Come in my dear friends! Let us sit together and create handmade happiness this autumn season!

Our latest Craft Stick Fall Hedgehog Friend kid craft idea is a playful “first seen here” piece to make with your child today!

You can even customize what your new friends will “hold” between their hands and show off this season!

Hedgehog Puppet Made From Craft Sticks

If you could see my face, you’d see the huge smile I’m wearing right now. Seriously – I’m so excited to be sharing these adorable craft stick woodland creatures with you all. Hopefully you love what I came up with and are inspire to recreate a pair of your own, with your child today!

I’ve taken my original popsicle stick leaf holding fox idea that went live on Glued To My Crafts the other day and altered it a bit to make hedgehogs instead. All I did was change out a few things and the next thing I knew I had some adorable hedgehog friends on my hands!

So my friends… please don’t delay on this craft idea. Fall will be here before you know it and you don’t want to miss out the fun! Find the full step-by-step tutorial below and get ready to bring to life your own hedgehog fall themed friends today! I just know you are going to have a blast pulling it together for your child and giving it your own unique spin! Don’t forget – you can also pinch other items between their “hands.” Take for example, a small printed picture of your child, a written message on paper or even a small gift card so you can give it to someone special today – hint hint!

Happy crafting, my friends! Don’t forget to share pictures of your popsicle stick hedgehog creations! I can’t see what you both come up with! Tag us on Facebook or use our special branded hashtag. #gluedtomycrafts

Psst – I got my pumpkin picks from the Halloween department at Dollar Tree!

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Let’s get crafty! With a few simple supplies, you can make this adorable fall hedgehog puppet that will have the entire family smiling.

Craft Supplies:

Jumbo Popsicle Sticks
Mini Popsicle Sticks
Mini Clothespins
Low Temp Glue Gun
Decorative Fall Leaves
Decorative Pumpkin Flower Pick
Dark Brown Cardstock Paper
Light Brown Cardstock Paper
Black Sharpie Marker
Small Black Pom Pom

Directions:

First get the glue gun hot and ready!
Assemble the base of your hedgehog fall friend by gluing THREE jumbo popsicle sticks and TWO mini popsicle sticks together to look like a fence {3 next to each other and the mini popsicle sticks across}
Set aside to let it dry completely. Repeat for each hedgehog friend you want to make.
Now grab ALL your sheets of cardstock paper and scissors.
Cut out a large heart shaped head, the spikes for the hedgehog’s back and two small heart shaped feet. See our pictures for an example.
Now go ahead and glue ALL the paper pieces to the popsicle stick shape you made earlier.
At this point in time you should also use the black Sharpie marker to draw on eyes and hot glue the pom pom nose in place.
This next step is CRUCIAL. Take your TWO mini clothespins and pinch them {one on each side} around the decorative leaf and floral pumpkin pick, to look like the hedgehog’s hands/arms are holding it.
Go ahead and hot glue the combined piece you just made, to the center of the painted popsicle stick shape.
To finish off the Popsicle Stick Fall Hedgehog Friend craft, add any other embellishments you see fit.
Then let it dry completely before displaying proudly!
Don’t forget to snap a few pictures to share with us! #gluedtomycrafts

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Customize It:

Remember, our tutorials on Glued To My Crafts are just a starting point and we hope that through our words, we get the creative juices going. You can ALWAYS change up things to fit your needs, certain supplies or desires
Take for example {like I mentioned above} you can also pinch other items between their “hands” to give them a unique look & feel. You can add a small printed picture of your child, a written message on paper or even a small gift card so you can give it to someone special.
Adding small magnets to the back would also be a creative way to display the finished pieces in your home!

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Fall is the BEST time to craft something up with your child. Things have slowed down from summer and the weather makes it super easy to cozy up & stay indoors.

On that note, our site is FULL of amazing kids craft tutorials centered around the season, so be sure to click on over to our Fall Kid Craft Roundup post and check them ALL out in one place!

You can also search our website for specific tutorials by typing in what you’re looking for at the top of the page where the search icon is. You can also just browse our category pages that are located above.

And phew! Once last thing before you click away- I wanna be BFF’s on Facebook with you as well! Come join our private Facebook group and get crafty with us!

Now go! Go get crafty with your child and snap a few pictures of those adorable hedgehog creations to share with us! #gluedtomycrafts

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Get those little hands to work and make some magical memories this weekend!