Storybox Playlist: Stories to Inspire Crafting & Creating
The best holidays include some form of crafting. Whether it’s been making ornaments, baking goodies or crafting gifts, it always involves a mess of supplies across the dining room table, whole-family engagement and busy busy hands. But how do we get holiday projects going when lives are busy? We find inspiration — in stories! The characters in our stories love to make stuff — especially Martin and Sylvia. So queue up this playlist and let Sparkle Stories draw you into the making mood. You’ll be glad you did!
Holiday Delight
The holiday season has been filled with baking, crafting, decorating and celebrating but suddenly Martin & Sylvia have a day with no plans…
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Singing Together
On the night of a downtown singalong, Martin & Sylvia they learn how important it is to ignore hearsay and “see for yourself”!
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Free Sledding
Sylvia’s ideas help the other kids learn that there’s fun to be had no matter how you choose to sled.
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December 6: The Bakers
December 6: Martin & Sylvia are expecting a boring day but they find some advent fun at the bakery during errands with Daddy.
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December 7: The Tree
December 7: The apple trees in Martin & Sylvia’s yard lead them to another very special tree related to the advent season.
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A Handwork Moment
Momma notices the children’s fidgety hands: “I think our hands are trying to tell us something,” she says. What they need is an…
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Fairy Snow Fort
When Sylvia wakes with a plan to build a Fairy Snow Fort, the whole family pitches in and experiences the joy of working…
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December 1: The Daily Postcard Extravaganza
What do Christmas, Hanukkah, and other winter holidays on earth look like through the eyes of a real-life Martian?
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The Source of Snow
Snow has a particular and powerful magic in the fairy world, with a wondrous connection to the wishes and dreams of children
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Pet Portraits
Martin & Sylvia work to create portraits of their pets, Billbill and Pickles, to add to the family’s picture wall.
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About the authors
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Ann Boyd
Literary Editor and Continuity DirectorAnn is a writer, editor, homeschooling mother, voracious reader, full-fat baker, and musician. She lives in Chicago with her husband and two daughters and chronicles the journey at Boyds’ Nest News.