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Apple Braille Design

Make your own braille drawing of an apple following these step-by-step instructions.

Apple Braille Design

Braille drawings are a fun and motivating way to practice braille skills.  This one of an apple is popular in the fall during apple-picking season.

Step-by-Step Instructions for Braille Drawing of Apple

Row 1: Space 23 times, make “was”, make “with”, make 2 full cells, make “q”, make “f”

Row 2: Space 22 times, make “with”, make 3 full cells, make “q”

Row 3: Space 22 times, make “er”, make 1 full cell, make “q”, make “f”

Row 4: Space 22 times, make “t”, make “f”

Row 5: Space 19 times, make “with”, make 1 full cell, make “f”

Row 6: Space 8 times, make “was”, make “with”, make 2 full cells, make “of”, make question mark, Space 4 times, make “with”, make “f”, Space 2 times, make “was”, make “with”, make 2 full cells, make “of”, make question mark

Row 7: Space 6 times, make “was”, make “with”, make 6 full cells, make “of”, make question mark, make hyphen, make “with”, make “of”, make hyphen, make “was”, make “with”, make 6 full cells, make “of”, make question mark

Row 8: Space 5 times, make “with”, make 24 full cells, make “of”

Row 9: Space 4 times, make “with”, make 26 full cells, make “of”

Row 10: Space 4 times, make 28 full cells

Row 11: Space 4 times, make “er”, make 26 full cells, make “q”

Row 12: Space 4 times, make cell (4, 5), make 26 full cells, make “b”

Row 13: Space 5 times, make “er”, make 24 full cells, make “q”

Row 14: Space 6 times, make “er”, make 22 full cells, make “q”

Row 15: Space 7 times, make “er”, make 20 full cells, make “q”

Row 16: Space 8 times, make “er”, make 18 full cells, make “q”

Row 17: Space 9 times, make “er”, make 16 full cells, make “q”

Row 18: Space 10 times, make “er”, make 14 full cells, make “q”

Row 19: Space  11 Times, make “d”, make “er”, make 3 full cells, make “q”, make “f”, make “d”, make “er”, make 3 full cells, make “q”, make “f”

  Braille drawing of an apple

Download a PDF of the instructions.

Enjoy more braille designs by Edith West!

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