
Hereโs 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 childโs 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, thereโs 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?



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 theyโre ready, you can let them have a go at cutting out the pieces all by themselves โ theyโll need to be careful and have good scissor control if they want to cut out the pieces neatly
- Fine Motor Skillsย โ when theyโre 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 theyโre done, theyโll 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 youโre going to want to download the finger puppet templates by clicking on the download button at the bottom of the page โ Iโve made a color and a black and white version.
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Other Materials Youโll Need:
- Safety scissors
- Card stockย orย craft paper
- Some good glue
- Someย coloring pencilsย orย pens / other artsy materials for decorating
Once youโve downloaded the templates, youโll need to print them off onto paper or card.
Then, you can cut them out. Or if youโd 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 Iโd do it in is:
- Decorate the puppet if using the black and white templates
- Stick the parts of the tail together
- 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
- Stick the tail to the rear of the body
- 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:



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After that youโre all done!
Now itโs 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.
Iโd love to see how they got on!


