Paper Plate Hedgehog Craft for Kids
This paper plate hedgehog craft gets a lot of its charm from that big ring of pointy brown spines. Add the simple paper body, googly eyes, rosy cheeks, and tiny drawn paws, and you’ve got a sweet woodland craft that feels detailed without being difficult.
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Materials for This Paper Plate Hedgehog Craft
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How to Make a Paper Plate Hedgehog Craft
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Step 1: Gather Your Supplies
Lay out everything from the list above ahead of time, it makes the actual crafting go a lot smoother.
Step 2: Paint the Plate
Paint the inside of the plate brown and let it dry.
Step 3: Trace the Body Pieces
Print the patterns, then trace a body onto light brown cardstock, a nose onto black cardstock, and two inner ears onto pink cardstock.
Step 4: Cut Out the Body Pieces
Cut out each traced piece.
Step 5: Assemble the Face
Glue the inner ears, nose, and wiggle eyes onto the body piece, then lightly trace where the arms and legs should go with a pencil.
Step 6: Ink In the Details
Draw a mouth under the nose and ink in the arms and legs with the black marker.
Step 7: Stamp On Cheeks
Stamp pink cheeks on either side of the nose with the small sponge dabber and let dry.
Step 8: Cut the Spiky Edge
Cut a jagged, pointed pattern around the entire edge of the brown-painted plate to create the spiky outer layer, this is the step that does all the work, take it slow and let the points stay a little uneven.
Step 9: Attach the Body
Glue the hedgehog's body onto the center of the spiky plate to finish.
All done!
Then hang your finished hedgehog up on display!
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