On Wednesday this week the children and I had a wander – well I did whilst they played on their bikes.
Whilst we were out we collected lots of leaves – all different colours and shade and very pretty. I wasn’t entirely sure what we do with them, then that evening I spotted a hedgehog snuffling along and thought it might be a good idea to (attempt to) make a leaf hedgehog.
I popped over to Twinkl and they had a hedgehog outline (complete with instructions too). I printed a few copies off and we set about sticking leaves to them.
It was interesting to watch how both Mr D and Miss E approached this in different ways. Miss E set about snipping the stalks off each of the leaves and sticking those onto the hedghog, where Mr D set about cutting up the leaves and sticking those on.
I liked doing this activity with them as it allowed Mr H to get in on the action too. He had his own template complete with leaves and crayons. He wasn’t keen on glueing and sticking, but did have fun colouring in his hedgehog.
This was a really easy craft to do and one that looks quite good too. It had all three children really engaged for a good while too.
This is a lovely idea. Will defo be doing this but we haven’t got a lot of autumn colours on our local trees yet x
I love Twinkl, so many great resources to keep kids busy.
What a lovely craft this is – its so nice when children can use nature to make some lovely crafts
Such a good idea, and I love the colour of the leaves now x
Don’t you just love autumn leaves? I love how you decided to use the leaves for your hedgehog craft and it is impressive I have to say! x
I love the colours of leaves at this time of year. This is such a lovely craft. Kaz
That’s a really lovely idea. They look great as the leaves are so colourful plus they are easy enough for the children to do themselves.
What a fun and easy craft activity to do with kids x
Oh I love this idea and the leaves are so effective at being the hedgehog too x
this is such a cute idea! so simple yet so effective
What a cute idea! I work as a workshop leader so always looking for great raft activities for kids.
Thanks for sharing!
Leigh at Fashion Du Jour LDN x
I can’t wait to do this with my little boy thanks for sharing brill idea Nandy