The Mom I Want to Be

• Bare branches
• Pail filled with soil
• Yarn or ribbon
• Cut-out cardboard apple shapes
• Glue
• Red, green, and yellow construction paper

Make an apple tree using bare tree branches. Take pictures of each child in your room.  Ask each child to trace an apple shape on a piece of red or green construction paper and cut it out. Have each child paste his or her picture onto the shape. Punch holes in each apple. Help each child thread a piece of ribbon or yarn through the hole and tie a knot. Ask children to write their names on the apples.