Crafts from products is an entertaining hobby that will give a lot of positive emotions, while being absolutely safe. It can be attributed to both cooking and needlework. The main advantage is that cool DIY potato crafts can be easily and fun made with your children. They will quickly master the technique, and you just have to watch the process of creating a cute animal.
First option
The easiest way to make a hedgehog from potatoes is to boil the vegetable directly in the peel, or jacket. Although you can safely use it in its raw form. When the potatoes have cooled, take a toothpick and just stick it, imitating needles. If you are lucky and the potato comes across with an oblong cone on one side, this is where you can make a nose. For this, a piece of olive is suitable. Eyes can be made from droplets of mayonnaise or hand cream. Pupils can also be made from slices of olives or peas of black pepper (you can use special eyes, like toys, they are sold in shops for creativity).
A mouth can be made from slices of tomato, carrot, etc. Instead of paws, olives cut into 2 or 4 parts are suitable. You can plant a mushroom, cherry tomato or a small apple on top of the needles.
Second option
How to make a hedgehog from potatoes? Now we will tell. Note that all the components of the crafts are edible. You will need boiled tuber, fresh or pickled cucumber, green onions, vegetables for decoration. This craft can be safely served on the table as a salad, only in an unusual form. So, the cucumber should be cut into strips (these will be needles). The bow should be the same length. Potatoes should be cut in half and leave the surface unpeeled. Using toothpicks or a thin knife, you need to make holes and insert into each straw from a cucumber. Across the back of the hedgehog, evenly place 5-7 stalks of green onions. If pickled cucumber is used, then it is not necessary to salt the dish. Eyes made from mayonnaise and slices of olive. A potato hedgehog is placed on a lettuce leaf and decorated with greens. Before serving, pepper and sprinkle with vegetable oil. Such a salad, despite its simplicity, will attract attention and cause a smile on the guests' face. This dish is especially suitable for children.
Funny potato crafts are good because they do not require special skills, and the products for their preparation are simple and affordable. For example, you can make birds, animals, and even a snowman with your children. There are many ideas on how to diversify your leisure and have fun.
For example, by sticking raw large sunflower seeds into the cooked potato tuber , you get another hedgehog. A similar craft can be done using matches instead of needles.
Original potato product
So that our hedgehog from potatoes does not get bored, you need to make friends of him from pink tubers, for example, it can be domestic pigs. To create a craft, you will need to choose an oblong tuber, cut it off from the thinner side. It will be a snout. Draw nostrils with a felt-tip pen. The ears and tail must be fashioned from plasticine of a similar color. Hooves should also be made of it. Only in the middle of them you need to pre-place part of the toothpick. This will give stability to the craft, and the legs will not fall apart under the weight of the potato. In place of the peephole, make small recesses and insert peas of black pepper into them. Funny pigs are ready.
Edible craft
How to make a hedgehog from potatoes so that it is beautiful and not just edible, but also tasty? This time it will have to be baked. To do this, take 6 potatoes, wash thoroughly, leave in the skin and cut in half. Remove part of the skin, it will be a muzzle. Grate half with salt, grease with oil. Insert peas of pepper instead of eyes and nose. How to make a hedgehog from potatoes even more delicious? Grate it with garlic. Place the family in the oven and bake at 180 degrees until golden brown. It will take from 20 to 40 minutes, depending on the type of potato. When the hedgehogs are ready, put them on a dish in the form of a meadow. For this, its bottom should be covered with dill, for taste, drip under each potato with sauce of mayonnaise and garlic. Arrange the hedgehogs and decorate the meadow with cherry tomatoes, a thick straw of cucumber located at the edges of the dish.
Conclusion
Obviously, there are a lot of ways to make a hedgehog from potatoes. Some of them can be safely embodied with children, others will delight guests in the form of the proposed dish.