Hedgehog Puppet

by Folkmanis

$56.53 ~~$66.95~~ /

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Five fingers slip inside and a spiky-looking hedgehog snuffles across the carpet.

🖐️ Full-hand control: room for all five fingers to work the movable head, arms and legs, so every movement is the child's own
🦔 Curls up: turns inside out into a ball, just as a real hedgehog rolls up for protection
🧸 Soft touch: short plush face and belly with shaggier fur on the back and head
🎭 Story starter: a ready-made character for pretend play, show-and-tell and story time
🔇 Silent play: no batteries, no sound, so it suits quiet corners, car trips and waiting rooms
🎒 Easy carry: about 13 x 13 x 18 cm and roughly 127 g, small enough to tuck into a bag

The Educator's Note

The head, arms and legs are each moved by different fingers, which builds the finger isolation and grip strength children need for pencil control and scissor use.
A puppet gives hesitant talkers a character to speak through, which supports vocabulary, turn-taking and storytelling in a way a standard soft toy doesn't.
The inside-out ball transformation shows real animal behaviour through play, and it gives children a trick to master and show others.

Play Specifications

🧒 3 years +

Recommended for ages 3 years +

📖 Storyteller

Role Play & Imagination

🔇 Silent

No sound

👤 Independent Play

Solo / Self-Correcting

👨‍👩‍👧 Parent Involvement

Guided / Scaffolding Required

🧳 Travel Friendly

Compact / Portable / Car-Friendly

🤏 Fine Motor

Precision & Grip

🗣️ Language

Speech & Vocabulary

💡 Creativity

Innovation & Imagination

The Educator's Note

The head, arms and legs are each moved by different fingers, which builds the finger isolation and grip strength children need for pencil control and scissor use.
A puppet gives hesitant talkers a character to speak through, which supports vocabulary, turn-taking and storytelling in a way a standard soft toy doesn't.
The inside-out ball transformation shows real animal behaviour through play, and it gives children a trick to master and show others.

Play Specifications

🧒 3 years +

📖 Storyteller

🔇 Silent

👤 Independent Play

👨‍👩‍👧 Parent Involvement

🧳 Travel Friendly

🤏 Fine Motor

🗣️ Language

💡 Creativity

Slide a hand inside and this hedgehog comes to life. Fingers steer the head, arms and legs, and with a quick turn it rolls into a prickly-looking ball. It's a character children pick up and start talking for straight away. Designed for children aged 3 to 6 years, it gives growing hands a real workout while pretend play and storytelling take off. It suits the stage where children invent voices, build little scenes and begin acting out their own stories.

Also available in a great value bundle

This Folkmanis puppet suits children who love animals, voices and making up stories.

Children aged 3 to 5 years starting pretend play and ready to give a toy its own voice
Shy or quiet talkers around 3 to 6 years who find it easier to speak through a character
Curious 5 to 6 year olds who enjoy animal facts, show-and-tell and acting out stories for family
Parents or educators looking for a storytelling prop for reading time, preschool or home visits

Meet the Hedgehog

The first thing children notice is the fur: spiky to look at, soft to touch. The second is how it moves. One hand fits inside with a place for every finger, and the fingers work the head, arms and legs, so the hedgehog can nose about, wave a foot or hide behind a cushion.

Then comes the trick that makes this puppet stand out. Turn it inside out and it becomes a ball, the same way a real hedgehog curls up to protect itself. Children love the reveal, and it opens up games of hiding, scaring and coming out when the coast is clear.

What the hands are learning

Operating a puppet asks for finger isolation, the ability to move one finger while the others stay still. Steering a head with the thumb and working limbs with the other fingers builds the same hand strength and control a child needs to hold a pencil and cut with scissors at prep.

It also builds expressive language. A puppet gives a shy child a voice that isn't quite their own, so they will often say things to the hedgehog they wouldn't say to you. Try asking the puppet questions and let your child answer for it.

Where it grows with them

At 3, it's a snuffly friend who needs feeding and tucking in. By 4 or 5, it becomes a character with a name, a voice and a problem to solve, and children begin staging little shows for family. Older children use it for show-and-tell, retelling a story they've just read, or learning about animals and how they protect themselves.

Made from soft plush, it stands about 18 cm tall (5 x 5 x 7 inches) and is easy to take along, with no parts to lose and no batteries to replace. It is a good fit for Australian car trips, long waits at appointments and quiet indoor afternoons.

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Why gift givers choose this

Builds hand strength by working the head, arms and legs with separate fingers
Quiet play with no batteries and no sound, ready anywhere
Encourages talking because a puppet gives children a voice to try out
Teaches animal behaviour through the roll-into-a-ball movement
Picked by our educator for pretend play and language skills
Brand quality from Folkmanis, a puppet specialist known for lifelike animal designs