Today’s Popsicle Stick Porcupine kid craft idea is yet another creative idea to use those wooden craft sticks you may have laying around!!!

To recreate your own prick-free porcupine from crafts sticks, simply follow the full step-by-step tutorial below, to learn how we made this adorable woodland friend with just jumbo popsicle sticks, black craft foam and basic school glue! Super simple materials AND steps – I PROMISE!

I can say it over and over again, till I’m blue in the face, but it REALLY is super simple and rather inexpensive. Please consider this my plus for YOU to HAVE to do it with your child today. So enough chit chat from me – let’s gather those craft supplies and get to work! Keep scrolling to see everything you need to know!

Happy crafting my friends!!! Don’t forget to share pictures of your finished craft foam and wood stick porcupine friends with us on our Facebook page to admire! I can’t wait to see your woodland friends in action! #gluedtomycrafts

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Popsicle Stick Porcupine Craft Supplies:

* Jumbo Popsicle Sticks {3 per porcupine craft}
* Black Craft Foam
* School Glue
* Brown Colored Cardstock
* Basic, Paper Scissors
* Black Marker
* Small Wiggle Eyes {2 per porcupine craft}

Directions:

* First grab three popsicle sticks {three per porcupine} and glue them together to look like a triangle.
* Set aside to let it dry completely.
* Repeat for each porcupine piece you want to make today.
* While those are drying, grab your brown cardstock and cut a triangular shape that will be placed within the popsicle stick design and be body of the porcupine.
* At this time, you should also cut out a head/face for it as well.
* Now glue your paper pieces in place, on the popsicle stick shape.
* Now grab your black craft foam and have children cut out small stripes to be the spikes of the porcupine.
* To finish off the Popsicle Stick Porcupine – have children glue on their black “quills” all over the decorated craft stick piece.
* Finish off with the head/face and wiggle eyes & set aside to let it dry completely before displaying proudly!

Porcupine Joke To Tell Afterwards:

Q: Did you hear about the blind porcupine?
A: He fell in love with a pin cushion.

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