Hibernating Hedgehog
Create one of these animals hibernating. Many animals hibernate during the winter including groundhogs, bears and hedgehogs. Pick one of these animals and create a bed for their hibernating. This is a great activity to do after learning about winter animals that hibernate. It is great because kids can be creative in decorating the blanket and by adding extras to the animal.
This comes together easily by printing templates and getting started. After printing cut out the templates. Allow your child to pick any color for the blanket and the background.
Make sure of scraps of paper. I save usable scraps in a container and pull them out when I need a piece of a certain color.
First, glue the body of the hedgehog down to the background paper. Glue on the pieces of the inner and outer ear to the side of the light brown oval. Then glue this onto the brown piece of the hedgehog.
Now you will glue the dark brown oval to the top of the light brown oval as part of the hedgehog's face. Next, use a marker to crayon to add facial details. Add curved rainbow shapes to make the hedgehog look like it is sleeping. A nose and a circular mouth finish its face. Now glue the blanket on to p of the hedgehog, leaving its head showing.
Complete the hedgehog's body and glue on the blanket paper.
Finally, use markers to create a design on the blanket.
