Thomas has been asking about hedgehogs, so we will be focusing on them for the next few weeks. It is a great theme for winter or Autumn [Fall].
I like this project and we will be doing it with clay that we will harvest from the garden [though this is a play dough craft]
Make a Play dough Hedgehog.
Colour the play dough dough brown and take a golf ball size piece. Shape a snout then use cloves for nose and eyes. Break up some spaghetti into short pieces and use to make the hedgehog spines.
Here is a great resource list from Tree hugger Mums - I adore the bread baking ideas.
Here are some more great links, some that we will be using.
For a sweet little felt hedgehog that a young child can to sew up.
Potato Hedgehog [? :-)]
A pine cone hedgehog
Horse chest nut shell hedgehogs
An e-book with info on the South African hedgehog
Hedgehog paper craft
Parchment craft [scroll down
And of course there is the wonderful Jan Brett web site and books.
We also have quite a lot of quills [that we found on the area] whichwe will be using for various projects.
I hope these links offer you great inspiration.
Enjoy and let me know if you have any additional resources.
