50+ Best Apple Quotes, Sayings & Jokes for Kids
Looking for the best apple quotes for kids? This collection includes more than 50 short apple sayings, funny jokes, cute puns and famous quotes that work well for fall activities, classroom displays, lunchbox notes and everyday smiles.
Teachers and parents can use these apple phrases for back-to-school activities, bulletin boards, writing prompts or a fun apple-themed lesson. There are sweet, silly and inspirational choices, so it is easy to find one that fits the occasion.
Pair your favorite saying with a hands-on project such as our paper plate apple craft, easy origami apple or 3D paper apple printable. These make especially fun companions for classroom lessons and fall craft time.
Short Apple Sayings and Phrases
You’re the apple of my eye!
I find you a-peel-ing.
And they lived apple-y ever after.
You’re awesome, right to the core!
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
The sweeter the apple the blacker the core.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
A bad apple can spoil the bunch.
The best thing to do with the best apples is to eat them.
One bad apple can spoil the barrel.
The sweetest apples grow high up in trees.
Apples are reminders that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes.
What Common Apple Sayings Mean
Some familiar apple phrases have meanings that go beyond the fruit itself. Here is what five popular sayings mean:
- Apple of my eye: Someone who is deeply loved or treasured.
- The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree: Children often resemble their parents in appearance, personality or behavior.
- One bad apple spoils the bunch: One negative influence can affect an entire group.
- Comparing apples and oranges: Comparing two things that are too different for a fair comparison.
- Upset the apple cart: To disrupt a plan or cause trouble in an established situation.
Famous Quotes About Apples
These quotes about apples come from writers, musicians and other well-known voices. A few traditional or uncertain attributions are identified clearly rather than credited as confirmed quotations.
Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don’t count on harvesting Golden Delicious.
—Bill Meyer
“You are the apple of my eye.”
—Stevie Wonder, You Are the Sunshine of My Life
Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
—Often attributed to Martin Luther
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
—Traditional proverb
Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness.
—Jane Austen
Relationships are like apples: they can be sweet and satisfying. But once you bite into a bad one, it’s hard to go back to the barrel again.
—John Avery
A few bad apples is no reason not to visit the orchard.
—Lauren Weisberger
If you’re not hungry enough to eat an apple, you’re not hungry.
—Michael Pollan
The moral of snow white is to never eat apples.
—Lemony Snicket
Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why?
—Bernard Baruch
There is little choice in a barrel of rotten apples.
—William Shakespeare
The rotten apple spoils his companion.
—Benjamin Franklin
The bruised apple becomes apple sauce.
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The fruit is what matters, not how gnarly or beautiful the apple tree is.
—Aiden Wilson Tozer
If you’ve never tasted a bad apple, you would never appreciate a good apple because you have to experience life to understand life.
—Leon Brown
Cute Apple Quotes and Puns
These cute apple sayings and puns are short, playful and easy to use in cards, captions, classroom notes or fall displays.
I finally found my apple-y ever after.
You’re the pick of the orchard.
I apple-ogize for the inconvenience.
Off to make some apple-solutely delicious desserts.
This fall weather gives me all the peels.
Have an apple-solutely amazing day!
Apple Quotes for Teachers, Students and Bulletin Boards
These short apple sayings work well on fall bulletin boards, student notes, classroom doors and back-to-school displays. They are also simple enough for children to use as writing prompts.
- You’re the apple of our classroom.
- A great teacher helps every student grow.
- You’re awesome to the core!
- Our class is a bushel of bright ideas.
- We’re growing and learning together.
- Pick kindness every day.
- Learning is sweet in our classroom.
- Welcome to a fresh year of learning.
- Little seeds of knowledge grow into big ideas.
- This class is apple-solutely amazing!
Funny Apple Jokes for Kids
These clean apple jokes are easy to share at home, during a classroom brain break or alongside a fall apple activity.
Q: What did the apple say to the other apple?
A: “I’m feeling a bit bruised!”
Q: What did one apple seed say to the other?
A: “Let’s go grow!”
Q: What’s an apple’s favorite movie?
A: Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
Q: What’s an apple’s favorite restaurant?
A: Applebee’s.
Q: What did the teacher apple say to her students?
A: “You’re all so a-peel-ing today!”
Q: What is an Egyptian apple pie?
A: The kind mummy used to make.
Q: What dessert do they serve at the King’s castle?
A: Apple pie a la moat.
Q: Why did the apple go out with a prune?
A: Because he couldn’t find a date!
Q: Why don’t apples ever get any homework?
A: Because they already know the core subjects!
Q: What’s an apple’s favorite game?
A: Fruit Ninja!
Q: Who’s an apple’s favorite relative?
A: Granny Smith.
Q: How do apples stay fit?
A: They do core workouts!
Q: Why did the apple turn red?
A: Because it saw the salad dressing.
Q: What’s the difference between a worm and an apple?
A: Have you ever tried worm pie?
Q: Where do Honeycrisp apples go to see musicals?
A: Broadway in the Big Apple!
Q: How do you make an apple turnover?
A: Roll it down a hill.
Q: When is an apple pie grouchy?
A: When it’s made with crab apples!
Q: Why did the apple stop in the middle of the road?
A: It ran out of juice!
Q: If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, what does an onion do?
A: It keeps everyone away!
Q: What do you get if you cross an apple with a shellfish?
A: A crab apple!
Apple Activities for Kids
If you are studying apples or planning a fall lesson, start with our free apple templates. Children can use the outlines for crafts, drawing prompts, story starters or a classroom display featuring their favorite apple quotes.
For another hands-on project, make a felt apple pencil topper to pair with a teacher gift or classroom writing activity. Younger learners can also continue the theme with our collection of Letter A activities.
Kids can choose a favorite joke or saying, copy it onto an apple cutout and decorate it. Display the finished apples together to create an easy fall bulletin board or collaborative classroom project.
Apple Quotes FAQ
A simple choice is “You’re awesome to the core!” It is short, positive and works well for lunchbox notes, classroom encouragement or fall crafts.
Popular short apple sayings include “You’re the apple of my eye,” “Pick kindness every day” and “You’re the pick of the orchard.”
The phrase describes someone who is deeply loved, cherished or especially important to another person.
Teachers can use phrases such as “Our class is a bushel of bright ideas,” “We’re growing and learning together” or “You’re the apple of our classroom.”
Whether you need a sweet classroom message, a funny joke or a familiar apple proverb, these sayings offer plenty of ideas to share throughout the fall season.
