Featuring our $5 Unicorn Sensory & Dramatic Play Setup
This week's theme is "U is for Unicorn", and we're pairing it with our Unicorn Printable Pack, designed especially for sensory play and perfect for decorating your IKEA Flisat table. With the Unicorn Sensory & Dramatic Play Setup, your FLISAT table becomes a unicorn kingdom — rainbows, magical scenes, and storytelling in every bin. It all sits on our standard setup — here's how I set up our FLISAT if yours is new.
🛒 What's in the $5 Unicorn Printable Pack
The Unicorn Printable Pack includes:
- Unicorn-themed signage & decorations
- Printable unicorns, rainbows & magical accessories
- Sensory play activity cards
- Role-play props & scene pieces
- Vocabulary cards: unicorn, rainbow, magic, sparkle, and more
🧰 Materials You'll Need
- Unicorn Printable Pack
- IKEA Flisat table (or any sensory bin)
- Pastel dyed rice, chickpea foam, or colored pasta
- Pom-poms, gems, and star confetti (large pieces for little hands)
- Toy unicorns and rainbow accessories
- Scoops, cups, and a "magic wand" or two
- Cotton balls for clouds
🦄 How to Set Up Your Unicorn Sensory Bin
- Print and hang the unicorn signage and decorations on your pegboard or backdrop.
- Fill one bin with pastel filler and scatter gems and stars through it.
- Build a rainbow scene in the second bin with unicorns and cotton-ball clouds.
- Set out the activity cards for magical missions and color hunts.
- Place the vocabulary cards and worksheets nearby, then gallop in — scoop, sort, and make magic!
Get all 26 Printables for just $26
🎯 Learning Objectives by Age Group
- 6–12 mo: Soft textures and high-contrast rainbow colors to explore
- 1–2 yrs: Scooping and pouring pastel filler; naming colors
- 2–3 yrs: Sorting gems by color, matching unicorns, counting stars
- 3–4 yrs: Letter U tracing, pattern rainbows, pretend storytelling
- 4–5 yrs: Inventing unicorn stories, sequencing a magical quest
💌 Free Bonus: A to Z Letter of the Week Guide
Don't forget your Free Printable Letter of the Week Poster! Download the A–Z Letter of the Week Sensory Guide, with all 26 themes, links to products, and learning goals. You'll also receive the Letter of the Week Email Series, with weekly reminders, bonus activity ideas, and links to new blog content.
- All 26 Letter of the Week themes
- Printable calendar
- Links to each week's setup
- Email reminders with learning extensions
💡 Tips to Extend the Activity
- Rainbow Sorting Race: Sort the whole bin by color into rainbow order.
- Unicorn Cafe: Serve "magical" drinks and treats from a unicorn cafe stand.
- Feed the Unicorn: Use tongs to feed pom-pom "treats" through a unicorn cutout.
- Magic Potions: Mix colored water and glitter in bottles at a potion station.
- Story Time: Read a favorite unicorn picture book inside the unicorn kingdom.
📚 Related Activities
- Unicorn sensory play guide — slime, chickpea foam & feeding games
- Unicorn party ideas and printables
- Letter R: Rainbow & Weather week
- Unicorn Memory Game & Charms
🔤 25 Vocabulary Words for "Unicorn" Theme
unicorn, horn, rainbow, magic, sparkle, mane, gallop, kingdom, fairy, star, cloud, dream, wish, enchanted, glitter, pastel, pink, purple, hoof, tail, mystical, gentle, magical, forest, castle
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Making magic for letter U week? Save this post, and follow along with the whole A–Z series on the Letter of the Week hub.