Unicorns are the thing right now for birthday parties. Create your own magical unicorn party gift bag. The kids will love it and it's simple and easy to make. Here's a tutorial to make your unicorn bags.
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💖 Why You'll Love This Craft
- Magical Party Favors: These unicorn-themed bags add a whimsical, fairy-tale touch to any party, making them a hit with kids and guests alike.
- Eco-Friendly Fun: Made from paper, these bags are a great alternative to plastic, making them a more sustainable choice for your party.
- Versatile for Any Occasion: While perfect for unicorn-themed parties, these bags can be used for birthdays, holidays, or any magical event you’re celebrating.
Unicorn Themed Ideas For Kids
Unicorns are super fun and you can make anything from party bags to Unicorn bookmarks to an unicorn sensory bottle. The ideas are endless, read on for more!
🎨 Supplies Needed
- Coloured paper bag
- Coloured craft papers – 4-5 different colours
- Pencil – to trace template
- Scissors
- Craft glue
- Golden glossy craft paper
- Black and brown sharpie
🖌️ How To Make Paper Unicorn Party Bags
- Step 1: Take the coloured paper bag and use a black sharpie to draw the unicorn face on it. Keep it nice and simple, I drew the eyes, nose and mouth. Use brown sharpie to draw freckles on both cheeks of the unicorn face.
- Step 2: Select different coloured craft papers and trace the patterns from the template on the papers. The template includes – 3 spiral patterns for the flowers, 2 outer ear and 2 inner ear patterns and 1 horn pattern. Use the scissors to cut these out.
- Step 3: Use the spiral patterns to create rolled flowers. Glue the inner ear patterns on the outer ear patterns.
- Step 4: Take the ear patterns and fold the bottom corners of the paper ears inwards and glue to secure the fold.
- Step 5: All items ready? First glue the horn on the top side of the bag.
- Step 6: Next glue the flowers to the top of the bag.
- Step 7: Now the Unicorn Party Bag is ready.
Enjoy!
💡 Pro Tip: Allow children to fully test their finished bag by opening, closing, and carrying it to ensure it remains functional while looking festive.
🧑🎨 Expert Tips
- Bag Check: Let kids test how easily the bag opens and closes after decorating, ensuring that embellishments don’t block basic function or fold lines.
- Handle Clearance: Ensure any added parts—like ears or flowers—are placed below the handle zone so the bag stays easy and safe to carry.
- Closure Planning: Leave space near the top fold so closures like tape or string can still be applied without disturbing the design or ripping.
- Weight Distribution: Remind children not to overload one side with decorations, keeping the structure balanced when items are placed inside the bag.
- Grip Room: Make sure decorations near edges don’t interfere with where hands naturally grab the bag, preserving a comfortable carrying grip for kids.
- Fold Flexibility: Encourage spacing out 3D decorations so the bag can still flex inward when folded or stacked, especially for transport or gift setup.
💭 FAQs
Kids begin to see how certain parts must be placed last to avoid damage or overlap, helping them understand work pacing in stages.
Children balance quick and careful motions without losing track. Switching tempo teaches them how pace impacts results across different craft stages.
They experience how long each action takes and start managing time better. This builds a steady pace from beginning through to completion.
Kids think ahead about where to begin, reducing layout mistakes later. They learn how early planning shapes the final presentation of work.
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Paper Unicorn Party Bags
Equipment
- Scissors
Materials
- Coloured paper bag
- Coloured craft papers – 4-5 different colours
- Pencil – to trace a template
- Craft glue
- Golden glossy craft paper
- Black and brown sharpie
Instructions
- Take the coloured paper bag and use a black sharpie to draw the unicorn face on it.
- Keep it nice and simple, I drew the eyes, nose and mouth.
- Use brown sharpie to draw freckles on both cheeks of the unicorn face.
- Select different coloured craft papers and trace the patterns from the temlate on the papers.
- The template includes – 3 spiral patterns for the flowers, 2 outer ear,and 2 inner ear patterns and 1 horn pattern.
- Use the scissors to cut these out.
- Use the spiral patterns to create rolled flowers.
- Glue the inner ear patterns on the outer ear patterns.
- Take the ear patterns and fold the bottom corners of the paper ears inwards and glue to secure the fold
- All items ready? First glue the horn on the top side..
- Next glue the flowers to the top of the bag..
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Every girl loves a cute unicorn party and this is the perfect gift bag to send them all home with! Great idea and tutorial.
I cannot thank you enough for this blog! My god daughter is having a birthday party on March 17th and absolutely loves unicorns! This is easy enough for her mom and I to make for the giveaways she has for each guest!
It's so nice to look at! Unicorns are still very much a huge trend and I think these loot bags are great for parties and for packing giveaways or gifts as well.
Oh what a sweet idea! I just had Eva's party the other week and we had a unicorn theme so these would have been perfect!
These bags are the cutest things I have ever seen. I love love love them! Perfect craft and it would be adorable for a kiddos birthday party! So crafty!
Had been looking for some ideas for my son's birthday party. This piece should come in handy! Nice ensembles and great handy work!
How lovely these gift bags look, pretty adorable! I'm sure I'm gonna make them with my son, as he loves crafting out things.
These are super cute. I am going to share this with my sister who is a school teacher this would be a fun project for class.
Awesome. It would be a fun class project.
These are the cutest bags! Any child would love these filled with party favors. They're a favor in themselves. Heck, I'd even love one! 🙂
Awwwww. That's super cute! I feel like this would make a really fun project for my niece and nephew to do after their Easter Egg hunt, too. Thanks 🙂
Yes these would make a great project. I agree.
These unicorn gift bags are so very adorable and they are simple enough to make especially as your instructions are so very clear.
Thanks.
Wow! This is super cute. My daughter and I would love to do this together this weekend. Unicorn is really one of a kind! 🙂
It would be fun to make with kids.
Wow, love this cute design. How unique and quirky! Was it fun to make?
My daughter is unicorn and pony crazy at the moment and her birthday is coming up, so not doubt it will be unicorned themed so these would be great.
Awesome.
granddaughter would love to make these
Awesome!