, and black)
  • A Is for Apple Craft templates
  • Glue stick
  • Pencil, marker, and scissors

Instructions for Assembling Your Letter A Craft

  1. Print the A Is for Apple Craft templates.
  2. Cut out the templates and trace the letter A and the apple pieces onto card stock.
  3. Cut out the letter A and apple pieces.
  4. Glue the apple core onto a full sheet of card stock (we used green, but you can use any color you like).
  5. Glue the letter A over the apple core.
  6. Draw veins on the leaf, tuck the leaf and stem under the top edge of the apple, and glue in place.
  7. Glue the seeds to the apple core.


girls assembling lowercase a craft

child putting a leaf on her lowercase a craft

little girl adding a seed to her lowercase a craft

Learning with Your Letter A Craft

As you and your child assemble your A Is for Apple Craft, practice saying /ă/–/ă/–apple together. You can find more tips for working on pre-reading skills with your preschooler in this handy download.

little girl with her finished lowercase a craft

We would LOVE to see how your lowercase A turns out! Please share your photos with us on our Facebook page, or tag your Instagram photos with the hashtag #allaboutABCcrafts!

Want More ABC Crafts?

page spread from the abc crafts lowercase series download

Free Lowercase ABC Letter Crafts

For crafts that start with lowercase letters A through Z, get the complete printable set of ABC Craft for Lowercase Letters.

page spread from the abc crafts uppercase series download

Free Uppercase ABC Letter Crafts

For crafts that start with uppercase letters A through Z, get the complete printable set of ABC Craft for Uppercase Letters.

Photos by: Rachel Neumann

About the author

Marie Rippel

Marie Rippel, curriculum developer of the award-winning All About Reading and All About Spelling programs, is known for taking the struggle out of both teaching and learning. Marie is an Orton-Gillingham practitioner, sought-after speaker, and member of the International Dyslexia Association. When not writing or teaching, Marie can be found riding her Icelandic horses.

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