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Home » Repurpose » Adorable Old Book Paper Hedgehog Craft

Adorable Old Book Paper Hedgehog Craft

June 5, 2020 By Katie Hale 1 Comment

Old Book Hedgehog collage
Old Book Hedgehog collage
Old Book Hedgehog collage
Old Book Hedgehog collage
Old Book Hedgehog collage
Woman holding paper hedgehog
Woman holding paper hedgehog
Book hedgehog in front of wood slats
Hedgehog on table
Hedgehog on leaves in front of polka dot background
Old Book Hedgehog collage
Woman holding paper hedgehog
Book hedgehog in front of wood slats
Old Book Hedgehog collage
Old Book Hedgehog collage

This absolutely precious little old book hedgehog craft is so fun to make! Why decorate with a hedgehog you ask? Because it’s so fun and cute! This project is all about folding paper into a shape that looks like a hedgehog. With a few simple accent pieces, an ordinary book suddenly turns into a cute little woodland creature you will love.

Old Book Hedgehog collage

Table of Contents

  • Old Book Hedgehog Craft
  • Can I Make This Using Just Paper?
  • What Ways Can I Decorate My Paper Hedgehog?
  • How Can I Display This Hedgehog Craft?
  • Supplies Needed
  • How to make an Old Book Page Hedgehog
  • Finished Project Gallery

Old Book Hedgehog Craft

We have quite a little menagerie of animals around our home. While we have two indoor cats, we also have squirrels, bunnies, birds, and a few groundhogs around the outside of our home that we feed routinely. In the past, I even had a wild hedgehog that would roam around our neighborhood. They are absolutely adorable little creatures, so a perfect little craft to add to my list of animals and creatures to recreate in paper.

This is just one of those super fun projects that makes you feel happy. While I will share a few ways you can display this below, I really do love it just because. Why wouldn’t you want a little paper hedgehog hanging out on a shelf in your home.

Hedgehog on table

Can I Make This Using Just Paper?

While you can create a similar project using just paper, it will be a bit more difficult to manage. The ease of this project is that the paper is already connected on one side. This makes it a simple process of folding pages rather than folding and then gluing them individually together.

Ultimately, the best way to use different types of paper to create your hedgehog is to connect your chosen paper on one side. Stacking the pages together, then hot gluing on one edge and letting it sit until hardened is one method that could work for this hedgehog craft.

Book hedgehog in front of wood slats

What Ways Can I Decorate My Paper Hedgehog?

I love taking the simple books and turning them into something rustic and unique. For this craft, I kept things overall, pretty simple. I added a few paper leaves on the bottom, but there are other ways to have fun with the hedgehog and create a new look. As with all of my projects here, I highly encourage using your imagination to get creative with different styles, accents, and embellishments. Below are a few fun ways to make yours look unique.

  • Use different colors of paper for the hedgehog spikes you glue in after creating the creature.
  • Paint stripes onto the book pages to look more like a regular hedgehog.
  • Add glue along the edges of the folds and then sprinkle on glitter for sparkle.
  • Attach a length of twine or ribbon to the top and hang the hedgehog from the ceiling.

Hedgehog on leaves

How Can I Display This Hedgehog Craft?

You may be a bit curious about how to use this. What purpose does a book turned into a little creature serve? Well, not only does it bring a smile because it is cute, it can be a great decoration for a few different things.

I love the idea of adding this to a shelf in a baby nursery or child’s room that is decorated with a woodland creature. It really fits that theme and looks adorable on a shelf.

Another way to use this would be as a centerpiece for a baby shower or kids birthday party that has an animal theme. Imagine poking a sign down into the center of the hedgehog to stand above with a name, birthday greeting, or monogram! How adorable would that be for a special baby shower decoration!

I personally added this to an upper shelf in my office on a book case. I love displaying my favorite books on shelves, and this went perfectly next to my collection of children’s fairy tales and fiction. It just adds to the character of the bookcase and makes me smile every time I see it sitting there.

Hedgehog on leaves

Supplies Needed

  • Old book
  • 2 shades of green paper
  • Gold paper
  • Orange paper
  • Googly eyes
  • Black pom pom
  • Scissors
  • Craft glue

Supplies for old book hedgehog

How to make an Old Book Page Hedgehog

Remove the cover from an old book. Tear 4-5 pages from the book and set aside.

Fold the book page down and inward at an angle.

Folding book page

Now, fold the rest of the page over vertically inward.

Woman folding book page

At the bottom edge of the page, fold a small corner down.

Woman folding book page

This will create one end longer and pointier than the other – the longer end will be the face end of the hedgehog.

Woman folding book page

Continue this process until the book has completely been folded or you are happy with the size of the hedgehog.

Woman folding book page

If you wish to use only part of the book, simply use a craft knife to trim off the back excess pages from the book.

Folded book on white table

Next, take 4-5 book loose pages from a book or colored paper, and fold them in half.

Woman folding book page

Unfold the pages and cut them in half.

Cutting book page

Now, stack the halves together, and trim one end into spikes.

Cutting spikes on book page

Every few folds of the hedgehog, glue a half page with spikes facing upward in between folds.

Gluing spikes onto book hedgehog

Do this as many times as you wish, but I suggest every 3-4 pages.

Gluing spikes onto book hedgehog

Now, you will attach eyes and a nose to the pointy end of the hedgehog.

Adding nose to hedgehog

If you want to add the leaves around the bottom as shown, you will cut out small squares or rectangles of the colored paper.

Draw or freehand cut out a leaf shape.

Cutting paper leaves for bottom of hedgehog

Cut little lines around the edges to make the leaf look more natural with fringe.

Cutting paper leaves for bottom of hedgehog

Use a marker to draw a few little lines on the leaves so they look more life like.

Cutting paper leaves for bottom of hedgehog

Glue the leaves to the bottom of the outside pages of the hedgehog.

Gluing leaves onto hedgehog

Now you can display your hedgehog on a shelf or as a centerpiece.

Hedgehog on leaves

Woman holding paper hedgehog

Crafter’s Tip

If you get tired of trying to make sharp even folds, invest in a paper folding tool. These are similar in shape to a knife, but have no sharp edges. I can’t say how handy these are with paper crafts.

Yield: 1

Adorable Old Book Hedgehog Craft

Hedgehog on table

This step by step tutorial is a perfect paper craft that is fast and easy. Make an adorable old book paper hedgehog craft with just a few supplies as an ideal baby room decoration!

Active Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Difficulty Easy
Estimated Cost $2

Materials

  • Old book
  • 2 shades of green paper
  • Gold paper
  • Orange paper
  • Googly eyes
  • Black pom pom

Tools

  • Scissors
  • Craft glue

Instructions

  1. Remove the cover from an old book and tear 5 pages out then set them aside;
  2. On the first page of the book, fold down the top of the page at an angle inward; Folding book page
  3. Now fold the rest of the page over vertically to reach the edge of the book; Woman folding book page
  4. Fold a small corner of the bottom over to make a sharp edge; Woman folding book page
  5. Continue this process until the entire book has been folded; Woman folding book page
  6. Now, fold and cut those loose pages in half.; Cutting book page
  7. Stack the loose pages together, then cut spike shapes on the top side of the pages; Cutting spikes on book page
  8. Glue these loose pages spike side up every 4-5 pages on the hedgehog; Gluing spikes onto book hedgehog
  9. Glue googly eyes and a pom pom nose to the longer pointy end of the folded book; Adding nose to hedgehog
  10. Trace and cut out leaf shapes from the colored paper; Cutting paper leaves for bottom of hedgehog
  11. Cut the edges so they are jagged like a real leaf; Cutting paper leaves for bottom of hedgehog
  12. Unfold and use a marker to draw lines on them if desired;
  13. Glue the leaves to the bottom of the hedgehog; Gluing leaves onto hedgehog
  14. Now you can display as a centerpiece or in a child's room. Woman holding paper hedgehog

Notes

Add different colored paper additions for more personality on your paper hedgehog.

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Project Type: Decorating / Category: Paper

Finished Project Gallery

Paper hedgehog on wooden slats

Book hedgehog in front of wood slats

Hedgehog on leaves

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  1. Dreamer says

    June 8, 2020 at 10:46 am

    cute 😍🦔

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