Sparkle Stories Blog

In Japan, there is a special wrapping called furoshiki that has traditionally been used in place of a lunch box. It’s a relatively simple basic skill to learn, but it can make for a most magical lunch-carrying experience, indeed!

Whether the leaves you collect are red and orange and yellow or still a brilliant green, this pressed leaf wreath is fun to make!

Playing with your food can be crazy amounts of fun. Toss in a special porcelain plate and you’re all set to make fun food faces at snack time or anytime!

Today we’re going to make our very own superhero capes that can be customized however you’d like (and whenever you’d like!)

In this post we do a bit of finger knitting of our own with a twist – beads! – to make unique and funky necklaces you can wear no matter the weather.

Make an art supply holder for art that wants to happen while out and about – whether on a trip, waiting at a doctors office or at the playground! Inspired by the *Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays!* story “A Better Way." To make room for the making that doesn’t happen in our house, the out and about art box is just the thing!

The project this week is a special one – something that, like Martin, will fill you with the quiet excitement of a new project! We’re going out into the world and making our very own nature art.

We’re going to show you how to make a chalk mural of your own, inspired by the Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! story "Important to Us All."

Bring the excitement of a fire station into your own home with a cardboard fire station, where you can train to become a firefighter too.

Like Martin and Sylvia, you can honor a favorite tree of your own (and weave in some memories too).