Hedgehog Name Craft
This hedgehog craft is a fun fall activity that helps kids practice spelling their names and recognizing letters.
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Materials
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Markers
- Black pom pom
- Hedgehog name template
Instructions
- Print the template and gather the materials for this fun activity.
- Open the PDF in Adobe Reader to add your child's name to the leaf letters. Alternatively, you or your child can write them on the leaves.
- Begin by gluing the eye onto the front of the hedgehog’s body, below the eyebrow.
- Use a marker to add the cheek detail below the eye.
- Take the spines piece and glue it onto the top of the hedgehog’s body.
- Glue the ear onto the upper right side of the hedgehog’s head, near the eye.
- Glue the back legs behind the bottom of the body so the feet peek out underneath.
- Take a black pom pom and glue it onto the tip of the hedgehog’s face to represent the nose.
- Glue the letter leaves across the hedgehog’s spines in the correct order to spell the child's name.
Notes
To make the letters look like the example, download the free font Lexend before opening the PDF in Adobe Reader.