{"id":32469,"date":"2018-08-23T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/?p=32469"},"modified":"2018-08-23T04:06:13","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T09:06:13","slug":"fun-apple-trees-watercolor-and-oil-pastels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/fun-apple-trees-watercolor-and-oil-pastels\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Apple Trees: Watercolor and Oil Pastels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fall is one of our favorite times of the year! You can play in leaves, go apple picking, get a pumpkin and so much fun. We are always decorating our house in fall crafts and paintings.<\/p>\n<p>Today I have a fun watercolor and oil pastel activity that can be adapted for many ages. We did apple trees with watercolor and oil pastels and loved making them.<\/p>\n<p>This is simple and easy and always fun to see what kids will do with the opened ended painting project.<\/p>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/8-2018\/appletreewatercolor.jpg\" alt=\"Fun Apple Trees: Watercolor and Oil Pastels - easy to do watercolor painting activity for kids of different ages - 3Dinosaurs.com\"><br \/>\n<a data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-count=\"beside\" data-pin-tall=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.3dinosaurs.com%2Fwordpress%2Findex.php%2Ffun-apple-trees-watercolor-and-oil-pastels%2F&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.3dinosaurs.com%2Fimages%2Fblog%2F8-2018%2Fappletreewatercolor.jpg&#038;description=Fun%20Apple%20Trees%3A%20Watercolor%20and%20Oil%20Pastels%20-%20easy%20to%20do%20watercolor%20painting%20activity%20for%20kids%20of%20different%20ages%20-%203Dinosaurs.com%20%233dinosaurs%20%23apples%20%23fallforkids%20%23paintingforkids\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>I love having simple craft projects that can be put together without much fuss. And that is just what this is. You have simple things you need to make it.<\/p>\n<p>We love doing apple crafts and look forward to making them each year. This is the latest addition to the <a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/apple-activities-from-3-dinosaurs\/\">apple crafts and paintings<\/a> we have done.<\/p>\n<p>One of our favorite apple books is <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Pp0zCh\">Apples By Gail Gibbons<\/a>. We read that book with this craft.<\/p>\n<h2>What you need to make this activity<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00006IEFP\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B00006IEFP&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=04656740309852ea0807eb305c717d59\">oil pastels<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=3dinos-20&#038;l=am2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B00006IEFP\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B013S1A4Q2\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B013S1A4Q2&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=62e8d984bf328f4151d80fb2a43ae3eb\">watercolors<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=3dinos-20&#038;l=am2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B013S1A4Q2\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004M59O4C\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B004M59O4C&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=a972e8845e0ad7397ca06e065570b82b\">watercolor textured paper<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=3dinos-20&#038;l=am2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B004M59O4C\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/li>\n<li>pencil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\namzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit0\";\namzn_assoc_search_bar = \"true\";\namzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"3dinos-20\";\namzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"manual\";\namzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";\namzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";\namzn_assoc_region = \"US\";\namzn_assoc_title = \"My Amazon Picks\";\namzn_assoc_linkid = \"774e1d6faa5c2e2553014d546831de7f\";\namzn_assoc_asins = \"B013S1A4Q2,B004M59O4C,B01LZFGMDU,B00CH045X4\";\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/8-2018\/appletreewatercolor1.jpg\" alt=\"Fun Apple Trees: Watercolor and Oil Pastels - easy to do watercolor painting activity for kids of different ages - 3Dinosaurs.com\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>How we made this watercolor painting<\/h2>\n<p>The first thing we did was to draw the trunk of the tree and some of the tree limbs in the top. This made it easier to know where to color.<\/p>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/8-2018\/appletreewatercolor2.jpg\" alt=\"Fun Apple Trees: Watercolor and Oil Pastels - easy to do watercolor painting activity for kids of different ages - 3Dinosaurs.com\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>We colored in our trees trunk and branches with the oil pastel crayon. We use the pencil marks to guide us.<\/p>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/8-2018\/appletreewatercolor3.jpg\" alt=\"Fun Apple Trees: Watercolor and Oil Pastels - easy to do watercolor painting activity for kids of different ages - 3Dinosaurs.com\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Then we colored the apples in the tree with oil pastels. This was fun to do. We mixed it up and added the tree apple colors.<\/p>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/8-2018\/appletreewatercolor4.jpg\" alt=\"Fun Apple Trees: Watercolor and Oil Pastels - easy to do watercolor painting activity for kids of different ages - 3Dinosaurs.com\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>We starting to paint in the rest of the picture. We started with the tree and worked to the rest of the picture. We all did our own thing and that is what made this loads of fun to do.<\/p>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/8-2018\/appletreewatercolor5.jpg\" alt=\"Fun Apple Trees: Watercolor and Oil Pastels - easy to do watercolor painting activity for kids of different ages - 3Dinosaurs.com\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Here is a look at our final paintings<\/h2>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/8-2018\/appletreewatercolor6.jpg\" alt=\"Fun Apple Trees: Watercolor and Oil Pastels - easy to do watercolor painting activity for kids of different ages - 3Dinosaurs.com\"><br \/>\n<a data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-count=\"beside\" data-pin-tall=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.3dinosaurs.com%2Fwordpress%2Findex.php%2Ffun-apple-trees-watercolor-and-oil-pastels%2F&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.3dinosaurs.com%2Fimages%2Fblog%2F8-2018%2Fappletreewatercolor6.jpg&#038;description=Fun%20Apple%20Trees%3A%20Watercolor%20and%20Oil%20Pastels%20-%20easy%20to%20do%20watercolor%20painting%20activity%20for%20kids%20of%20different%20ages%20-%203Dinosaurs.com%20%233dinosaurs%20%23apples%20%23fallforkids%20%23paintingforkids\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/8-2018\/appletreewatercolor7.jpg\" alt=\"Fun Apple Trees: Watercolor and Oil Pastels - easy to do watercolor painting activity for kids of different ages - 3Dinosaurs.com\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/8-2018\/appletreewatercolor10.jpg\" alt=\"Fun Apple Trees: Watercolor and Oil Pastels - easy to do watercolor painting activity for kids of different ages - 3Dinosaurs.com\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/8-2018\/appletreewatercolor9.jpg\" alt=\"Fun Apple Trees: Watercolor and Oil Pastels - easy to do watercolor painting activity for kids of different ages - 3Dinosaurs.com\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/8-2018\/appletreewatercolor-facebook.jpg\" alt=\"Fun Apple Trees: Watercolor and Oil Pastels - easy to do watercolor painting activity for kids of different ages - 3Dinosaurs.com\"><br \/>\n<a data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-count=\"beside\" data-pin-tall=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.3dinosaurs.com%2Fwordpress%2Findex.php%2Ffun-apple-trees-watercolor-and-oil-pastels%2F&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.3dinosaurs.com%2Fimages%2Fblog%2F8-2018%2Fappletreewatercolor-facebook.jpg&#038;description=Fun%20Apple%20Trees%3A%20Watercolor%20and%20Oil%20Pastels%20-%20easy%20to%20do%20watercolor%20painting%20activity%20for%20kids%20of%20different%20ages%20-%203Dinosaurs.com%20%233dinosaurs%20%23apples%20%23fallforkids%20%23paintingforkids\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>Also, check out all the <a href=\"\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/apple-activities-from-3-dinosaurs\/\">Apple Printables and Activities<\/a> on 3 Dinosaurs!<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/apple-activities-from-3-dinosaurs\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/8-2017\/appleroundupblog.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Cassie &#8211; 3Dinosaurs.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fall is one of our favorite times of the year! 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