Raise your hand if you love unicorns and love unicorn ideas for the classroom! I mean, who doesn’t?! They’re fun and happy and make everything better. I love using unicorns in the classroom because the kids love them! Did you know that National Unicorn Day is celebrated on April 9? Here are some ideas for unicorns in the classroom…
Unicorn Ideas: Literacy
For National Unicorn Day, we read Thelma The Unicorn and have some great discussions about the story elements and the importance of being you and being happy with who you are!
And we graph whether we like unicorns or not. And it’s unanimous.
We also have Read It Up! How To Catch A Unicorn! My class LOVES the “How To Catch” books so we have been adding them all to our classroom library!
Unicorn Phonics
For our phonics lessons, we do our required curriculum skill but we make it unicorn themed! We use glitter letters to spell, decode, and write words!
Click the image to see our unicorn books on Amazon!
Unicorn Ideas: Math
We found these unicorn cutouts at Dollar Tree, so we’re using them a lot.
For this counting game, we write numbers on the cutouts, and the students use mini-erasers from Target to practice counting and one-to-one correspondence.
This rainbows and unicorns counting game use an inflatable rainbow drink holder, pom-poms, and number cards.
Unicorn Number Cards-Unicorn Centers For The Entire Year-linked at the end of this post
Students choose a card, say the number, and count the pom-poms in the cup. You can add tweezers or tongs for fine motor practice.
Unicorn measurement!
We also practice addition by adding unicorn horns!
Unicorn Ideas: Art
This unicorn painting is one of my favorites because it uses their feet! Paint the feet white. Then add a rainbow mane, a golden horn, and glitter
YES! PAINT THEIR FEET! It’s hilarious. And it’s a great bonding experience.
Paper plate unicorns!
Unicorns and streamers!
Unicorn Directed Drawings
Unicorn slime!
To make unicorn slime, we make slime, add food coloring and unicorn confetti!
The unicorn confetti is from Amazon. Click here!
Unicorn Ideas: Green Screen Pictures
Unicorn Sensory Bin!
We found these sparkly balls and string at a craft store during Christmas. We added cards from our Unicorn Centers For The Entire Year resource to make a differentiated sensory bin.
Unicorn Snack Ideas
Unicorn Bark! This is a great snack for National Unicorn Day! To make this you melt white chocolate and add food coloring. Swirl. Add sprinkles. Let harden. Break into pieces!
This unicorn snack was made with Unicorn Pudding, marshmallows (gelatin-free), whipped cream, and rainbow sprinkles!
And, of course, no unicorn post is complete without unicorn decorations…
Unicorn Gift Bags
I also surprise my class with some fun unicorn goodie bags!
5. Unicorn Rings/Bracelets/Keychains
