How To Make a Friendly Foam Porcupine

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Ever wish you could cuddle up to a cute little baby porcupine without getting hurt? Well, now you can!
Added December 6, 2007

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You Will Need

Moldable sculpting foam
Assorted pipe cleaners
A pair of scissors
A grown-up
A pair of googly eyes
And a small button

Step 1.
Mold 2 balls

Mold the foam into two balls. Make one of the balls about the size of your fist (for the porcupine’s body). Make the other ball a bit smaller (for the head).
Make sure your hands and the surface you’re working on are clean. This will keep the foam clean.
Step 2.
Stick together

Stick the two balls together.
You can mix the foam to make new colors.
Step 3.
Cut pip cleaners

Get help cutting several pipe cleaners, each one into three pieces.
Step 4.
Create spines

Stick the pieces of pipe cleaner all over the porcupine’s body to create spines.
You can make lots of other animals with two balls of foam and different objects. Curl a pipe cleaner to make a piggy’s tail, or create a duck by sticking a feather in the back and one on each side for wings.
Step 5.
Put on eyes & nose

Put a pair of googly eyes on the head, add a button for the nose, and say hello to your prickly new pal.
Porcupines have about 30,000 quills.

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My 4 year old daughter loves this video, we just bought the foam and pipe cleaners and googly eyes....now only if Chez Kimberly would come here and babysit!

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