Free Printable Apple Templates: Large & Small Outlines
These free printable apple templates include large outlines, an apple with seeds, and sheets of medium and small apples. Pick a shape for coloring, tracing, tissue paper crafts, or a fall classroom display, then use the signup form below to have the printables sent to your inbox.
Grab the free apple templates, or browse the designs and craft ideas below.
Choose a large apple for decorating or writing, four medium apples per sheet for smaller projects, or nine small apples for counting and garlands.
Easy Apple Template Crafts and Activities
Set up an apple craft afternoon with paper, crayons, and glue. You can share a few fun apple quotes while the kids decorate their apples.
Here are a few easy ways to use the outlines at home or in the classroom:
Tissue Paper Apples
Print a large apple outline and set out red, green, or yellow tissue paper. Let the kids tear the paper into small pieces.
Scrunch the pieces into loose balls for a bumpy texture, or leave them flat for a paper collage.
Spread a thin layer of glue inside the outline and press the tissue paper onto it. Let the apple dry flat before displaying it.
Tearing, scrunching, and placing the paper gives little hands plenty of practice.
Trace the Apple or Make a Stencil
Place a thin sheet of paper over a printed apple outline so the shape shows through.
Have the kids follow the outline with a pencil or crayon, then color their own apple drawing.
For a reusable tracing pattern, print an apple on cardstock and cut around its outside edge. Children can trace around it onto construction paper. To make a painting stencil, an adult can cut out the apple shape from the center of the sheet, leaving the surrounding paper intact.
Apple Coloring Pages and Color Sorting
Use the blank apple outlines to explore apple colors. Set out red, green, and yellow crayons and let the kids choose a color for each apple.
After coloring the smaller apples, cut them out and sort them into color groups. Count each group together or arrange the apples in a repeating pattern.
Identify the Parts of an Apple
Choose the apple design with seeds for a simple parts-of-an-apple activity.
Look at a real apple together, then have the kids draw lines to the matching parts on their printable and add labels.
Help them find the stem, skin, flesh, core, and seeds.
Apple Picking Writing Prompts
After an orchard visit, use a large apple outline as a writing page. Leave room for a sentence or two and a drawing of something the kids remember.
Try a short prompt such as “At the orchard, I saw…” or “My favorite apple is…” Younger children can draw a picture and tell you a sentence to write underneath.
Make an Apple Garland
Color and cut out the small apples for an easy classroom or kitchen decoration.
Tape the backs to a length of string, leaving a little space between each apple. Cardstock helps the shapes hold up when you hang the garland.
Printing Tips for Apple Outlines
Open the printable file from your email and print the pages you want to use. Print from the file rather than the preview photos on this page. Regular printer paper works well for coloring and writing. Choose printer-compatible cardstock for garlands, stencils, or crafts with glue. Start with “actual size” or 100% scale, and use “fit to page” if the edges are clipped. Print one test sheet before making a classroom set.
Large Apple Templates
The large apple templates give kids plenty of room for coloring, tissue paper, or a short writing prompt. Choose a simple outline, a thicker tracing shape, or the apple with seeds.
Use this basic outline for a paper apple cutout or a simple coloring activity.
The seeds in this design make it a handy choice for an apple unit study or labeling activity.
The thicker outline is easy to see through a thin sheet of paper, making it useful for tracing practice.
This rounded apple design makes a simple coloring page. Set out crayons or colored pencils and let the kids add their own patterns.
This simple apple shape leaves plenty of space for paint or tissue paper. It also works well as a cutout or tracing pattern.
Small Apple Templates
The smaller sheets are handy for counting pieces, name labels, and garlands. One has four medium apples, and the other has nine small apples.
These apple templates are free for personal and classroom use. Print as many copies as you need for your own activities; commercial use is not permitted.
For an apple-themed craft session, try our 3D paper apple craft or felt apple pencil topper alongside these printables.
Apple Template FAQs
Yes. Enter your name and email in the signup form below, and we will send the free apple printables to your inbox for personal or classroom use.
The collection includes large apple designs, a sheet with four medium apples, and a sheet with nine small apples.
Yes. Print a blank outline on regular paper and color it with crayons, markers, or colored pencils. The large shapes also leave room for tissue paper and other craft materials.
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More Fall Printables to Try
Pair your paper apples with our leaf templates for a colorful fall garland. Add pumpkin templates to make a harvest bulletin board. Browse our fall craft templates for more shapes to use throughout the season.
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