If you are looking for a creative activity for the children during the carnival season, then you can make a cute unicorn with us. Whether as decoration, mask or other party accessory, our ideas with paper plates offer something for every purpose. And best of all, they're a lot of fun. Let's go!
Make a cute paper plate unicorn with children
All children love unicorns, especially the little girls. Regardless of whether you want to slip into the role of a unicorn yourself or simply want to make the magical creatures, you can make a beautiful unicorn out of a paper plate and a few decorative items. It's really easy.
Necessary materials:
- paper plate
- Gold glitter paper, you can also use gold foam rubber
- Pink glitter paper
- Paper flowers
- self-adhesive glitter stones
- Weißer Cardstock
- Black permanent marker
- Glue stick
And this is how you make a unicorn out of a paper plate:
- Cut out two ears - two white ears from the cardstock and two pink ears from the glitter paper that are slightly smaller than the white ears. Glue each pink ear into each white ear.
- Cut out two pink glitter hearts and a gold horn.
- Turn the paper plate with the curvature facing up, glue the horn and ears to the underside of the plate rim and the heart cheeks to the middle circle.
- Draw eyes with eyelashes on the paper plate with the marker.
- Glue flowers around the base of the unicorn horn. Three flowers look beautiful.
- Add rhinestones to the center of the flowers and around the flowers to add more sparkle.
These pretty unicorns will be a great decoration for the children's room, don't you think?
There are several variations of the unicorn mask. For example, you can make a unicorn like the project above and simply add two cutouts for the eyes. A stencil knife will serve you well for this. Also make two small holes on either side of the unicorn and thread an elastic band through them so that the mask fits well on the head.
Another option would be to use just half of the paper plate and make a unicorn out of it. Cut out holes for eyes, paint or glue on pink cheeks, and add a horn and other decorations of your choice. Instead of a rubber band, you can also attach a wooden handle to the bottom of the paper plate.
Here is also the third variant of making a unicorn mask out of a paper plate. To do this, cut out the inner part of the plate completely so that your face or the child's face fits inside. Then glue the horn in the top center and two ears on either side. You can decorate the mask further, for example with a colorful mane made of wool and a round horse face made of pink paper.
Also read:Making masks with children: instructions for carnival
Make your own hair band with a unicorn horn for your carnival costume
If you only want to make the unicorn horn and not the whole face, you can also use a paper plate. Making this unicorn horn, whether for fun, for a unicorn party or as part of a unicorn costume, is extremely easy and very inexpensive. The children will love showing off their self-made unicorn horn and wearing it as an accessory to the costume.
What you need:
- Large white paper plate
- Pink, yellow, blue and purple acrylic craft paint
- Paint brush
- Silver 3D color
- Blue glitter
- Scissors
- punch
- Yellow ruffle elastic
- Marker
Directions:
- Draw a unicorn horn on a paper plate by starting at the bottom of the plate and making a point at the top of the plate. Cut it out with scissors.
- Draw several curved lines slanting upward, starting and ending at each notch as shown.
- Paint the unicorn's horn with a mixture of all the colors.
- Sprinkle it with glitter while the paint is still wet.
- Let the unicorn horn dry and then use a hole punch to punch two holes in the bottom.
- Trace the curved lines with the silver 3D paint and let it dry.
- Measure the ribbon around the child's head, cut it a few inches longer so you can tie it, and weave it into the back hole of the unicorn horn and out the front so you can tie it around the child's head can. The homemade unicorn horn is ready!
You can find more ideas for a unicorn costume for carnivalfind here.
