We celebrated Johnny Appleseed Day on September 26th with an Appleseed Party!! These ideas are all over Pinterest, so we just borrowed the best of what we found and used them for our own party.
Of course, you cannot stage an apple party without making your own applesauce. We got that stewing while we worked so that the delicious smells wafted while we worked.
First item of business: an apple taste test. Apples come in all colors and flavors, so we had to try a few to find our favorite ones. And, Mrs. C even brought us a lemonade apple - that was certainly something unique! Very citrus-apple tasting - yellow - one step less than crisp. Quite a taste sensation!!
Everyone liked a different type of apple. W's favorite: the pink lady! Is anyone surprised?
After our taste test, we started painting. We had a cardboard box. We put a piece of cardstock in the bottom. Everyone picked their favorite apple colors and I put a dollop of paint in each color on the paper. Then we put a whole red delicious in the box and rolled it all around, through each paint color, coating our paper. After the paint dried, we cut the painted paper into apple shapes.
Next up, we painted with apple slices. We cut a Granny Smith apple into slices and we painted with the slices and the seeds. That created some interesting art. Everyone had their own style, which ended up being pretty fun to see.
We took a break to eat some pork chops with apple stuffing, cauliflower with pecans and apples, and our applesauce. The kids had roll ups with peanut butter, granola, and apple slices. All good.
We read the book Apples by Gail Gibbons, which shows pictures of different apple types and talks about the process of growing apple, and Johnny Appleseed's role in getting things rolling.
Any excuse for a party, right?
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