Fork Print Hedgehogs

from 24 months · 10-15 min · Fine motor

What you need

Draw a hedgehog face with a pointy nose and a dot for an eye near the bottom of the paper.
Spread a little brown paint on the plate.
Show them how to press the back of the fork into the paint and then onto the paper above the face.
Let them stamp spikes all over the hedgehog's back.
Draw a few more faces and make a hedgehog family.

Every press of the fork makes a row of spikes, so the hedgehog gets prickly fast.

Using a tool: Holding a fork and pressing it flat takes a firm grip.
Pressing and lifting: Pressing down then lifting straight up makes a clean print.
Talking about animals: Hedgehogs give you lots to talk about: spikes, curling up and sleeping through winter.

Watch how they hold the fork. A whole-hand grip is fine, and it makes great spikes.

A plastic fork is gentler for little hands. Use washable paint and stay beside them.

Easier: hold the fork together, your hand round theirs

Harder: add some orange and yellow paint and make autumn leaves for the hedgehog to hide in