Your students can create a hedgehog paperweight using a rock as the body. Glue brown felt to the bottom so the hedgehog won't scratch surfaces. Draw a face on the hedgehog and brush glue all over the body. Dip the glued area into a bowl of wild rice and let it dry thoroughly. Color in the eyes with marker and color a kidney bean black and glue it on for the nose. With leftover brown felt, cut out ears and glue them on.
Kids can make hedgehog artwork in a variety of ways. Draw a shape of the body of the hedgehog on paper, cut it out and let students glue yarn on it. You can also use a polystyrene egg as the body, paint it and let children stick toothpicks into it for the spikes. Or, for a finger painting exercise, have students dip their hands in paint and arrange the handprints to form the body and spikes of the hedgehog.
Write a story about a hedgehog with your students and let them illustrate the pages. To get started, fold paper in half and staple the pages together in the center. If the children are old enough, let them research hedgehogs and write and illustrate a story of their own creation.
Play hedgehog tag, in which all the kids are hedgehogs except the person who is "it," who can be a hungry fox. The kids can roll up in a ball to protect themselves from the fox for five seconds, but otherwise must run away. Add another element to the game by scattering coins around the yard to represent bugs that hedgehogs eat. The kids must gather up a certain number of bug to stay in the game so they have the energy to run.