Here is a fantastic Unicorn bookmark craft idea for you to try with the kids. We are huge fans of Unicorn themed crafts and this super easy Unicorn pointer bookmark is a fun activity and boredom buster that you can make on a rainy day.
Unicorns are so magical and we love colourful Unicorns so chose to give our bookmarks rainbow coloured hair. You can choose whichever colours you to make your Unicorn bookmarks and hopefully they will help encourage a love of reading and literacy.
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💖 Why You'll Love This Craft
- Whimsical Reading Buddy: This magical unicorn peeks out of your book with a rainbow tail—how fun is that?
- Encourages Reading Fun: Kids are more excited to open their books when their favorite mystical creature is marking the page.
- Great for Party Favors: These make adorable keepsakes for birthday parties, classroom crafts, or book club treats!
🎨 Supplies Needed
- Coloured craft paper
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Craft glue
- Black sharpie
🖌️ How To Make Your Unicorn Pointer Bookmark
- Step 1: Select a cardstock paper for the unicorn side layout pattern and different colored craft papers for the other patterns from the template. Trace the template patterns on the selected papers and cut them out using scissors.
- Step 2: Grab the hair cutouts. The 2 small hair patterns will be placed on the top side of the unicorn head and the 3 longer hair patterns will be placed on the back side of the unicorn head.
- Step 3: Stick the 2 small patterns (the front hair pattern) together and then stick the 3 longer hair patterns (the back hair pattern) together.
- Step 4: Grab the unicorn side layout (the base) and stick the horn cutout on the horn layout of the base pattern. Stick the small triangular cutout on the middle of the ear layout of the base pattern.
- Step 5: The base pattern includes layouts for the hair patterns. Stick the prepared hair patterns on their places. The small hair pattern will go on the front side and the longer hair pattern will go on the back side.
- Step 6: Use a black sharpie or black gel pen to draw the face details of the unicorn. Draw the eyes, the nose and a smiley face.
- Step 7: Though this step is optional, but you can add more details to the pointer bookmark. Add craft glitter to ten horn pattern and add a small pink round shape the cheek. You can also add tiny star cutouts and add them to the air.
Your bookmark craft is now complete! If you enjoyed this craft you may also want to check out this tissue paper bookmark craft. It's another fun and colorful craft for kids.
💡 Pro Tip: After decorating, hold the bookmark at arm’s length to see if features stay readable—this teaches kids how to design for clarity at a glance.
🧑🎨 Expert Tips
- Color Blocking: Use bold color sections for features like the horn and mane to keep each part visually distinct, even from a small distance.
- Feature Spacing: Leave small gaps between facial details so eyes, nose, and mouth don’t blend—this makes each part easier to recognize.
- Visual Anchoring: Place the most colorful element, like the rainbow hair, near the top to guide attention and establish visual hierarchy.
- Outline Reinforcement: Add defined borders around small parts using dark pen lines to keep shapes from merging and improve design sharpness.
- Light-Dark Mixing: Combine light and dark tones together across the bookmark to create clear separation without overwhelming the overall look.
- Size Differentiation: Vary the scale of key parts slightly so no two features compete—this helps children learn how contrast can control focus.
💭 FAQs
Gripping a tall strip requires adjusting wrist movement along a straight edge without rotating the entire base during decoration for consistency.
A slim base limits surface area, teaching steady pressure in tighter paths while guiding accuracy through narrow zones over repeated use.
It develops the ability to reposition hands mid-task by sliding or lifting gently without damage, smears, or losing fine marker precision.
The layout forces top-down movement control, so one hand supports while the other decorates without shifts, slips, or crooked alignment forming.
Download Printable
Download your free Printable Rainbow Unicorn Bookmark Template here!
Rainbow Unicorn Bookmark Craft
Equipment
- Scissors
Materials
- Coloured craft paper
- Pencil
- Craft glue
- Black sharpie
Instructions
- Select a card stock paper for the unicorn side layout pattern and different colored craft papers for the other patterns from the template. Trace the template patterns on the selected papers and cut them out using scissors.
- Grab the hair cutouts. The 2 small hair patterns will be placed on the top side of the unicorn head and the 3 longer hair patterns will be placed on the back side of the unicorn head.
- Stick the 2 small patterns (the front hair pattern) together and then stick the 3 longer hair patterns (the back hair pattern) together.
- Grab the unicorn side layout (the base) and stick the horn cutout on the horn layout of the base pattern. Stick the small triangular cutout on the middle of the ear layout of the base pattern.
- The base pattern includes layouts for the hair patterns. Stick the prepared hair patterns on their places. The small hair pattern will go on the front side and the longer hair pattern will go on the back side.
- Use a black sharpie or black gel pen to draw the face details of the unicorn. Draw the eyes, the nose and a smiley face.
- Though this step is optional, but you can add more details to the pointer bookmark. Add craft glitter to ten horn pattern and add a small pink round shape the cheek.
- You can also add tiny star cutouts and add them to the air.
- Your bookmark craft is now complete!
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