Silkysteps early years forum - planning ideas for play - Hedgehog playdough activity for awareness week May 1st

Hedgehog awareness week for 2016 is during May 1st - 7th - British Hedgehog Society

This dough activity helps to practice the techniques involved with rolling balls of dough between two hands, or one hand and a surface. Use different quantities for spheres that support language and conversation.

Hedgehog prickles playdough activity

Please use the printable sheet as secondary to children's own design work

Enjoy permanent models by rolling balls of clay/dough and pinching out one section to form a snout. Use pencils or scultpting tools scribe into the surface of the clay to recreating fur detail, eyes and nostrils. Add chosen spines and bake / leave to air-dry, then paint as wanted.