Sparkle Stories Blog
A home for Sparkle audio stories, crafts, recipes, and kind words!
The December 2024 Story Calendar
Fairy lights, peppermint, and snowflakes all around! Our December 2024 Story Calendar will inspire your family with generosity, warmth, and light. Download our calendar and make a beautiful holiday with us!
Martin & Sylvia Advent Calendar in Spanish!
Feliz Navidad! We’re excited to announce that our beloved Martin & Sylvia Audio Advent Calendar series is now available in Spanish!
Crafting the Holidays: Paper Lanterns with Waldorfish
Waldorfish shares a video tutorial for making decorative paper lanterns for Martinmas. Turn on a Sparkle Story, make some lanterns, and share the light!
Nature School Project: Waxed Leaf Garland
In this week's Martin & Sylvia's Nature School Story, "I Feel Orange," Sylvia is feeling very energetic on one Nature School morning, but her friend Sofia is feeling very tired. “I feel blue,” she says. This inspires a long conversation, and then a project based on what it is to “feel” different colors.
Aunt Jane's Thanksgiving Dinner Rolls
Aunt Jane's Dinner Rolls are more than just a delicious recipe. It's a cherished family tradition, where grandchildren and cousins spend time with family elders, talking and laughing and learning to bake a beloved Thanksgiving staple.
The November 2024 Story Calendar
As the sun sets earlier, we spend more time indoors … which means it’s the perfect time for crafting! Our November 2024 Story Calendar will guide you into a season of making things with our hands and cherishing others with our hearts. Join in the fun!
Eight Ways to Make Halloween Extra-Magical This Year
With its rich history and beautiful culture, Halloween is an opportunity to experience something new in yourself. Here are my thoughts about how you can bring extra magic to this Halloween!
How to Throw a Halloween Party: In true Martin-&-Sylvia-style!
This Halloween, let's party like Martin & Sylvia shall we!? It's spooky season for most, but for Sparklers, we know that it’s a friendly time where we can look for magic and for “the thinning of the veils,” as M&S would day! Read more to find out how you can throw your very own Martin-and-Sylvia-style Fairy Ball!
DIY Pirate Costume, Martin & Sylvia Style!
Pirates are a big deal here at Sparkle HQ, so this Halloween we're crafting a DIY Pirate Costume (inspired by the Martin & Sylvia story "Pirates"). It's super-fast to whip together and requires no sewing! This craft will have your kids saying “Yo ho ho” and “Shiver me timbers!” this spooky season.
Craft Round Up: Costumes, Sparkle-Style!
With Halloween just around the corner, here at Sparkle HQ, costumes are top of mind! Let those little imaginations soar this spooky season with these simple and sweet DIY costume crafts, Sparkle Style!
Storybox Playlist: Stories as a Prayer for Peace
Let's inspire peace in our families, homes, and communities by listening to stories about making and creating peace.
The October 2024 Story Calendar
Earlier nights, cooler breezes, and crisp leaves. The signs of October have arrived! Snuggle up with fall stories, cozy recipes, and fun crafts from our October 2024 Story Calendar. Grab your calendar today!
Storybox Playlist: Our Best Stories to Celebrate Spring!
Spring is in the air! Celebrate this season of growth with our Sparkly playlist to celebrate all the freshness that's afoot.
Storybox Playlist: Our Best Cozy Stories to Celebrate Autumn!
Crisp days, fall leaves, wooly sweaters, our favorite warm drinks. This Sparkly Playlist will have you feeling all the warm fuzzies that come with autumn!
Sparkle Stories in Spanish
You asked for it and we heard you. We now have Sparkle Stories in Spanish! We're starting with 10 of our favorite Sparkle Sleepytime stories, lovingly translated and beautifully narrated into Spanish.
Storybox Playlist: Everyday Heroes!
Superheroes show up in everyday moments. In this Storybox Playlist we feature tales of people doing everyday acts of service and kindness. Listen along and perhaps you might see how you are an everyday hero too!
Parent Support on Sparkle YouTube
We have many nuggets of real-talk from Lisabeth on our YouTube channel. Listen in to our Sparkle founder and momma to two boys. Let her support your parenting week!
How to Use Our Audio Stories to Support Your Home Day
Have you ever wondered how to include Sparkle Stories in your day? It’s a good question, one that takes a little strategy and thought — but in our view, the effort is absolutely worthwhile. Read on to learn how!
The September 2024 Story Calendar
Who out there knows their superpower? Join us this September as we explore superheroes in SparkleLand! Our September 2024 Story Calendar will help you to make this world a better place.
Ten Ways the Sparkle Team Navigates Big Parenting Milestones
Kids starting kindergarten. Kids starting college. First day of senior year. First fall that there’s no return-to-school (college graduate!). We Sparkle Team parents — Ann, Lisabeth, Susan, & Trish — offer up ten ways to navigate these big parenting milestones!
