Fruit Prints Placemat

Decorate a cloth placemat with wonderful prints stamped from apples, oranges or lemons.

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Materials Needed

  • Canvas or cotton fabric
  • Needle and thread
  • Fabric paint
  • Apples, oranges or lemons
  • Knife
  • Chopping board
  • Spoon
  • Plastic wrap (optional)

Fruit Prints Placemat

Safety Guidelines

  • Keep the knife out of children's reach.
  • Watch out for this sign Ask for an adult's help. It means an adult's help is needed for the particular step.

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Steps

Step 1 Fruit Prints Placemat 1. Cut canvas or cotton fabric into placemat-sized pieces. Stitch the edges of each placemat.
Step 2a Fruit Prints Placemat Ask for an adult's help2. You may choose one or a combination of these fruits- apples, oranges, or lemons. Cut oranges and lemons crosswise in half. Slice apples lengthwise in half.

Try to cut as straight as you can to ensure that the fruit slice will pick up paint more evenly.
Step 2b Fruit Prints Placemat Ask for an adult's help As an option, you may carve out a handle on the top portion of each apple half.
Step 3 Fruit Prints Placemat 3. Put some fabric paint onto a tray or flat palette. You may line your tray or palette with plastic wrap for convenience - it's easy to change colors and no need to clean the palette/tray afterwards.

Add just a little bit of water to the paint and mix thoroughly.
Step 4 Fruit Prints Placemat 4. Dip the fruit onto the paint.
Step 5 Fruit Prints Placemat 5. Check if the entire surface of the fruit picked up paint. You may dip it back onto the tray of paint or you can use your finger or spoon to spread the paint more evenly.
Step 6 Fruit Prints Placemat 6. Try printing on a spare piece of fabric or paper. A little practice won't hurt and it also helps you determine if the paint is too thick or too watered down.
Step 7 Fruit Prints Placemat 7. Once you get the hang of it, start printing on your placemat.
Step 8a Fruit Prints Placemat 8. Assign one fruit per color or wipe the fruit with paper towels each time you change colors. You can do overlapping fruit prints like this one.
Step 8b Fruit Prints Placemat Line them up in a neat pattern or go with random prints.
Step 9a Fruit Prints Placemat 9. Allow the paint to dry completely. Wash the placemats following the instructions in your brand of fabric paint before using them to set your table.
Step 9b Fruit Prints Placemat These fruit-printed placemats are wonderful additions to your Thanksgiving table setting.

More Ideas

Fruit and Vegetable Prints craft Discover the unique prints that can be made with other fruits and vegetables. Visit our Fruit and Vegetable Prints craft.
Fruit and Vegetable Prints craft You can use corn, oranges, apples, and other fruits or vegetables to decorate your aprons, placemats, table cloths, bandanas, or even your summer dresses!

Check out this lovely Corn Prints Apron craft.

Earth Friendly Tips Earth Friendly Tips

  • As much as possible use produce that are ready or almost ready to be discarded.
  • If you are going to make this in class, you can reuse the fruits for several classes within the day.

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