October 7: Apple Month

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October is apple month. There’s plenty of activities you can do with apples. Here’s one:

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Apple Smiles

Materials:

• Apples (4-5)
• Peanut butter
• Miniature marshmallows (10-ounce bag)
• Knife

Directions:

1. Cut apples into wedges.
2. Spread peanut butter on one side of an apple wedge.
3. Place marshmallows on peanut butter to form teeth.
4. Spread peanut on one side of a second apple wedge.
5. Place on top of the marshmallows to create the other side of the mouth.

Source(s): Toolbox Training’s cooking card set (activity D1). Adapted from familycorner.com. Also check out activities D3, D4, E6, and I6 from the cooking card set.

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Check out the full October calendar. It includes floating holidays, specialty weeks, and specialty months.

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