How to Make an Adorable Teasel Hedgehog

by Craft Invaders

2 Materials

5 Minutes

Easy

Learn how to make an adorable Teasel Hedgehog out of a teasel seed head in our super easy tutorial. We love to craft with things that we find in the garden, or while out on a walk. Getting the kids foraging for natural materials is a great way to occupy them. It also encourages them to look more closely at the wildlife around them.

Wild Teasels (Dipsacus fullonum) are a wild flowering plant, characterised by their extremely prickly stems and leaves, and their wonderful seed heads. Also known as fuller’s teasels, the seed heads were historically used in the textile industry here in the UK as a natural comb for raising the nap on woven wool cloth. In the US I believe they are categorised as an invasive species.

Since we have a talent for growing wild plants in our garden we are blessed with a large patch of teasels – they always put me in mind of the Beatrix Potter Books, so we decided to make some of ours into little hedgehogs.

To make a teasel hedgehog couldn’t be easier.

We took a teasel, trimmed off the stalk leaving just a little stub for the snout, and used a pair of scissors to trim around the snout to give the impression of a little face. Although the seed heads themselves are not prickly, the stems are so we suggest you wear gloves for this stage.

We also trimmed one side so our teasels would sit flat. (You can just see where we trimmed in the photo above).

We coloured round-headed pins black with a sharpie, and used these for the eyes and nose.

These little hedgehogs only take minutes to make, but we think they are super-cute, and make a lovely autumn craft.

If you would like some more super easy fall craft inspiration check out our beautiful acorn jewels and our preserving leaves in wax posts.

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