About this coloring page
This close-up shows a unicorn's face turned to one side, with a closed, smiling eye fringed by three lashes, a round nostril near the end of the muzzle and two pointed ears. A striped horn rises between the ears, long sweeping strands of mane curve down behind the head, and two sparkles sit to the left.
Because the head fills most of the page, there's lots of open space for blending colors. The mane is made of long curved bands rather than tiny curls, so a child can give each band its own color without needing to be very precise.
Color ideas
- Fill each curved mane strand with a different pastel, such as mint, lemon and pink, for a soft rainbow mane.
- Color the stripes on the horn in alternating gold and white to make it look twisted.
- Brush a little pink across the cheek below the closed eye, and use a slightly darker shade inside the round nostril.
Did you know?
- The Roman writer Pliny the Elder described a fierce animal called the monoceros, Greek for "one horn," with a single black horn growing from the middle of its forehead.
- A narwhal's tusk grows in a long spiral, which is probably one reason unicorn horns are usually drawn with a twist.
Try this
Ask your child to name this unicorn and decide what it is dreaming about with its eye closed. Draw a small thought bubble near the sparkles and sketch the dream inside it.
