Hello everyone! We hope you are all excited for How to Catch a Unicorn by Adam Wallace.
Michelle and I have put together a bunch of fun activities and crafts for the little ones. Starting on Friday, September 1 (today!), the kits are available to pick up for our online storytime this month!
Enjoy a FREE copy of the book and more!
"How to Catch a Unicorn" by Adam Wallace
Can you catch the unicorn? You’ll have to use your brain! So set your traps and prep your team to pet that rainbow mane!
Visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSpBMyuFkyY to watch the author – dressed as a unicorn! – read his story for #BNStorytime. Then, enjoy the activities. Everything is yours to keep!
Kits include:
a FREE copy of How to Catch a Unicorn
information page
colors game (5 colored ice cream cones)
3 activity pages
2 coloring pages
rhymes/song pages with weblinks (instrument included)
unicorn mask craft
3 magnets from the story
unicorn stickers
*Here are the following pages that you will receive with your kit!*
HANDOUT GAMES – play with included ice cream cone handouts
Can You Show Me…?
(Tune: “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush”)
Can you show me the purple cone?
Purple cone, purple cone?
Can you show me the purple cone?
And wave it in the air?
Green… yellow… blue… pink
Hold It High – Choose one ice cream cone from handouts
Hold your cone high and stand
Now wave it around in gestures grand!
Hold your cone below your chin
Now hold it way up high again
Hold your cone against your nose
Now touch the cone to your toes
Touch your cone to the ground
Now wave that cone all around!
Hold your cone in front of you
Now turn around – one time, two!
Hold your cone and jump up high!
Now let your cone fly fly fly (throw it in the air)
SONGS & INSTRUMENT – use included instruments
The Unicorn Song by Patty Shukla Kids TV
Unicorn Song by ITS MUSIC
Going On A Unicorn Hunt by Titi Time 4 Kids
Unicorn Dinosaur Dance Party by Tiny Totz Kidz
BOUNCE RHYME (bounce along with child in lap)
Two Little Unicorns
Two little unicorns sitting in the grass,
One named slow, the other named fast.
Run away slow, run away fast.
Come back slow, come back fast.
(bounce slow and then fast)
Two little unicorns sitting on a wall, big/small…
(bounce big, bounce small)
Two little unicorns flying in the sky, low/high…
(swing down low, bounce high)
ACTION RHYMES
If You’re a Unicorn and You Know It
If you’re a unicorn and you know it, shake your horn,
If you’re a unicorn and you know it, shake your horn,
If you’re a unicorn and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you’re a unicorn and you know it, shake your horn.
Stomp your hooves…
Toss your mane…
Twitch your tail…
Prance around…
One Little, Two Little, Three Little Unicorns
One little, two little, three little unicorns;
four little, five little, six little unicorns;
seven little, eight little, nine little unicorns;
ten little unicorns prancing.
(hold up a finger for each unicorn; wiggle all ten for the “prancing!”)
I’m a Shiny Unicorn
(Tune: “I’m a Little Teapot”)
I’m a shiny unicorn, don’t you pout
Here is my horn, sticking right out!
When I get all silly, hear me shout!
And see sparkles as I trot about!
Unicorn, Unicorn
Unicorn, unicorn touch your toes.
Unicorn, unicorn touch your nose.
Unicorn, unicorn pat your head.
Unicorn, unicorn go to bed.
Unicorn, unicorn wake up now.
Unicorn, unicorn take a bow.
Unicorn, unicorn touch the ground.
Unicorn, unicorn turn around.
Unicorn, unicorn sit back down.
Unicorn, unicorn don’t make a sound.
Five Magic Unicorns
(Tune: “Five Green and Speckled Frogs”)
Five magic unicorns
Yes, they have shiny horns
Looking so sparkly and bright (shi-ny!)
One trotted far away
So she could prance and play,
Now there are just four unicorns (neigh-neigh!)
Four magic unicorns...
Three magic unicorns...
Two magic unicorns...
One magic unicorn...
The Legs on the Unicorn
(Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
The legs on the unicorn run real fast
Run real fast, run real fast
The legs on the unicorn run real fast
All day long!
The tail on the unicorn goes swish swish swish...
The mane on the unicorn blows in the wind...
The horn on the unicorn points at you!...
EXTRA LINKS!
Adam Wallace’s site: https://www.adam-wallace-books.com/
How to Catch… Club: https://www.howtocatchclub.com/
Let us know what your little ones thought of How to Catch a Unicorn! What did they think of the activities? Do you have any suggestions for us?