Sparkle Stories Blog

In this Martin & Sylvia's Audio Advent Calendar Day 1 story, "Waiting," Advent is coming and brother and sister are worried - where is their advent calendar?

Look everyone! It's a PRINTABLE Advent Calendar! Each of the 25 little doors hides a clue to the matching story in the Junkyard Tales Audio Advent Calendar - so you can listen and open a door each day from December 1st to the 25th!

We've rounded up just four ideas for you to help calm things down during the busy holiday season. These crafts are easy to do and can help you slow down and feel the calm.

This week's craft is a woodblock child's menorah that can be made with a few simple materials from your local craft and hardware stores.

Here at Sparkle we take Halloween very seriously — meaning we put on silly wigs, big glasses, Halloween capes, and magic crowns. We make delicious treats and fun decorations.

Journey with these adventurers around the world with story — and through your very own treasure map!

We're celebrating the Wonder of Animals this week - with a fun printable coloring book of your favorite Sparkle characters!

One of the best feelings in the world is cooking from your own home-grown food. In this round-up, we've gathered recipes that you will easily be able to make from your summer garden. From a flower-y salad to purslane pesto to kale cupcakes — there's something deliciously veggie-based for everyone!

Getting sick or being hurt is never fun, but being prepared with a few things to help out is easy. We've found four recipes from our Sparkle Archives that will help when you have a little one who is sick or needs a bit of comfort after getting hurt.

Here in Sparkle Land, we love the holiday season. Since the very beginning of Sparkle we’ve been crafting and cooking for the holidays. That means we have A LOT of holiday content spread out through nine years’ worth of blog posts. We’ve rounded up everything right here into one master list of links.