Grooming at the stable
Outside the stable, a boy and a girl each brush one side of the unicorn, who wears a star hanging from its collar.
- Recommended age
- Ages 4 and up · 20 to 40 minutes
- Theme
- Unicorns
A good brushing
Outside the stable, two children are taking care of the unicorn, each with a brush. The boy, in a T-shirt with stars and shorts, brushes its forelock. The girl, with a bow in her hair and two pigtails, brushes its mane on the other side. Brushing a horse to make it clean and shiny is called grooming.
The Magic Stable
Above them, a wooden sign hanging from two ropes reads “Écurie Magique,” French for “Magic Stable.” A lantern with a star hangs on the left, next to a braid of garlic, and a bunch of dried herbs hangs on the right. In the stable, you can see bales of hay, a pitchfork, a bucket, a window where the moon and stars shine, and even a spiderweb with its spider.
Three big characters
The two children and the unicorn are big shapes, easy to color at four. The boards of the stable get colored one by one, in the same brown. The spiderweb and the little stars can stay white.
Stable colors
The wood of the stable takes a warm brown, the hay a straw yellow. The brushes can be red or blue, the bucket gray or green. The unicorn keeps a white coat, with a golden star on its collar and a mane in your child’s favorite colors.
A word for the grown-up: if you come across ponies at a riding stable, ask whether you may offer them a carrot. Then show your child how to hold it out: hand flat, fingers together, so the pony takes it with its lips. At four, this first contact is a big moment.
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