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Castlechanter Audio Advent Calendar Crafts and recipes: Week Two
Week Two is here and we’ve got lots of tasty treats to share and crafts to make. From rock art and latkes to shepherd’s pie and pine needle tea, get yourself ready for a very tasty Week Two!
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The Castlechanter Fairy Printable Advent Calendar
Take a peek at our printable Castlechanter Fairy Advent Calendar. The fairies and elves here at Sparkle have been hard at work creating this Sparkle Audio Advent Calendar. Each day, starting from December 1 through 25, listen to a story a day and open a door to go along.
Storybox Playlist: For an Inspired Advent, Start Here
Here at Sparkle, we believe that Advent is a time for inspiration, for helping others, and for community. The stories we have gathered this week are from our Advent collections and Christmas stories. Each one tells a tale of Advent inspiration and helping others, of going beyond our own wants, and of a desire to bring joy to others.
Parent Cheat Sheet: Castlechanter Fairy Advent Activities
Use this parent cheat sheet to help you navigate the stories with activities that relate to each story. In this cheat sheet, we’ve given you a timeline so you can be prepared with a recipe, craft, or fun idea in advance.
Castlechanter Audio Advent Calendar Crafts and recipes: Week One
Welcome to the first week of the Castlechanter Fairy Advent Calendar! We are so delighted you chose to join us. Every day for the next four weeks, we will be sharing crafts and recipes from our Sparkle Archives that are similar to the ones in the advent calendar.
Friday's Kind Words: Dory Horde
"I love the new Dory Horde so much. It’s the first thing I do on Friday when I wake up — it’s so exciting! Does David do all the voices by himself, besides commentary? If so, that’s SO cool!" ~ Cora age 10, California, USA
Sparkle Holiday Extravaganza! All of Our Holiday Content in One Spot
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.
Tutorial: The Castlechanter Fairy PRINTABLE Advent Calendar
We made a printable Advent Calendar to go with the Castlechanter Fairy Audio Advent Calendar. Let us show you how to put it together!
Storybox Playlist: Giving Thanks the Sparkle Way
This playlist is filled with the different ways Sparkle characters celebrate Thanksgiving. From homegrown food to a feast in the junkyard to lots of Grandma's brownies, there are so many things to be grateful for and so many ways to say and show it.
Friday's Kind Words: A Healing Art
"My children and grandchildren love Sparkle Stories and I am very thankful for the beautiful service you provide. It is truly a healing art, which we all need more of these days."
Friday's Kind Words: Rhythm in Our Days
“Hello! I just wanted to take a moment to share how grateful I am as a mom for all the Sparkle Stories. One thing I am pleasantly surprised about is how much I enjoy the stories, how much I learn as mom about how to create rhythm in our days...” ~ Lauren (mom) and August (age 4)
Story Apothecary: Healing Tales for Troubled Times
Since our stories are not only entertaining but also hold a spark of inspiration or balm of healing, we offer these four collections packaged up in the way they are intended: as narrative medicine for troubled times.
Friday's Kind Words: Healing Work
Thank you so very much for the wonderful post after the election. ~ Janalynn
Friday's Kind Words: Make More
“Please make more! Thank you so much. It made me amazed and happy to see the new story. I can’t believe it.” ~ Luisa
Dealing with Uncertainty: Pre- and Post-Election
Election time can bring an enormous amount of uncertainty for people, no matter what political philosophy you adhere to. We are here to give you a bit of loving and inspiring advice to help with the uncertainty and anxiety that comes with not knowing and then knowing.
Meet the Cast of "The Fool's Tale"!
We're just about a week away from our Halloween story event, "The Forest of Magic and Mystery"! Read on to meet the cast!
Friday's Kind Words: Pure Joy and Delight
"You should have heard the squeals of delight when my daughter discovered the Windward series! She's loving every minute and shaking with excitement hearing all the moments being revealed. Pure joy and delight, can't thank you enough." ~ from IG @creatingcalmcoach
Five Favorite Sparkly Halloween Stories!
Each Halloween story featured below is perfect for this time of year! Add some sparkle to your All Hallow's Eve! Try incorporating these audio-only stories into your Halloween celebrations this year.
NEW! Windward Ho! Pirate Halloween
It’s the morning of Halloween when Wink Mackenzie heads to her local bookstore and finds something curious — not the book she was seeking, but a wayward Pirate from her Windward life! What is he doing here, in the present time?
