All children love to sculpt from plasticine, build from the designer, make all kinds of crafts from paper, toothpicks, nuts, chestnuts and other materials. Parents, on the other hand, often simply do not have enough imagination to direct a powerful stream of creative children's energy into a peaceful direction.
Autumn - time for crafts
Autumn came, it was getting dark earlier, it got colder on the street and long evening walks with the child were a thing of the past. If the baby is bored at home, invite him to make something out of paper, glue, sticks and leaflets collected on the street - he will surely like it. We offer you some ideas for Hedgehog crafts for children of all ages.
The hedgehog is a very autumnal character, and therefore is great as a hero of a thematic piece on the theme "Forest". On his needles apples, yellow leaves or mountain ash look very picturesque.
Origami
Crafts made of paper are one of the most favorite among children, because paper can be bent, glued, painted, and given it various interesting shapes.
From a paper plate, you can make a funny hedgehog for children who are just learning to handle scissors.
You will like:
- paper plate;
- brown gouache;
- scissors;
- black felt-tip pen.
Cut the plate in half. In one half, help the child cut a curly face. Let the baby paint the entire rug with gouache, and then cut the needles. On a dried craft, paint the nose and eye. The finished hedgehog can be planted in autumn leaves and chestnuts collected on the street.
You can make a craft out of colored paper. And this is a hedgehog for older children who already confidently own scissors and glue. All you need is to cut and glue the applique.
Crafts from natural materials
Ideas for hedgehogs are given to us by nature itself - just pick up the cones and add a little felt.
And here is an interesting idea for hedgehogs with seeds of ash or maple. This craft is very easy to craft.
It is worth considering crafts from ordinary autumn leaves. They look very colorful.
Crafts from improvised materials
Each house has threads and toothpicks. They are the best suited for the development of children's creativity and autumn crafts.
Original looks hedgehog for children from plasticine and coffee beans. If you haven’t found ground coffee at home - it doesn’t matter, you can replace the seeds with seeds, shells from pistachios and even toothpicks.
We draw a hedgehog in stages
For children, namely for the development of their fine motor skills, perseverance, attention and creativity, it is very important not only to glue and cut, but also to draw. In addition, little fidgets are very fond of classes with pencils and paints.
If you have run out of ideas about what to draw with your child, or you just don’t know how to draw well, try our step-by-step tutorials and everything will work out.
Here is a variant not of a cartoon one, but of a quite ordinary hedgehog.
Tasty hedgehog cookies
When the baby is tired of creativity, collects scraps and proudly arranges crafts on the shelves, the time will come for crumbly cookies and hot chocolate.
To prepare the hedgehog cookies, you will need:
- 220 grams of oil at room temperature;
- 170 grams of powdered sugar;
- 1 pinch of salt;
- 1 egg
- 300 grams of flour;
- 100 grams of almond flour;
- chocolate droplets;
- 150 grams of chocolate;
- 100 grams of chocolate or coconut powder.
Cooking:
- Beat butter with powdered sugar and salt into the air.
- Add the egg and continue to beat until smooth.
- Sift both types of flour into a bowl, add the egg-oil mixture and knead the dough quickly.
- Wrap it in cling film and leave in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Open the oven 160 degrees.
- From the dough to form balls the size of a walnut and give them the shape of droplets.
- On the sharp side of the blanks, add two chocolate drops each - these are the future eyes of the hedgehog.
- Put cookies on a baking sheet covered with baking paper.
- Bake for 15 minutes at a temperature of 160 degrees.
- Cool cookies.
- Melt the chocolate in a water bath, dip the hedgehogs with a wide part in hot chocolate and garnish densely with sprinkles.
And now it's time to comfortably settle down under a blanket with milk and cookies and read the best autumn books about hedgehogs for children - "A Story with Spines", "Hug Me Please Please" and the incomparable "Hedgehog Joy."