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Hedgehog Craft for Kids

October 26, 2019 By wendy

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hedgehog craft made from red and orange autumn leaves stuck onto cardboard templates with painted on eyes and a stuck on button nose

A super cute hedgehog craft for kids to make with autumn leaves

Kids will just adore making this super cute hedgehog craft using fallen autumn leaves. It’s easy enough for preschool kids and perfect for fitting into the whole autumn nature theme.

You’ll just need a handful of things to make our hedgehog craft so it’s inexpensive as well as fun.

Hedgehog Craft – what you need

collection of craft items ready to make hedgehog craft - autumn leaves in red and orange, scissors, glue, paintbrush, black pen, cardboard squares, lollipop sticks, buttons
  • Fallen autumn leaves – choose smaller ones if you can.
  • Cardboard
  • Glue
  • Glue brush
  • Black felt tip pen
  • Buttons for noses
  • Scissors

Hedgehog Craft Instructions

1. Draw the hedgehog template

Just draw a rough hedgehog template onto the cardboard squares using the black felt tip pen.

hedgehog template drawn onto squares of brown cardboard

2. Cut out the hedgehog templates

Cut around the black outline of your hedgehog templates using scissors – smaller children may need a hand with this as the cardboard can be tricky to cut.

brown cardboard cut out into the shape of a hedgehog

3. Decorate your hedgehog

  • Stick the autumn leaves onto the body using glue – try to arrange them in a prickly pattern to resemble the hedgehog spikes.
  • Draw on a little black eye using the felt tip pen.
  • Stick on a button nose with glue.
hedgehog craft made from red and orange autumn leaves stuck onto cardboard templates with painted on eyes and a stuck on button nose

4. Turn your hedgehogs into pop up puppets

Simply stick a lollipop stick to the back of the hedgehog then you can use them as puppets or to decorate plants.

hedgehog craft made from red and orange autumn leaves stuck onto cardboard templates with painted on eyes and a stuck on button nose

More hedgehog activities for kids

  • Read the book Percy the Park Keeper the Hedgehogs Balloon – it goes perfectly with this craft and it’s such a lovely story.
  • Go out on a nature walk, see if you can spot any sign of hedgehogs
  • Grab the hedgehog colouring sheet from Woodland Trust
  • Create a hedgehog cafe in the garden – get the instructions from RSPB Give Nature a Home
  • Bake Hedgehog Bread Rolls – get the recipe from Rainy Day Mum

More autumn leaf crafts for kids

  • Forest Fairy
  • Natural Art Animal Pictures
  • fairy wings and crown made from autumn leaves
  • autumn leaf animals, autumn art, natural art for kids, 50 things

If you make it don’t forget to tag us your creations on Twitter @daisiesandpieUK or Instagram @daisiesandpie

hedgehog craft made from red and orange autumn leaves stuck onto cardboard templates with painted on eyes and a stuck on button nose. Text "nature craft - autumn leaf hedgehog craft - www.daisiesandpie.co.uk"

Head this way for loads more fun kids activities

Get more autumn activities for kids here

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