Make a Galloping Unicorn

By Jennie Preece

Oct 8, 2020

20 min activity

Pinkalicious loves to play with her imaginary friend — Goldie the unicorn! With her long blonde curls, pink stars and sparkly horn, Goldie loves to join Pinkalicious on many fun adventures. But Goldie isn’t the only unicorn to play and race! Peter’s own imagination creates Silvery, a two-horned silver-sparkly friend.

Just like Peter and Pinkalicious, your child can use their imagination to create a unicorn — or duocorn — for pretend play adventures!

Materials

A tube: Any size will work, but longer is better (pool noodle, empty wrapping paper tube, paper towel roll, etc.)
An assortment of decorative and recycled materials such as pipe cleaners, yarn or twine, googly eyes, pom poms, paper and fabric scraps, lids, bottle caps and cardboard scraps
Scissors
Glue or glue gun
Optional: Various household objects, such as pillows, chairs, boxes, stuffed animals and sheets or towels.

Directions

Talk with your child about what they like to imagine. Maybe your child likes to pretend to drive a fast car, or make dinner or bark like a dog! Imagination can take you anywhere and help you be or see anything! Even a unicorn! Tell your child that today you’re going to create a unicorn using your imagination.

Invite your child to imagine what a unicorn looks like. Talk about Goldie and Silvery and other examples of horses or unicorns. Ask your child questions about what they imagine. What body parts does a unicorn have? What kind of features will your unicorn have?

Next, create a base for your child’s unicorn. One way to create the base is by folding the top of your tube over on itself to make the head of your unicorn. Tie the head to the tube with yarn or twine, or use tape or glue. You can also create a head by attaching other household items to the top of the tube, such as a sock. If you are using a piece of paper, draw an outline for your child’s unicorn that they can decorate with recycled materials or craft supplies.

Once the base is finished, invite your child to decorate the unicorn with the gathered craft materials and supplies.

Help your child think about all the parts of Goldie or Silvery: eyes, mane, ears, nose, tail, horn(s), etc. Encourage your child to use scissors, glue, imagination and creativity — and don’t forget the sparkles!

When your child is finished decorating the unicorn, have your child close their eyes and continue imagining. Ask your child questions about what they created. What do you imagine your unicorn would like to do right now? What types of activities does your unicorn enjoy? What is your unicorn’s favorite food?

Want more “Pinkalicious” activities? Check out the Make Pinkalicious Pink Lemonade recipe and the Make a Popsicle Stick Gnome craft to continue the fun!