Bold easy coloring page of apples in a woven basket with fall leaves and a small cider jug.

Apple Basket with Leaves and Cider Jug

A woven basket brims with round apples, crisp oak and maple leaves, bare branches, and a corked cider jug at its side.

🎨 How to color it

Color the apples ruby red, the woven basket honey brown, the oak and maple leaves golden yellow and orange, and the little corked jug cream. Use chunky crayons for the big apples and basket strips; it is okay if tiny branch lines stay white. For a secret October touch, make one apple bright green so it peeks out like a surprise among the reds.

The story behind this coloring page

Nell Finds the Slow Sip — Beside the warm apple basket, Nell tapped one red apple. Tap, tap. Read the full story →

Beside the warm apple basket, Nell tapped one red apple. Tap, tap. She made a tiny dare: wait for the hidden sip that smelled like leaves.

Out she toddled past crunchy oak leaves to the corked jug. The wind went shh-shh in the bare branches. Waiting was wiggly work. Her toes got cold.

At last—plip! One sweet drop slid out. “There it is,” whispered Nell. She carried the sip back, slow and proud. Next time you see the little jug by the apples, can you spot where Nell waited for tap, tap?