A Magical Unicorn Finger Puppet (Printable Paper Craft)

make a unicorn finger puppet printable paper templates for kids craft

Hereโ€™s another printable craft for your little learners, a magical unicorn finger puppet โ€“ time for some rainbow filled adventures!

This simple paper craft is great for developing your childโ€™s cutting and sticking skills, and an awesome chance to practice some pencil control andย fine motor skillsย as well!

Like most of the crafts here at Nurtured Neurons, thereโ€™s a pre-colored template for quick puppet making, or a plain one if your want to get a bit more creative!

And a super thing about these types of crafts is not only are they get fun to make and your children can practice lots of skills when doing so, but then you have a toy they can play with at the end โ€“ and play is just such a great way for children to learn!

Win win!

If your little ones just love unicorn, they may also want to check out these crafts as well:

What Skills Can Your Children Learn And Practice?

printable unicorn finger puppet templates

When making this cute unicorn puppet, your children will have the chance to practice and develop some skillsย such as:

  • Cutting Skillsย โ€“ if you feel theyโ€™re ready, you can let them have a go at cutting out the pieces all by themselves โ€“ theyโ€™ll need to be careful and have good scissor control if they want to cut out the pieces neatly
  • Fine Motor Skillsย โ€“ when theyโ€™re sticking and picking up and moving the parts and placing them where they need to go
  • Pencil Controlย โ€“ if you print off the black and white version they can practice their pencil control and develop hand strength through coloring.

This simple craft will also give them a chance toย practice their concentration and perseverance skillsย as they may find it tricky to put the puppets together at first.

And when theyโ€™re done, theyโ€™ll also be able to use their imagination, story telling and social / communication skills when going on magical adventures with friends and family!

How To Prepare This Unicorn Finger Puppet

First youโ€™re going to want to download the finger puppet templates by clicking on the download button at the bottom of the page โ€“ Iโ€™ve made a color and a black and white version.

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Other Materials Youโ€™ll Need:

  • Safety scissors
  • Card stockย orย craft paper
  • Some good glue
  • Someย coloring pencilsย orย pens / other artsy materials for decorating

Once youโ€™ve downloaded the templates, youโ€™ll need to print them off onto paper or card.

Then, you can cut them out. Or if youโ€™d like your children to get some cutting practice, you can let them have a go.

Then stick all the pieces together to make your unicorn.

The order Iโ€™d do it in is:

  1. Decorate the puppet if using the black and white templates
  2. Stick the parts of the tail together
  3. Stick the parts of the body together โ€“ when doing this, you only need a little glue ran around the inside of the side and top edges, leaving the bottom edge open for little fingers
  4. Stick the tail to the rear of the body
  5. Once the glue has dried, your puppet may be looking a little flat, so you may need to use a pencil or your scissors (grownups should probably do this part) to gently open the bottom part where the fingers will go.

The finished one should look something like this:

simple unicorn puppet craft for preschool and kindergarten

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After that youโ€™re all done!

Now itโ€™s time to get playing โ€“ if you want your unicorn to have some little friends to go on adventures with, you can check out other printable puppet templates here.

Iโ€™d love to see how they got on!

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