The unicorn spider
A spider with big shiny eyes and a little horn on its head stands beside the unicorn, who smiles with eyes closed.
- Recommended age
- Ages 4 and up · 20 to 40 minutes
- Themes
- Little bugs, Unicorns
A funny cousin
Here is a spider you don’t come across every day. All round and fluffy, it looks straight ahead with two huge, shiny black eyes and a little smile. On its head grows a twisted horn, just like the unicorn’s, which stands right beside it, eyes squeezed shut with happiness. Its long ringed legs rest on a floor whose lines run toward the back, like the boards of a wooden floor.
Making friends with a spider
Many children shrink back from a spider. This one has everything going for it: plush-toy eyes, a unicorn horn and a friend smiling at it. The page is a gentle way to talk about spiders: their legs, their webs, the flies they catch, and the fact that they, too, are a little afraid of big people.
Rings to color one by one
The spider’s legs are made of small segments: each one is its own space, to color in a single shade or in two alternating colors, like stripes. At four, it is a good exercise in patience. The spider’s body and the unicorn’s are big round areas, more restful. The lines of the floor cut the background into long, narrow strips.
Unexpected colors
Nothing says a spider has to be black or brown. This one can turn purple with pink legs, or turquoise and yellow, and its horn can borrow the colors of the unicorn’s. The big eyes look best left black, with their white highlight: that is what brings them to life. For the floor, a light brown or beige laid down in long strips is enough.
A word for the grown-up: sing “The Itsy-Bitsy Spider” together, walking your fingers up your child’s arm as the spider climbs the waterspout. A little creature that tickles is less scary than one you run away from.
Coloring pages that go with this one
More pages from the same theme, age or season — the ones you print right after.
