Good afternoon. In this article you will find a large collection of ideas for creating a HEDGEHOG craft. Here are some ideas that are suitable for children in kindergarten and school. We will work with our own hands in the most different techniques. Glue hedgehogs from paper and cardboard, make a hedgehog craft from natural material. I will show you the most beautiful hedgehog appliques using several techniques. We will sew hedgehogs from felt and felt them. Cross stitch hedgehogs. Crochet hedgehogs and much more. I also have articles with hedgehogs’ favorite foods - apples and mushrooms. You can also make an apple craft or a mushroom applique for your hedgehog.
Here's what you'll find in this article.
Crafts hedgehogs
For small children
(age 3-4 years).
In the younger group kindergarten Children are just learning paper appliqué techniques. Children 3 years old cannot yet use scissors - and their task is simply to glue the ready-made appliqué parts, cut by the hands of the teacher, into the right places with glue. And that's enough already hard work, a craft that is not easy for young children. Using a clumsy brush, try to distribute the sticky glue evenly over the paper part. And stick all the parts in the right places, without confusing anything or turning it upside down.
Here are convenient applications for children 3-4 years old. A simple cute chubby hedgehog for children - pictured below. It is simple and easy to make with your own hands. First we glue the spines, then we put the tummy part on them and lay out the paws and ears. Just for 15 minutes - that’s how long a lesson lasts in kindergarten in the 2nd junior group.
But in this craft below, children are given a hedgehog back made of cardboard. And paper outlines of the head and paws. Girls can also be offered a bow. As a boy, add an apple to the back. It is better to let the teacher himself draw the eyes and mouth on the face in advance (a pencil in children’s hands will tear the paper wet from glue, and a felt-tip pen may get into a puddle of glue and stop writing).
Here is another task that children can do - a hedgehog craft. Here a prickly back is glued onto a cardboard apple, then a muzzle on top, then eyes, cheeks, and a nose on it. Looks like complex craft– but simple and accessible to children 3-4 years old.
And here is another craft below - where a hedgehog hugs an apple. Children really like the very fact of COMMITMENT. Important Note – do not give children hedgehog hands in advance. They will rush and glue them to their tummy before the apple - and will cry that their hedgehog does not hug the apple.
First, let them glue an apple to the hedgehog’s belly, and give the hedgehog’s hands to those who succeeded.
But the task is already for the second half of the year junior group . Here it is important to correctly glue the triangles of spines onto the hedgehog - so that the acute angle was facing the other way from the face of a hedgehog. Keys can be cut not only from ordinary colored paper. It is very good to cut spines from COVERS of colored paper - this way they will turn out multi-colored with bright splashes of pattern. Paper is saved and covers are not thrown away. And the hedgehog turns out to be festive.
Craft Hedgehog
For the middle group of kindergarten
Age 4-5 years.
In the middle group of kindergarten, children are already beginning to master scissors. They learn to hold them correctly and do CHICK-CHIK in the air without straining their fingers (make sure that during the chik-chik process the child’s fingers do not curl from tension). Let him learn to do this movement in a relaxed manner.
The first tasks of cutting with scissors for children are the simplest. As a rule, this is cutting fringe grass. Using this fringe cutting technique, you can also make a craft in the shape of a hedgehog. We give the child a wide oval (a rectangle with rounded edges). And the child’s task is to push this oval into the cuts in a circle (as in the picture below). You can draw lines for future cuts on each oval in advance with a pencil. This way the child will have a clear guideline for applying the scissors.
Please pay Special attention children , that when we glue hedgehog needles onto a paper background, we apply glue ONLY to the MIDDLE of the back - we DO NOT apply glue to the cut fringe at all. And after gluing, we twist this fringe onto a pencil - or bend it upward with our hands.
In preparation for the lesson, the silhouettes of the hedgehog’s body can be drawn with a black marker on a sheet of paper - and this sheet copy on a photocopier. You need to cut out the body silhouettes of the hedgehogs so as not to create marker lines. The child’s task will be to bend the hedgehog’s arms and head forward. And in order for the hedgehog’s ears to stick out above the fold line of the hedgehog’s head, you need to remember to cut them in advance.
And so another craft using the FRINGE technique(cutting with scissors) – for children middle group kindergarten = in the form of a hedgehog.
For younger children a ready-made curved base of the hedgehog’s body is given . Older children They themselves bend a wide strip of paper into the shape of a DROP.
THEN you will need to teach children how to control scissors well: keep your hand with the scissors straight - change the cutting direction without turning your hand with the scissors, but by turning the sheet of paper (this correct technique cutting)
And when the children master this technique, you can give them the task of cutting out the prickly silhouette of a hedgehog’s coat with zigzags (as in the photo below). This is already a task for the second half of the year in the middle group of kindergarten.
You can offer children this hedgehog craft (as in the photo below).
On a sheet of colored paper we draw a large silhouette of a hedgehog. We make cuts on it with a blade in advance (children will not make such internal cuts themselves with scissors). And the child’s task will be to cut out the entire hedgehog drawn on the cardboard along the contour and bend the cuts with his fingers.
COLLECTIVE
crafts with hedgehogs
in kindergarten.
When children become comfortable with cutting along the contour, you can give them cardboard cards on which the contours of fruits (pears and apples) will be drawn. And some children will receive the contours of a hedgehog's needle-like skin.
And then you can make such a COLLECTIVE craft, a hedgehog with fruit, in kindergarten classes. Each child participates, cuts out their part of the craft - and then at the end of the lesson, the children, together with the teacher, assemble all the parts into a craft.
In the same way, you can give children cards with the outline of autumn leaves (maple, oak) drawn on them. And after cutting autumn leaves we collect it into a garland held by a hedgehog cut out of cardboard.
Children's craft Hedgehog
From newspaper and glue.
You can cut a hedgehog from unusual material– multilayer newspaper cardboard. Let's take it white sheet of paper spread it on PVA glue- and quickly, before the glue dries, lay it on it pieces of torn newspaper. Again we spread glue on top of this sheet - and again lay out the newspaper pieces in places not covered by the newspaper. We dry this multilayer newspaper cardboard. This is the first lesson for children. Continuation of the craft in the second lesson.
After all layers have dried, place on top Hedgehog silhouette template– outline with black marker. And we succeed workpiece for the second lesson with children. On it they will have to cut out the drawn silhouette of a hedgehog. Then lay dry leaves on a sheet of paper - on glue. And stick the silhouette of a hedgehog on top. On scraps of newspaper cardboard (remaining after cutting out the hedgehog) we draw an apple and a leaf. We paint them in red and green watercolors. Let's dry it. Cut it out. And glue the apple onto the back of the hedgehog.
Craft HEDGEHOG
for older children
using the VEER technique.
We fold a sheet of colored paper into an accordion (like a fan). From both ends of this folded accordion we make an OBLIQUE CUT with scissors (due to which the fan will have a jagged edge).
Now we bend the accordion in half in the middle and fold it. And we straighten the blades from one half of the accordion and from the other half of the accordion. And now all that remains is to glue the hedgehog’s face. Simple hedgehog craft for kids senior group kindergarten.
Crafts-pendants for the window
In the shape of a hedgehog.
From cardboard we cut out the contours of a hedgehog with a large hole cut inside. WITH reverse side attach a piece to tape polyethylene film. And we place dry autumn leaves on it with PVA glue. We hang the craft on the window - the light shines beautifully through the foliage, and in the sun the leaves shine like an autumn lamp. Children like this hedgehog craft the most - they love working with natural materials. And below in this same article I will have many more hedgehogs made from natural material.
You can also glue pieces onto such a hedgehog-shaped frame paper napkin with color pattern. The napkin will also shine through in the sun when you hang this children's craft on the window.
If the edges of a cardboard frame in the shape of a hedgehog are pierced with holes (using a hole punch), then you can make craft with lacing. String beads or paper leaves through the cord as you weave. This hedgehog craft is suitable for older children - schoolchildren, because lacing is a long process.
DIY hedgehog
using the palm technique
Here are a few crafts that use prints or silhouettes of children's hands. For the youngest children, this craft is suitable, where you need to apply brown handprints several times on the already drawn outline of a hedgehog.
You can also divide the craft into 2 activities in kindergarten. At the first lesson, the child makes 3-4 multi-colored handprints on a white sheet of paper. In the second lesson, he cuts out these prints and sticks them on the back of a hedgehog cut out of cardboard.
You can do a collective community craft in kindergarten, where each child makes and then cuts out a handprint and then all the prints are glued around a hedgehog made of colored paper - I form its spines.
You can do without paints. Just trace the child's palms with a pencil on a sheet of colored paper. Then cut and make volumetric applique with a convex nose-cone of a paper hedgehog (as in the photo below). Simple collective craft for kindergarten.
Hedgehog applications
From colored paper.
Here are some ideas for simple, beautiful hedgehog-themed paper appliques. In kindergarten, you can make such an applique with your own hands if you cut out at least half of the parts in advance. It will be difficult for a child to cut out mushrooms, leaves and a hedgehog in one lesson (20 minutes long). Let him receive some details already ready.
Here is a craft applique based on a disposable paper plate. It's okay that you don't have any plates. You can take a regular sheet of white cardboard, put a plate on it, and trace it. Cut out the rounds. And on one half of the round piece, draw teeth-needles.
The child’s task will be simple – cut out the teeth along the contour. Decorate the circle in two colors - make the jagged half of the circle brown, paint the round half brown green color. Then glue on the muzzle and paws, mushrooms and leaves.
But I found very beautiful postcard with a hedgehog, made with your own hands. It is too good idea for multi-layer application. Here, the hedgehog's spiny back is made from four jagged strips of cardboard. In which you need to bend the teeth and stick them in tiers one after another, starting from the back of the hedgehog. Decorate the craft with leaves and berries.
And here is another hedgehog applique for children. Here the hedgehog's coat is made up of discs folded in half with a jagged edge. The more flaps you use in the application, the more magnificent your hedgehog will be. Using the same principle, you can make a three-dimensional mushroom and cloud. But this is too much for a kindergarten. Therefore, one volumetric element using the blade technique is enough.
VOLUME hedgehog crafts
FROM CARDBOARD.
Corrugated packaging cardboard is a good and cheap material for children's crafts. If you make SLOTS on cardboard parts with SCISSORS, then you can put the parts on one by one. And we will get a voluminous craft.
Here I have drawn where to make cuts on the parts in order to correctly assemble them into a cute cardboard hedgehog. Beautiful children's craft. It is necessary to take into account that corrugated cardboard is thick, so the cuts need to be made wide - like a slit. Then the parts will easily fit on each other.
You can also expand the boundaries of your imagination and create a more complex hedgehog craft from packaging cardboard. Some of the cardboard material needs to be painted black.
And from two sheets of cardboard you can make volumetric craft lamp in the shape of a hedgehog. Triangular cuts are made on the cardboard silhouettes to form needles. We glue two silhouettes in the area of the nose and in the back of the hedgehog’s back. Let the glue dry and then move the middle of the silhouettes apart - inserting them inside glass jar with a candle-tablet inside. It is convenient to light the candle at the bottom of the jar with a long spaghetti pasta - it burns perfectly brightly and evenly, like a long match.
Cardboard can be used not only as sheets, but also household the one we usually throw away - cardboard bushings from toilet paper , cardboard egg packaging.
A hedgehog craft for children - from a toilet paper roll.
If you have colored double-sided paper Brown and a roll of toilet paper, then you can do a simple and quick craft in the form of a hedgehog.
On a piece of paper, draw a hedgehog’s prickly fur coat. Use scissors to slightly shorten the toilet paper roll in height so that it is lower. We draw on it the eyes, nose, mouth and paws of the hedgehog. We flatten the upper part of the roll and secure it with a stapler. We coat the back of the roll with glue and glue a prickly coat of colored paper. We bend the top of the fur coat forward - we get overhanging hedgehog bangs.
DIY hedgehog from an egg carton - master class in photographs .
Using scissors, we separate the cells of the box from each other, and cut each cell into petals. These will be hedgehog spines. We leave one cell intact - this will be the face of a hedgehog.
Pour boiling water over the remaining trimmings and the packaging lid. Let it sit and swell. We squeeze it with our hands and form a triangular cone from this loose mass - the basis of the hedgehog’s body. Let this piece dry for a day in the sun. Or dry it in the oven.
Early autumn. The sun is shining brightly in the cloudless sky. The yard is dotted with colorful leaves, chestnuts and nuts. A little further on the pine tree the cones are ripening. Silence and grace. Walking not only improves your health, but also lifts your spirits. Having collected a package of natural materials, you want to come home and do something exciting and unusual with your child, for example, making funny crafts.
Let's analyze the materials according to areas. We will make a lush bouquet of leaves, put cones, chestnuts, as well as ash seeds and nuts into boxes.
Today we will make a colorful applique “Hedgehog in the Forest”.
To work you will need:
Half of A4 colored cardboard
Scissors
Apricot, acacia and rosehip leaves
Ash seeds
PVA glue with brush
A ball of black plasticine.
Let’s make a reservation right away: we lubricate all parts with glue exclusively in the center. Sometimes you will have to slip new elements under the plants.
And yet, the smaller the drop of PVA, the neater and more beautiful the work.
First, we apply the apricot leaf to the cardboard and decide on the placement of the central element of the future application. The animal's body should be located strictly in the middle of the cardboard. Since in pure form the shape of the leaf is not at all similar to the abdomen of a hedgehog, let's use scissors and cut off the excess parts. This is much better.
After gluing the base, generously lubricate the cardboard in the area of the back of the animal with drops of PVA and spread out the ash seeds - needles - in a fan. It turns out to be a real prickly hedgehog.
We will decorate the animal’s nose and eye from green rosehip leaves. This color was not chosen by chance. On a yellow background, orange colors will merge into a single spot and there will be no desired effect. By the way, the pupil is a ball of black plasticine.
Glue the parts onto the elongated muzzle. The applique turns out wonderful.
What are the beast's paws made from? From acacia leaves. We won't even cut anything.
The hedgehog is ready to run into the forest in search of shelter and food. Let's give him a few rowan berries or an apple in reserve.
Let's put the application of autumn leaves and ash seeds aside and let the PVA dry completely. The picture turned out wonderful. It can be placed in a photo frame and decorate a child's room.
Time to say good-bye. Creative inspiration to everyone!
With the onset of autumn, kindergartens and schools hold holidays dedicated to this time of year. We have collected craft ideas from maple leaves and we will be happy to share them with you.
Important: Autumn nature is rich in materials from which you can make real masterpieces.
It would seem like maple leaves... Is it possible to do interesting craft from this simple raw material? It turns out that it is possible.
Here's what you can make from maple leaves:
Herbarium. Beautiful multi-colored maple leaves will look good in tandem with other leaves. bizarre shapes form a beautiful picture.
Herbarium of autumn leaves
Bouquet of flowers. Leaves rolled using a special technology can turn into an original bouquet of flowers. Clusters of viburnum or rowan, dried flowers will add color to your bouquet.
Bouquet of autumn leaves Applications. Glue a maple leaf onto a white or colored sheet of paper and make a muzzle from scrap materials. You can also make an applique in the form of a still life or landscape.
Applications from maple leaves Crafts from maple parachutes for children: photos
Important: The imagination of creative people is limitless. In the process of creating crafts, not only maple leaves are used, but also parachutes, or earrings, they are called differently.
Craft “Dragonfly”
Very simple craft, which even the little ones can handle (with the help of their mother, of course).
Dragonfly from maple parachutes For production you will need:
- Maple parachutes
- Paints
- Brush
- small twig
Paint the parachutes with paints, then let the paint dry. Then glue the parachutes onto the branch. The craft is ready!
You can make a whole collection of colorful butterflies, dragonflies and other insects this way.
Insects from maple lionfish 
Crafts from maple parachutes Applications from maple seeds
It's easy to make a hedgehog from maple seeds. Draw a hedgehog on a piece of paper; you can also print the finished picture. Instead of needles there will be maple parachutes.
Hedgehog from maple seeds In addition to the hedgehog, you can make any other applique. For example, owl.
Owl from maple seeds How to preserve maple leaves for crafts, how to process them?
Important: Autumn foliage is a short-lived material; the leaves quickly darken and curl. Therefore, many people ask the question - how to preserve leaves? It turns out there are several ways.
Method 1. Dry the leaves in a book under pressure.
Method 2. Iron the leaves between two sheets of paper. A solid base must be laid down.
How to Preserve Maple Leaves for Crafts Method 3. Dip the leaves into melted paraffin. The temperature of the melted paraffin should be medium so that the sheet does not turn black. This is done as follows:
- Melt paraffin in a wide bowl
- Dip the sheet into warm paraffin
- Place the maple leaf on a piece of paper to dry
Method 4. Soak the leaves for several days in a solution of glycerin and water. The solution should be in the following proportion: 1 part glycerin, 2 parts water.
Video: How to save leaves for crafts?
Pine cones are a common material for children's crafts. If you combine pine cones with maple leaves, you can get an interesting thing.
For example, such a cute owlet can be made from a pine cone; its wings will be dried maple leaves.
Crafts from pine cones and maple leaves Craft: bouquet of maple leaves
Important: Maple leaves can turn into luxurious bouquet, if you work hard.
First you need to learn how to roll a rose.
Step-by-step production maple leaf roses And this is what bouquets you can end up with.
Bouquet of maple leaves 
Crafts from maple leaves 
Maple leaf roses Video: Roses from maple leaves
Craft: maple leaf wreath
A wreath made of autumn leaves can be an effective decorative element.
You can combine a wreath of maple leaves with many other natural materials:
- Bunches of rowan
- Cones
- Spruce branches
Autumn wreath
Wreath of autumn materials
Maple leaf wreath To create such a wreath you will need time and perseverance, as well as available materials:
- Willow twigs, wire or any other available base for the frame
- Scotch tape or thread
How to make a wreath from maple leaves:
- First make a round base from willow twigs or hard wire
- After this, twist each maple leaf onto the base with its tail.
- To keep the leaves in place, secure them with thin wire or thread
- Add decorations as you weave the wreath
Step by step creation maple leaf wreath Another option wreath bases - cardboard:
- Cut out a ring from cardboard
- Carefully wrap the circle with knitting thread
- After which you can start decorating the wreath with leaves, fixing them with PVA glue
Video: Decorative wreath of leaves
Crafts from maple leaves: vase
In order to make a vase from maple leaves, you will have to tinker.
Vase of maple leaves You will need:
- PVA glue
- Brush
- Balloon
- maple leaves
Preparation method:
- Inflate the balloon. Please note that the vase will eventually take the shape of your ball.
- Dilute PVA glue with water in a 1:1 ratio. Coat the ball with glue.
- Glue leaves in any pattern.
- Leave the ball to dry. When the glue dries, you can pierce the ball with a needle and remove it from the vase.
Craft: maple leaf plate
As mentioned above, the leaves take the shape hot air balloon, if you stick them on it. This way you can make narrow vases or flat plates as you wish.
How to make a plate from maple leaves The plate is made similarly to the vase. First, you inflate the ball, then spread it with glue, glue the leaves and voila - the plate is ready.
Plate of maple leaves DIY maple leaf crown
Important: If your daughter will perform at an autumn festival in kindergarten or school, and you don’t know how to decorate her themed outfit, make a crown from maple leaves.
Crown of leaves - Collect smooth, beautiful maple leaves
- Use scissors to trim the tails of each leaf.
- Pull the tail of one sheet through the other, as if making a stitch
Fold the leaves in this way until the chain reaches the desired length. Finally, secure the sheet to the front.
Step-by-step making of a crown from leaves The crown at the matinee can be replaced with a wreath of leaves. Decorate it with bright bunches of rowan berries to make the wreath sparkle with color.
Maple leaf wreath Craft: hedgehog made from maple leaves
We have already talked above about how to make a hedgehog from maple leaves. Here are some more options for the “Hedgehog made from maple leaves” crafts.
A hedgehog made from maple leaves is a simple craft that will take you very little time. This activity will keep your child engaged for a long time.
Leaf applique: hedgehog 
Hedgehog made from maple leaves 
Children's crafts: hedgehog Crafts made from maple and oak leaves
Important: Oak leaves can also be used for crafts. If you combine oak and maple leaves you will get an interesting combination of colors and shapes.
Oak leaves are suitable for applications.
Oak leaf craft As an example we can take the following interesting idea. You can glue any leaves, including oak and maple.
Crafts made from oak and maple leaves More options for applications from various leaves:
Crafts for kindergarten and school: leaf applications 
Leaf applique: squirrel 
Leaf applique: cat Craft: maple leaf tree
You can make an original tree if you use your imagination. For the Maple Leaf Tree craft, you will need the smallest leaves so that they can fit on a small sheet of paper.
craft tree 
Craft maple tree Crafts from chestnuts and maple leaves
Important: Chestnuts grow in many cities, towns, and villages. Finding a chestnut for crafts and finding a use for it is not a problem, there are plenty of ideas.
By the way, you can use not only chestnuts, but also their prickly peel. Look how cute the hedgehogs in the clearing are made from dried chestnut peels.
Crafts made from maple leaves and chestnuts You can make a whole one autumn composition using chestnuts, maple leaves and other materials.
Composition from autumn natural materials Sun made from maple leaves: crafts
Making a sun out of maple leaves is not a difficult task.
You will need:
- A4 sheet of paper
- Paints
- Markers
- Yellow maple leaves
Draw a circle on a piece of paper. Paint it with yellow paint; when the paint is dry, draw eyes, a mouth and a nose with a felt-tip pen. Or stick it from colored paper. Maple leaves will be rays, so it is best to choose bright yellow leaves.
Sun made from maple leaves 
Craft sun 
Crafts with children
Important: Red rowan goes well with leaves. The color scheme is bright and juicy.
Rowan can be added to bouquets.
Combination of rowan and maple leaves And again the hedgehog. Only on his back is a bright bunch of rowan berries.
Crafts from rowan and maple leaves Rowan looks gorgeous in bouquets.
Autumn wreath with rowan and leaves Autumn is not the time to be sad and mope because of rainy weather. Don’t forget that autumn also gives us a time when we can fully admire the beauties of multifaceted nature.
Video: Children's autumn crafts from leaves
Autumn crafts for school are needed for various exhibitions. They help develop imagination and Creative skills. On the theme of autumn, we will make a hedgehog from leaves.
We will need:
- dried leaves;
- PVA glue;
- colored paper for background;
- a sheet of white paper;
- scissors;
- brown felt-tip pen or pencil.
Step-by-step instruction:
- First, let's cut out the face for our hedgehog. To do this, take a sheet of white paper and scissors. First, use a brown felt-tip pen to draw a thick outline to make it easier to cut out. We make a pointed muzzle with a circle at the end (this will be the nose).
- Glue the cut piece onto colored paper closer to the left edge.
- Now we are making an imitation of needles on a hedgehog. Glue the dried leaves overlapping. It is better to take multi-colored elongated blanks. We start doing this from the top and cover the entire back of the animal.
- Use a brown felt-tip pen to paint over the hedgehog’s nose, draw a mouth and paint over the outline of the entire face.
Interesting and simple autumn craft ready for school. You can also make hedgehog grass from small green leaves. Such handmade takes just a few minutes.
Autumn is a magical time of year when the air becomes clear and the leaves on the trees take on all sorts of shades: from burgundy and brown to purple and gold. I want to preserve this beauty. During the November holidays, you have the opportunity to create original autumn crafts from natural materials. Making a hedgehog from leaves is not at all difficult, but you will get a lot of positive emotions.
Materials for making a hedgehog from leaves
There are many variations of this fun craft made from fallen leaves, but today we offer you a collage. The work process can captivate a child of any age, and an excellent result is guaranteed. In addition, the applique will show the creative uniqueness of each baby, because hedgehogs can be of any size and color, they can even have their own unique character.
For the craft we will need:
- White cardboard
- Colored paper
- Pencils, paints or markers
- Hedgehog image
- Printer
- Colorful fallen leaves
Choose the sheet format to your taste; remember that it is more convenient for small children to work with large sheets thick cardboard.
Making a hedgehog from leaves
The most important material for our painting is autumn leaves; you and your child will find them in abundance in city gardens and parks. Choose those that you like, however, but narrow, sharp leaves are best suited for crafts. Pay attention to the oak and rowan. At home, thoroughly rinse our natural material, then dry thoroughly. If there is not enough time, then iron the leaves with an iron, they will become smooth and beautiful.
Next we prepare the basis for our application. There are several ways to do this. The easiest option is to find an image of a hedgehog on the Internet, print the picture and stick it on cardboard. Remember that the image should be black and white, because children will love coloring their forest dweller. If you are good at drawing, then you can draw a hedgehog yourself.
To further develop fine motor skills son or daughter - draw an outline on a piece of paper and ask them to cut it out. Additionally, outline the outline of the figure with a brown felt-tip pen so that it is bright and clear. Always focus on the age of your baby and the skills that he has or, conversely, those that need development.
When our foundation is ready, it's time to begin the most interesting and enjoyable part of our work. Spread the hedgehog's body with glue and begin to carefully glue the autumn leaves-needles. You shouldn’t limit your child’s creativity; let him realize his ideas and fantasies. After our hedgehog acquires its prickly coat, the application will need to be put aside for a while to allow the glue to dry thoroughly.
To prevent your child from getting bored, invite him to think about how you will further decorate your work. Show him pictures autumn forest or watch a funny cartoon where the main character is a funny prickly animal. When the sheet has dried and there is no chance of damaging the already created craft, we proceed to the final, decorative stage of the work. First, we paint the face and give it a certain expression. Our hedgehog made of leaves can smile or, on the contrary, frown with its drawn eyebrows. Imagine with your child, come up with a story about where the forest dweller is running and what he is carrying. Draw him the apples and mushrooms that he drags into the hole. You can also recreate a forest or clearing. If you have leaves left, you can make trees using the applique technique. Don’t forget that the sun should be shining in the sky and white clouds should be floating.
Our autumn craft made from natural materials is ready, all that remains is to figure out how to hang it on the wall. Using fallen leaves, you can make not only a hedgehog, but also other animals or plants.
