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Christmas Hedgehog Drawing

HardAges 8+20–25 min

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A hedgehog standing in a Santa hat, a candy cane held up in one paw, covered head to foot in spines drawn one at a time. This hedgehog drawing rewards the child who likes to slowly fill something enormous: two browns alternating across the spines give the coat depth. Send the result to the grandparents. The smiling star has far fewer lines.

Hedgehog covered in spines in a Santa hat holding up a candy cane in one paw, detailed Christmas drawing

A Christmas hedgehog covered in spines, a candy cane in one paw.

Christmas Hedgehog: how to draw it step by step

Here is christmas hedgehog in 8 steps.

1

Draw the face first: the pointed snout, the nose and the two eyes.

2

Add the small ears and the Santa hat sitting between them.

3

Outline the body as a wide teardrop around the face.

4

Draw the pale belly panel inside that outline.

5

Work the spines in rows from the head backwards, all leaning the same way.

6

Keep the rows overlapping so no gaps show through.

7

Raise one front paw holding the candy cane and leave the other open.

8

Finish with the feet and the stripes on the cane.

What you need

Paper, a pencil and an eraser.

Worth having for this one

A sharp pencil: blunt spines turn into a blobA fine liner if you want to ink it afterwards