Page 3 - Rainbows and Unicorns 2 hour

You: Birthday Child (insert child’s name), what’s your wish? (to the birthday boy/girl the first time)
(you may need to give some suggestions)
Child: I wish for a unicorn. (the child invents their own wish)
All (spoken): One, two three, abracadabra! (the children wave their imaginary wands)
Repeat several times as above, except for at the end of each verse when you ask the children to put their hand up if they would like to make a wish. You then sing “Hello, what’s your wish?” to a child that has their hand up. If you have more than ten children, you could try asking a few children at a time (at the end of each verse before saying “one, two, three abracadabra”) to speed up the activity. If you have more than 20 children you can ask everyone that hasn’t had a turn to shout their wish out at once.
6. CHOREOGRAPHED DANCE ONE: ‘Rainbow Connection’ performed by Jim Henson
Click on song name to open the video in YouTube.
“Now can anyone remember what is the unicorns’ favourite thing? That’s right, a rainbow! So now I’m going to teach you how to make rainbows using a special dance.” Give each child a coloured scarf. Go through the tricky moves first then play the track and perform the dance as in the video.
7. PARACHUTE ACTIVITY WITH TOY/S ON TOP: ‘Unicorns Fly Through the Sky’ (tune of ‘Two Teddies on a Trampoline’ by Linda Bance)
“It’s time to play with the parachute! Let’s see what else is hiding in my sparkly bag? (Reveal soft unicorn toy.) Some unicorns have extra magic to help them fly so we’re going to make my unicorn go flying on the parachute.” Explain that first they must practice with the imaginary parachute and that if everyone listens really well then you will take out the real parachute. Sing the song and move your arms up and down in time with the pulse for the first four lines. For “One, two, three,” keep your arms still and on “whoosh” lift them up high into the air.
Unicorns fly through the sky, Fly high, fly high,
Unicorns fly through the sky, Fly up high.
One, two, three, whoosh!
Take out the parachute. “If everyone listens really well, I’ll put my unicorn on top.” Repeat the song, but this time the group holds the edges of the real parachute, moving it up and down to the pulse (but with no toys on top). Keep the parachute still as you say, “One, two, three” and quickly lift it up high as you say “whoosh” at the end.
Next, place your soft unicorn toy on top and sing the song again.
“I think my unicorn is very lonely. Let’s find a friend for her to fly with.” Add a second soft toy on top and sing the song again. Repeat for up to ten toys. Then place as many soft toys and finger puppets as you have (so there are up to about 20 all together) and sing the song again. Don’t worry if they fall off. They always do!
8. MUSICAL STATUES: ‘Shake It Off’ performed by Taylor Swift
a) Ask the children if they know the game Musical Statues. Tell them that they’re going to
play a game a little bit like Musical Statues and that if they can beat you to win, you
will give them all a Haribo treat.
b) Explain that they are going to be unicorns and you are going to give them a magical
coloured shaker (egg shaker) each.
c) When the music plays they must gallop with their coloured shakers towards the giant
rainbow (demonstrate as you tell them). “And when we get there, we’re going to give our coloured shakers to the rainbow to make it even more colourful!” When the music stops it means that the Naughty Leprechaun is coming. The children must freeze and be really still (demonstrate freezing) so the Naughty Leprechaun doesn’t find them
and steal their coloured shakers. “If everyone is really quiet when the music stops, you will all win a Haribo treat.”
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