If there’s one creature that instantly get the imagination going it’s the unicorn. With this simple Build a Unicorn craft, your little learners will need to snip, stick, and put back together their very own magical friend while quietly developing a whole host of early skills!
This simple activity is great for developing your child’s cutting and sticking skills, and an awesome chance to practice some pencil control and fine motor skills as well!
And this lovely cut and paste craft is brilliant for young children to use because it’s so simple for them to put together!
There’s a color and a plain template – so your little ones can choose the colors and decorate their cute little unicorn as they wish.
It would also be great little unicorn activity if you’re having a magical unicorn themed party!
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What Skills Can Your Children Learn And Practice?
When making this build a unicorn craft, your children will have the chance to practice and develop some skills such as:
- Cutting Skills – if you feel they’re ready, you can let them have a go at cutting out the pieces all by themselves – they’ll need to be careful and have good scissor control if they want to cut out the pieces neatly
- Fine Motor Skills – when they’re sticking and picking up and moving the body parts and placing them where they need to go
- Pencil Control – if you print off the black and white version they can practice their pencil control and develop hand strength through coloring.
This simple unicorn craft will also give them a chance to practice their concentration and perseverance skills as they may find it tricky to place the pieces exactly where they want them to go.
How To Prepare This Build A Unicorn Craft?
First you’re going to want to download the unicorn craft printables by clicking on the download box at the bottom of the page – I’ve made a color and a black and white version!
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Other Materials You’ll Need:
- Safety scissors
- Card Stock or Craft Paper
- Glue
- Some coloring pencils or pens
Once you’ve downloaded the templates, you’ll need to print them off onto paper or card.
Then, you can cut them out. Or if you’d like your children to get some cutting practice, you can let them have a go.
Then you can stick all the pieces together to build your unicorn.
It can be really nice to let you’re kids have a bit of free rein here and see if they can work it out – kind of like a puzzle.
If they’re struggling, the order I’d do it in is:
- Stick the head on the body
- Stick the ears on the head
- Stick the hair on the head
- Stick the horn on the hair
- Stick the legs on back of the body
- Stick the tail to the back of the body
(I expect you could have worked that out but I do like to be thorough…)
The finished unicorn should look something like this:
If you want to you could always laminate them and use them as a puzzle. That way the different parts would be kept nice and they can use them again and again.
After that you’re all done!
Let your kids practice their cutting and sticking skills in a simple and fun way!
But Wait… There’s Also A Black And White Build A Unicorn Craft
I’ve also made a black and white version which would be an awesome way for your little ones to practice their coloring skills and personalize their unicorn in their own way!
Some Other Ways You Could Use this Unicorn Craft
Unicorn Teamwork
Turn the activity into a collaborative challenge by giving each child one unicorn part to decorate. Once finished, combine everyone’s pieces to create one group unicorn display. This works beautifully for discussing how individual contributions come together to make a whole.
Roll-and-Build Unicorn Game
Add a simple dice twist. Assign unicorn parts to numbers on a die, then let children roll to see which piece they can add next. This introduces turn-taking and subitizing or counting.
Storytelling Prompt
Once the unicorn is built, encourage children to tell a short story about it. Where does it live? What special powers does it have? Who are its friends? Great for some early language development.
Sensory Unicorn Makeover
Enhance the craft with textured materials like yarn for the hair, foil stars, or add some cotton wool clouds as a background. This turns the activity into a mixed-media experience and is especially engaging for your sensory learners.
Unicorn Hunt
Hide the unicorn pieces around the classroom or garden and turn it into a gentle scavenger hunt. Once all pieces are found, children can build their unicorn – a lovely way to get in a bit of gross motor!
However you use it, I hope your children enjoy making this simple craft – be sure to check back in for more awesome educational printables.
Enjoy and let’s nurture those neurons!
Lovely craft thanks
Glad you liked it!