CRAFT
LEAF CRAF T As leaves are already (heavily) falling from the trees, we thought it would be fun to get crafty with them and make this leaf hedgehogs craft. Crafting with nature materials is fun and crafting with leaves is twice as great, as you can take this opportunity to teach the kids about different kinds of leaves.
LEAF HEDGEHOGS:
LEAF LADYBUG WHAT YOU WILL NEED:
• roundish leaves • red color • brush (we love sponge brushes for this project) • black permanent marker • googly eyes
WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
This craft is super easy but there is one thing that you should make sure – the leaves should be as dry as possible as they will curl if they are not. You can put them between sheets of paper and weigh them down with a book to get them to dry without becoming wavy.
First make sure your leaves are really dry as they will wrinkle afterwards if they are not.
Once your leaves are ready to go, color them with red color. Let dry. Once they are dry, draw a straight line through the middle and a half circle on one end. Color in the half circle. Now draw 7 black dots.
• leaves (beech, elm, birch or anything similar) • black marker • glue • white paper
Draw the hedgehog spikes and head details on the leaf and glue it down on the white paper (stick glue and white glue are both great choices for this craft). Draw the little legs. All done!
Finish off with a pair of googly eyes! While this leaf ladybug craft looks the cutest in red you can make them in many more colors as these cute bugs come in yellow, orange, white, black and more!
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