Valentine’s Crafts Based on the Book Hedgehugs

When my son brought the book ‘Hedgehugs’ home from school last year, I was so excited. I’d never heard of it before and it quickly became a favorite. While deciding on some Valentine’s Crafts, this book immediately came to mind.

It’s a cute story about a couple of hedgehogs that want to hug but can’t find a comfortable way to do so. By the end of the story, the hedgehogs find a way to hug by wiggling into the end of a torn sock. The sock covers their sharp parts so that they can share their love.

With National Hugging Day on the 21st and Valentine’s Day less than a month away, I figured it was the perfect time to have some fun with this one. If you want to buy this book for your home library, you can get it on Amazon by clicking HERE or by clicking on the photo below.

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Valentine’s Crafts 1 – Paper Hug

This craft is SO easy and we had everything on hand to make it ahead of time. Even more exciting, our teenager participated in this one!

Materials

• Pink, red and white paper
• White paint
• Markers
• Glue

Directions

1. Cut a large heart onto pink paper.
2. Using any of the three colors of paper, cut a long, skinny piece and fold it up like an accordion.
3. Put white paint on one of the child’s hands and have them make a handprint on red paper.
4. Do the same with the other hand so that you have 2 handprints for each child.
5. Have the child cut around their handprint and glue one handprint to each arm.
6. Glue the other end of the arm to the large heart.
7. Using markers, draw a face on the heart.

Valentine’s Crafts 2 – Hedgehog Hugging a Heart Craft

Materials

• White paper
• Red or pink paper
• Brown paint
• White paint
• One pom-pom for each hedgehog
• Googly eyes or eyes made from paper
• Black marker
• Scissors
• Glue stick

Directions

1. Draw or print a large oval onto white paper and have your kids paint it brown.
2. Draw or print a medium-sized oval, a medium sized heart, two small ovals for feet, and two long, skinny ovals for arms. At the end of each long, skinny oval, make it flat instead of rounded. (I know, this isn’t an oval anymore).
3. Mix brown and white paint to make a light brown or tan color. Then, paint the rest of the shapes with this color.
4. Then, cut out a couple of hearts onto pink or red paper.
5. Once all of that is done, assemble the hedgehog by beginning with the large brown oval. Using glue, add the medium-sized tan oval next, more toward the bottom of the large oval leaving about half an inch of space at the bottom.
6. Then add the tan heart so that the top half of the heart is on the brown oval and the bottom half is on the tan oval.
7. Next up are the feet, which should be put on the very bottom.
8. Finally, add one of the red or pink hearts right into the center of the tan oval and put the arms so that the flat side of the arms are on the edge of the oval and the rounded parts are overlapping the red or pink heart.
9. Add a second red or pink heart overtop of the first one and add the googly eyes to the tan heart.
10. For the final steps, add a pom-pom to the point of the tan heart to make a nose and add claws to the feet using a black marker.

That’s it!! You’re done and you’ve created a cute hedgehog hugging a heart.

Final Thoughts on Valentines Craft Based on the Book Hedgehugs

Valentine’s Day is such a fun holiday to celebrate with your kids. It’s a good time to teach kids fun ways to celebrate rather than spending money to celebrate.

Which craft are you going to do with your kids? Let me know in the comments!

While you’re at it, parents, go ahead and treat yourself this Valentine’s Day with some pampering and self care.