Special delivery from Glued To My Crafts! We are taking inexpensive materials from Dollar Tree and making these adorable Leaf Hedgehog Puppets come together within FIVE MINUTES!
Trust us, you don’t want to miss this autumn art project idea that is great for pretend play afterwards!
Hedgehog Puppets Made From Burlap Leaves
Today’s post is a fun fall themed craft activity for kids to make right now! From the ease of the steps, to the fact that you can play with your leaf hedgehog puppet afterwards – parents are going to love it as much as kids do!
For this craft idea, all I did was take some really cheap, decorative leaves from the Dollar Tree store and used school glue to secure them to some jumbo popsicle sticks. From there, all you need to do is add some paper cutouts and some wiggle eyes to bring them to life! You can even step outside the box a little and embellish them to each one some festive personality!
Have no fear – a real hedgehog might be prickly in real life but these leaf friends from us are not! I’m sure you will have LOTS of smiles before, during and after you play with them! So whether you decide to do this as a fall activity or just to beat the boredom blues, I hope you enjoy making our Leaf Hedgehog Puppets, right along side with your crafty child!
Happy crafting, my dear friends and please don’t forget to share pictures of your hedgehog friends with us! A great place to share your images in on our Facebook page. It seriously makes my day to see them! Come share and find even more crafty inspiration, as well! #gluedtomycrafts
PAIR YOUR HEDGEHOG CRAFT WITH —> Paper Plate Hedgehog In Pumpkin
Craft Supplies:
- Large Decorative Burlap Leaves {one per puppet}
- Large Popsicle Sticks {one per puppet}
- Light Brown Cardstock Paper
- Large Paper Heart Craft Punch
- Hot Glue Gun
- Wiggle Eye Stickers
- Black Sharpie Marker
Directions:
- First get the glue gun hot and ready. Set it aside. If working with younger children, adult supervision is REQUIRED!
- Grab your kraft colored cardstock and paper heart punch.
- Punch out ONE heart per hedgehog puppet. This will be it’s face.
- Take the black Sharpie marker and draw on a nose, on the tip of the paper heart.
- Go ahead and also take a wiggle eye sticker & adhere it in place on the paper heart.
- Now you are ready to start assembling your leaf hedgehog puppet. Gather all your pieces.
- Hot glue the leaf to one end of the popsicle stick.
- Go ahead and add the paper heart face on top of that.
- Add any other embellishments you see fit and allow it all to dry completely.
- Then when ready, go ahead and “dance” your finished leaf hedgehog piece around & enjoy the smiles that appear! You can also sit your finished friend in a flower pot for easy displaying!
PAIR YOUR FINISHED HEDGEHOG CRAFT WITH —> Paper & Chalk Art Hedgehog
At Glued To My Crafts we’ve have gone to great lengths to share the most AWESOME content with our readers! So please don’t leave but instead check out our original to us, Hedgehog Valentines, Craft Stick Hedgehog and Handprint Hedgehog craft posts! They won’t disappoint – promise!
Leaf Hedgehog Puppets
Tools:
- Large Paper Heart Craft Punch
Instructions:
- First get the glue gun hot and ready. Set it aside. If working with younger children, adult supervision is REQUIRED!
- Grab your kraft colored cardstock and paper heart punch.
- Punch out ONE heart per hedgehog puppet. This will be it's face.
- Take the black Sharpie marker and draw on a nose, on the tip of the paper heart.
- Go ahead and also take a wiggle eye sticker & adhere it in place on the paper heart.
- Now you are ready to start assembling your leaf hedgehog puppet. Gather all your pieces.
- Hot glue the leaf to one end of the popsicle stick.
- Go ahead and add the paper heart face on top of that.
- Add any other embellishments you see fit and allow it all to dry completely.
- Then when ready, go ahead and "dance" your finished leaf hedgehog piece around & enjoy the smiles that appear! You can also sit your finished friend in a flower pot for easy displaying!
