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Unicorn is the shortest window in the kids catalog and the most reliable one while it lasts. It runs from about three years old to seven, it is chosen by the child almost every time, and it stops abruptly rather than fading out gradually.
That shape argues for buying cheap and buying now rather than waiting. A unicorn throw blanket bought at five gets four years of hard use out of it. The same design bought at eight gets refused before it comes out of the box.
Rainbow or Pastel
Two versions of this exist and they suit different children entirely. The rainbow version is saturated, high in contrast and busy, with the full spectrum running across the surface behind the animal itself. Nothing about it is subtle and nothing needs to be.
The pastel version is a good deal quieter. Soft pink, lilac and mint, with the unicorn drawn simply and plenty of space around it. That is the version surviving longest in any room decorated by an adult rather than a child.
A rainbow unicorn blanket is what most children pick when they are allowed to pick for themselves. The pastel version is what most parents pick instead, and knowing which of the two of you is choosing settles the question before you start.
Pink and Purple Do Different Jobs
A pink unicorn blanket is the default here and by far the safest. It reads as young and sits with almost anything already in a child's bedroom. It is also the version that gets carried around the house rather than left folded on a bed.
A purple unicorn blanket runs slightly older than that, and usefully so. Purple carries less of the nursery reference than pink does, which buys you another year or two before the design starts feeling babyish to the child who actually owns it.
Our soft pink throws and purple throw blankets carry both palettes with nothing printed on them at all. That is the route to take for a room that has only just outgrown the animal and still wants to keep the colors.
What Size Unicorn Throw Blanket for a Child?
Small, and treat that as the correct answer rather than the cheap one. A child who can carry a blanket keeps using it, and a unicorn blanket too heavy to drag from room to room stops being used within a month.
One limit before the sizes. Loose blankets are not safe for babies under one year old, so nothing here belongs in a crib. A toddler bed is the youngest thing on this page and that starts at about eighteen months.
| Size | Standard throw | Sherpa throw | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small | 30 x 40" | 37 x 57" | A toddler, a car seat, carrying around |
| Medium | 50 x 60" | 50 x 60" | A twin bed, school age, the usual choice |
| Large | 60 x 80" | 60 x 80" | A full bed, or two children sharing |
A toddler bed mattress is 28 by 52 inches. A 30 x 40 laid across it covers the width with an inch to spare on each side. That is why the smallest size is the correct answer for that particular bed rather than a compromise on price.
For a twin bed the 50 x 60 takes over as the default. A unicorn throw blanket at that size sits across the foot of it with six inches of overhang on each side. That is enough to pull up and not enough to trail on the floor and be stood on.
Where the Print Sits on the Blanket
Worth checking before you buy, because it decides whether the design survives being used at all. A single large unicorn centered on the surface disappears the moment the blanket is folded once, and children fold nothing they own without being asked twice.
A unicorn print blanket carrying a repeat across the whole surface reads correctly however it lands on the bed. That is the version to buy for a bed made by a six year old, which is to say for a bed that never gets made properly.
The Age It Stops
Around seven, and it stops rather than fading away slowly. A design that was the favorite thing in the room becomes something the child is embarrassed by within a few months, and that transition catches most parents completely by surprise.
Buy accordingly and without regret. Spend less than instinct suggests, expect three or four good years of use, and treat anything beyond that as a bonus rather than as the plan you were working to. Unicorn blankets rarely make it to a second child.
Our dinosaur throw blankets run a year or so longer than a unicorn blanket on exactly the same curve. Our heart print throws carry much further than either of them, running into the teenage years and well past that point.
Two Children, One Blanket
Worth planning for in advance if a second child is on the way. Unicorn blankets almost never get handed down successfully, because the younger child sees an object that already belongs to somebody else and wants one of their own instead.
Buying two small ones costs less than buying one large one twice over, and it removes an argument before it starts. That is the practical case for a unicorn throw blanket at 30 x 40 in a house with more than one child in it.
Where a Unicorn Blanket Ends Up
On a bed, in a car, on the sofa during a film, and on the floor of a bedroom being used as a den. A unicorn blanket travels around a house in a way almost nothing else in this catalog ever has to survive.
Wash a unicorn blanket cold on a gentle cycle, tumble dry low, and skip the fabric softener. Saturated prints hold up better washed inside out, and a rainbow design shows a flattened surface well before a pastel one ever does.
A unicorn sherpa blanket goes through the same routine and comes out the same way. A unicorn throw blanket in any size lives a harder life than an adult one, so wash it more often and expect it to show that.
Our kids range covers every subject that children actually ask for by name, unicorns included. That is the better place to start when the animal is negotiable and the age of the child is not, which happens more often than parents expect.