Sparkle Stories Blog
A home for Sparkle audio stories, crafts, recipes, and kind words!
Time for an Old-School Summer Bucket List
Summer is just around the corner! Are you ready? Stumped on what to do? Let's take it back to the good ol' days with an Old School Summer Bucket List! Grab your markers, rally the kids, put on your thinking caps, and let's get started...
Storybox Playlist: Stories to Bring on Summertime
Let's get the summer party started! Here are some early summer faves to bring on the warm feels and make everyone excited. Summertime is coming!
Storybox Playlist: Stories to Bring On Old School Summertime
Let's get the summer party started! Here are some early summer faves to bring on the warm feels and make everyone excited. Summertime is coming!
Growing Handy Skills, Sparkle Story-Style
It's GOOD for us to work with our hands. Creative hand-work pursuits bring out the best in us and free our minds and spirits. Plus, when kids learn to cook, or knit, or sew, or build, they also grow a foundation of capableness and confidence. There's nothing like knowing you can DO for yourself and others.
Sparkle Crafts Round Up: Practical Crafts for Little Creators
Knitting, Cooking, Crafting, Candlemaking — so many things kids can do! Working with hands and creating practical items gives kids a sense of capability and confidence. Here are six excellent crafts for young creators.
Want to Grow Grit? Patience? Courage? Ease?
What qualities do you need in your life? What about your kids? Listen to others who embody those qualities and find stories about them. You will find they stir and draw out those very same qualities — qualities that are readily available but just dormant.
Crafts for Growing Curiosity Round Up
Are you ready to grow your scientist skills? Dip into these simple experiments that will open your mind and your heart to the extraordinary quality of curiosity.
Storybox Playlist: Stories for Makers!
We LOVE to make things! And so do our characters. Here are five fun stories about young makers!
The May 2024 Story Calendar
We're getting our hands into the dirt and working the soil to bring out all the deep growth that's ready to burst forth. Our May 2024 Story Calendar will get you ready to dig!
The April 2024 Story Calendar
As spring blossoms into its fullness, fairies are hard at work setting the natural world into its proper course. Let's get good at watching for their activity with our April 2024 Story Calendar!
Storybox Playlist: Fairies in Our World
Every little change in your environment might just be the movement of the fairy folk, so keep your eyes and ears open — you never know when they'll show up! Listen along to this playlist to hear more examples of fairies in our world so you can watch for them wherever you are.
Create Your Own Fairy World Round-Up
We live in the world of the big people, but with just a bit of effort, we can help create environments that suit the fairy folk in our midst. Dig into this selection of homespun crafts to give your tiny friends a big welcome!
Storybox Playlist: Stories of Friendships with Fairies
Some of the greatest folk tales include fairies helping humans — and vice versa! Here are some of the best fairy friendship stories in the Sparkle library.
Sparkle Crafts: Fairy Faces
Take a nature walk and decorate a fairy face! Simply print the template, collect flowers and leaves, and create.
Storybox Playlist: Stories About Each Fairy Type
Do you believe in fairies? Earth, Water, Air, and Fire — our answer is a definite YES! Read through our primer below to learn more about each fairy type and take a deep dive into fairyland with our curated Storybox Playlist!
Storybox Playlist: The Fairy Favorites
Fairies can be found all around us — hidden in plain sight. Can you see them? Dive into our playlist full of fairy favorites and practice noticing the work of the fairy folk in our midst.
Recipe Round Up: Tarts for the Easter Table
We love tarts for Easter brunch! Sweet or savory, they're just the perfect little eats for little (and big) hands. We've rounded up our favorites for you to try at your next celebration.
Martin's Big Birthday Meal
It's Martin's 9th birthday, and the family celebrates with some of his favorite foods. Here are some recipes so you can celebrate along with them!
The Gift of Sensitivity
Sensitivity can come in a variety of forms, from children who can't stand tags in their clothes to children who withdraw in stimulating environments. We sensitive people are a gift to the planet. Let me tell you why.
Recipe Round Up: Simple Foods for Simple Tastebuds
Indulge in delightful flavors and heartwarming tales with our roundup of recipes for sensitive palates.
