U is for Unicorn!

Today we did a few "U is for Unicorn" activities! We're wrapping up the end of our alphabet one day at a time, instead of weekly, so we can start fresh themes for preschool. Keep scrolling to see what Sweet E and I did today, or click on one of the links below to revisit similar themes from the past!

 

Rainbow Unicorn Birthday Party - 2019

U is for USA - 2015

The Letter U - 2014

Books

We found these cute books at the library! "Uni the Unicorn" is such a sweet story about a unicorn believing in mythical little girls even though none of her friends do. And "Twinkle, Twinkle, Unicorn" might be a very simple board book, but Sweet E loves singing and music, so it was a hit! We sang it over and over and over!

Introducing the Letter U

Instead of our usual letter page, I created this for Sweet E to learn the letter U. She needed to dot all the clouds with U's in them!

She had no trouble at all, and it was nice to mix things up a little bit!

Scissor Practice

I found this fun idea at Hello, Wonderful but used my own stickers that I had on hand. Sweet E had to lead the unicorn to the rainbows, by cutting along the lines.

She's getting so much better with scissors; I love to see her learning!

Alphabet Review - Unicorn Game

I found a game board from Playdough to Plato, a free printable! And I added in the letters we've learned so far. Then Sweet E and I each took turns rolling the die, and moving our pom pom across the board.

We had to identify the letter we landed on each time, which was great review! And she likes to have our pom poms talk to each other lol.

I grabbed a die with just the numbers 1-3 on them, so we were sure to hit as many letters as possible. And we even played a second time!

Building a Rainbow

I decided to include this fine motor activity, because rainbows and unicorns just go together so well! I stuck some pipe cleaners into a piece of Styrofoam I had on hand, and gave Sweet E a container of matching beads.

She immediately got to work color-matching!

And of course the pipe cleaners had to talk to one another, because everything we do includes a bit of pretend play lol. How very much like her sister she is!

Unicorn Hopscotch

We donned our unicorn headbands, leftover from the Rainbow Unicorn party we had last year, and headed outside for some hopscotch! I thought this would be a great way to go over the numbers 11-20 again!

First we took turns hopping across and saying each number in order.

Then I called specific numbers for her to jump to.

She had a blast!

Rainbow Unicorn Birthday Party

Honey Pot and Sweet E's birthdays are just a week apart. With family traveling in from out of town, we decided to have them share their themed party this year. Honey Pot first had some friends join her at a local skate park, then family followed us back home for this little celebration. Since unicorns are all the rage for young tweens, and Sweet E is obsessed with colors, this was the perfect shared theme for them!

Decorations

I had nearly every color of streamers leftover from other parties, so I made a simple rainbow background on the mantle, with some clouds that I cut out of poster board for a banner. I also scored this sweet rainbow unicorn balloon on clearance at Michaels.

Here are the birthday girls in their matching dresses that I found at Target. And there was a simple welcome sign taped to the door, but I didn't take a close-up pic of it.

Unicorn headbands for all! Found on Amazon.

The Food

Coming from the skate park, we kept the food pretty simple. I made a few things in advance, and we just ordered pizza for dinner. But here is a rainbow fruit platter I arranged.

Some homemade chocolate cake pops, which were to die for!! Recipe from my go-to baking blog, Sally's Baking Addiction.

And I also made a unicorn cake (don't tell, but I totally cheated with a box mix).

And have a look inside!

And you can't have a rainbow party without Skittles:

The plates and napkins were in theme, and I made water bottle labels.

Not pictured, we also had pizza and chips with dip.

The Party Activities

First, we had our classic balloon pop. There were rainbow unicorns hidden in four of the balloons. There was a tack taped behind each balloon, so the kids only had to throw bean bags at them to pop them.

Here is Honey Pot, mid-game.

Rainbow lollipops for the winners!

Pin the Horn on the Unicorn

I don't have pictures, but we purchased this set on Amazon that matched our theme.

Rainbow Color Throw

We participated in a Color Run several years ago, and it was just a ton of fun. I had the idea that the kids needed to get colorful during this party. So we provided a white tee shirt from Michaels for each of the kids. And they ran around the backyard, as the adults shot color powder at them with squeeze bottles. The kids had SO MUCH FUN getting messy and colorful. It was a bit chaotic, and the adults ended up covered in powder too, but I would do it again in a heartbeat. And, with so much leftover powder, we can! 90% of the powder brushed off of our clothes easily before we walked inside.

After the bottles had been emptied, we gave each of the kids a handful of powder, so we could do a color throw picture. I think I'll frame it. 💗

Thanks for looking at our latest party! It was small, but special. 😊