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 junior group of 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 the back of a hedgehog 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 to be 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 direction of cutting without turning your hand with the scissors, but by turning a 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 an outline drawn on them. autumn leaves(maple, oak). And after cutting out, we collect the autumn leaves 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 put 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 craft hedgehog for children 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 lace 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 toilet paper roll, 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.
When walking or doing activities with young children, it is very important not only to have an interesting time, but also to try to teach them something new that will contribute to the development of their imagination, hand motor skills, imagination and resourcefulness. Autumn Park is a wonderful opportunity to use available natural materials from which you can make a variety of crafts or souvenirs. Crafts made from chestnuts, twigs, and fallen leaves will help your child learn to understand geometric figures, and will also contribute to the development of color perception. It is worth noting that such an activity will not be expensive, but can benefit the child.
This article will talk about how you can keep your child occupied in an interesting and useful way by making crafts with him. autumn applique“Hedgehog” made from leaves and other available materials.
Even the smallest children will be able to make such an autumn applique, since it requires a small amount of materials, and the task itself is completely clear. So, to create such a “Hedgehog” application you will need:
- dry leaves;
- paper;
- stencil in the shape of a hedgehog’s body;
- PVA glue;
- a simple pencil, felt-tip pen or marker;
- scissors;
- glue brush.
First you need to transfer the shape of a hedgehog’s body onto paper using a stencil and a simple pencil.
Visually, you need to divide the body into the head, where the leaves and the main body will not be attached, then draw a barely noticeable thin line with a simple pencil, and coat with PVA glue the part where the so-called needles of their leaves will be located on the hedgehog.
You can start attaching “needles to the body”; you should start from the upper part of the body, gradually filling all the necessary space with needles from leaves.
The application is ready, so this option is perfect for keeping little children occupied in kindergarten or at home. If desired, you can use any other natural material that will serve as an additional finishing touch for the craft.
Gallery: hedgehog made from leaves (25 photos)
Applique of maple leaves “Autumn hedgehog”
In order to make such a craft, the same as in the previous case you will need leaves, but this time it’s definitely maple. It is worth noting that before you start making crafts from natural material with your children, it must be dried. In the case of leaves, they can be dried by placing them between the pages of books for several days or using a warm iron.
For creating beautiful hedgehog From the leaves you will need the following items:
- maple leaves and one oval leaf;
- PVA glue;
- cardboard;
- scissors;
- pencils or markers;
- plasticine red, black and white.
First you need to sort the leaves according to suitable color scheme and size. It is worth noting that the collection and preparation of leaves for such crafts can not necessarily be carried out only in the fall; summer period dry leaves between the pages of books to make the composition look more colorful, since, for example, in the fall it is already harder to find beautiful green leaves suitable shape and size.
You need to choose the largest leaf that will be the basis for crafts, apply PVA glue to its middle and glue it to a sheet of cardboard. For the base of the body, it is better to select an oval-shaped leaf and place it horizontally, as can be seen in the image. If you don't have a sheet at hand the desired shape it can be cut with scissors from leaves of even the most inappropriate shape.
After the base has been glued, it is necessary to make the needle-shaped part of the hedgehog from maple leaves. To do this, you need to sequentially place the leaves with sharp sections in different sides, except for the lower part, where the hedgehog’s paws are located. The image clearly shows what the sequence of gluing the sheets should be.
When all the leaves have been glued and the hedgehog's body is formed should be formed from plasticine several balls that will serve as the mouth and eyes of our forest dweller. In addition, plasticine can also be used as an additional decoration for the application; you can make berries, vegetables or fruits that the hedgehog carries on itself. At this point, you can tell your child what the hedgehog likes to eat or other Interesting Facts about this animal.
Tips for organizing a child’s workplace for creating applications
In order not to be distracted while creating a masterpiece, the child should have all the necessary items at hand. If a child is doing crafts on his own, before starting he needs to be helped to collect everything he might need, glue, pencils, paper, scissors, etc.
To ensure that the covering allocated for the child’s work area is not damaged, be it a table, chair or some kind of stand, it must be covered with film or cellophane.
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!
How beautiful autumn is, every time this time of year appears in a completely new color. Despite the fact that all nature reduces its activity and prepares for sleep, everywhere we can observe bright and rich colors and endless beauty. At this amazing time, you can create real masterpieces using a variety of natural materials, bringing your most fabulous fantasies to life. It is especially interesting to do arts and crafts with children. In this tutorial you will learn how to make a cute “Hedgehog” applique from maple leaves.
Appliqué is a special technique of decorative and applied art that came to us from ancient times, when nomadic peoples decorated their everyday life in this way. If we talk in simple words, applique involves cutting out any elements from paper, fabric and other materials and gluing them onto a background prepared in advance.
What do applique classes give a child? Of course, first of all, it is the development of imagination and the ability to bring your ideas to life. This type of creativity does not require large financial costs, because everything necessary materials can be found while walking in the forest. It’s so nice to make such outings, especially when the sun gently warms us with its autumn warmth. In autumn, sometimes maple leaves are painted in very bright and fresh colors, and with their fancy carved shape they undoubtedly attract the attention of passers-by.
Applique using maple leaves is one of the most favorite for children. Thanks to its bizarre shape and bright colors, maple leaves make beautiful and unusual crafts. The applique in the shape of a hedgehog is very funny. We have prepared for you a selection of interesting paintings made using the appliqué technique of autumn leaves. All actions are described in great detail and accompanied by photos.
Where to begin
Regardless of which appliqué technique you choose, there is a certain procedure that must be followed. First, natural material must be collected. You need to choose whole, undamaged leaves of a wide variety of colors. Then the leaves should be dried. There are two main technologies for drying leaves:
- Place each sheet separately between the pages of an old book;
- Carefully iron each sheet placed between two sheets of paper with a warm iron.
Choose the method you like best. Next, let's prepare our workplace: cover the table with oilcloth, take sheets of paper or cardboard, PVA glue and scissors and felt-tip pens.
It is important to remember that teaching a child to keep the workplace in order is an important element of raising a little person.
If you are creating an application together with a small child, it is better to use fresh leaves and then dry the entire finished composition. In other cases, after preparing (harvesting and drying) the natural material, you can come to the most interesting thing - creating the image of your future application. After choosing the main idea of the painting, you should prepare the necessary leaves and arrange them on the sheet in accordance with your creative idea. First, we need to glue the base of the future figure onto our background - for the hedgehog, the base will be its torso. Other leaves will be attached to it. Do not apply glue to the entire sheet , otherwise after drying the craft will become uneven. After all the dried leaves are glued, the application is placed under a press, for example, in an old thick book for two to three days.
Let's start the lesson
How to make a hedgehog from dry maple leaves for 1st grade children? Below we will describe the method of making such an application. In addition, for the base we need one birch leaf. We make a body for our hedgehog from a small birch leaf, and we will have protruding spines in the form of Maple Leaf. After gluing with felt-tip pens, we draw a cute face for the hedgehog and supplies in the form of apples.
In the photo below you can see what kind of hedgehog you will get:
You can make an applique using a pencil sketch that will replace the hedgehog’s body. Then the forest dweller will look like this:
If you come across a maple with multi-colored leaves in the forest or park, you can make such a bright hedgehog. On a sheet of colored cardboard (we took cardboard blue color) draw the contours of the future hedgehog. We glue multi-colored maple leaves onto the body, and outline the muzzle and legs with a dark felt-tip pen.
