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The January Story Calendar

Sparkle Kitchen: Hot Chocolate on a Stick

Sparkle Kitchen: Arctic Cookout

Nature School Project: Evergreen Paint Brushes

Martin & Sylvia's Nature School

Sparkle Kitchen: Winter Snow Cones

Sparkle Craft: Sit Spot Tutorial

The Power of Affirmation

The Dory Horde: The Gilded Dragon (Book One) Archives

Sparkle Craft: DIY Flying Wish Paper

Storybox Playlist: Happy Winter Celebrations!

Sparkle Craft: Snowman Mug Buddies

Old Time Christmas Stories

Sparkle Kitchen: Glass Star Cookies

Martin & Sylvia's Twelve Days of Christmas Archives

Sparkle Craft: Vintage Christmas Songbook

Storybox Playlist: Stories of the Winter Solstice

The Winter Spiral: A How-to Guide

Solstice Bonfire S’mores

Sparkle Craft: Solstice Sun Tree Topper

Crafting the Holidays: Needle-Felted Matchbox with Toymaking Magic

Crafting the Holidays: Santa Lucia Window Art

Sparkle Kitchen: Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Discover Libby and Dish's Good Deed a Day Club!

Sparkle Craft: Woodblock Menorah

Sparkle Crafts: Sparkling Fruit Ornaments

Explore the Sparkle Teams favorite Christmas books

Sparkle Craft: Stitched Snowflakes and Cranberry Garlands - Sparkle Stories

Sparkle Sleepytime - en español

Martin & Sylvia's Audio Advent Calendar Archives - Sparkle Stories

Thanksgiving Craft: A New Thanksgiving Table Setting Tradition

Sparkle Holiday Kitchen: Salted Caramel Brownies

DIY Family Thanksgiving Book

Sparkle Kitchen: Candied Orange Peels

Sparkle Crafts: Gratitude Leaves

Storybox Playlist: Stories of Simple Gratitude

Featured Collection: Gratitude Stories

Nature School Project: Waxed Leaf Garland

Featured Collection: At Home with Martin & Sylvia

Sparkle Craft: Milk Jug Lanterns

A Special Martinmas Playlist: Lanterns and Lights

Aunt Jane's Thanksgiving Dinner Rolls

Kid-friendly Craft: Make a Memory Book

Salted Caramel Brownies

Loving Our Grands: Stories for Appreciation and Understanding of Our Elders

Martin & Sylvia's Family Tree of Stories

Sparkle Craft: Halloween Special - Keepsake "Switch Witch" Plate

Sparkle's One-Stop Spot for Halloween Stories

Sparkle Craft: Halloween Special - Four No-Carve Pumpkin Ideas

Sparkle Kitchen: Fairy Cookies

Featured Collection: So Many Fairies Halloween Story

Eight Ways to Make Halloween Extra-Magical This Year

Sparkle Craft: Halloween Special - Pillowcase Cross-Body Trick-or-Treat Bag

Sparkle Kitchen: Halloween Special - A Jack-o'-Lantern Crust Topped Chicken Mini-Potpie — Sparkle Stories

Halloween Craft for Kids: Trick-or-Treat Flashlights

Martin & Sylvia's Halloween!

Sparkle Craft: Sparkle "Halloween Trick-or-Treatables"

Martin & Sylvia Halloween Costume Paper Dolls

DIY Pirate Costume, Martin & Sylvia Style!

Craft Round Up: Costumes, Sparkle-Style!

Featured Collection: Martin & Sylvia: Dress Up

Sparkle Crafts: DIY Musical Instruments

The Sparkle Team's Favorite Ideas for Shaking It Up

Featured Collection: Martin & Sylvia

Sparkle Kitchen: Baked Apples with Cinnamon Oat Nut Stuffing

Sparkle Craft: Printmaking with Leaves

Featured Collection: By Thistle By Thimble

Blessing Bags Project for Kids

Recipe Round Up: 5 Snacks for Helpers (All Hands On Deck)

Sparkle Craft: Fire Station Doll House

Featured Collection: Dry Gables: Introduction

Waldorf-inspired Fall Equinox Celebrations for Kids

Sparkle Craft: DIY Superhero Cuffs

Superhero Capes

Martin & Sylvia: How to Be a Superhero

Sparkle Kitchen: Superhero Smoothies — Sparkle Stories

I Am Marvel (How I Became Super) - Sparkle Stories

Sparkle Stories | Helping Kids Be Super!

Sparkle Kitchen: Chai Spiced Milk

Storybox Playlist: Stories of Superheroes

DIY Courage Bracelets: Your Secret Superhero Power for the New School Year! — Sparkle Stories

How to Be Super: The Violet Crown (Book One)

Sparkle Kitchen: Car Snacks Round Up!

Tips for Screen-Free Travel with Kids

Sparkle Kitchen: Toppings!

Featured Collection: Life as a Martian

Forget "fit in." Who are you really?

Sparkle Craft: Shrinky Dink Self-Portrait Zipper Pulls

Meet the Willowbees!

Sparkle Crafts: Simple Paper Kite

Featured Collection: The Willowbee Tree

The Ultimate Sparkle Back-to-School Tool Kit

Cook with the Willowbees!

Sparkle Kitchen: Cherry Icicles

Junkyard Tales: All Together Now

Featured Story: At Home with Martin & Sylvia: "Theater Camp"

Make Your Own Summer Camp!

sparkle kitchen: campfire raspberry basil grilled cheese sandwiches

Martin & Sylvia's Goose-Eye Summer Camp

Plenitud PR

Craft Your Own Personalized Hiking Stick

Sparkle Car #8: The Magic of Backroads

Explore Summer: DIY Explorer Bags

Featured Collection Martin & Sylvia

Sparkle Kitchen: Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Tips for How to Navigate Your Child's Summer Home From School

Sparkle Craft: Friendship Bracelets

Sparkle Topic: Adventures!

Libby & Dish: Adventures of the Finder's Club

ABC Scavenger Hunt for Kids with Wild Learning

Discussing All Things Sleep with Nora Murray, CEO & Founder of Oolie — Sparkle Stories

Sparkle Kitchen: Breakfast Tacos

Storybox Playlist: Adventures in the Big City

Independence Day on the Green - Sparkle Stories

Sparkle 4th of July Kitchen: Eating Red, White & Blue!

Vegetarian Pemmican Recipe: Kid-friendly!

Libby & Dish - Sparkle Stories

Storybox Playlist: Boredom is Beautiful

Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! "Messages"

sparkle craft: three paper airplanes

Stories for Boredom

Storybox Playlist: Five Soothing Stories for Grown-Ups

Sparkle Kitchen: Watermelon Slushies

A Story for the Summer Solstice: "Midsummers Eve"

Celebrating the Summer Solstice with Sparkle Stories! 🌞

Sparkle Craft: Craft Your Own Collapsible Play Tent

Featured Story: "Now That's a Camp!"

At Home with Martin & Sylvia: "Really Explorers"

Featured Collection: Martin & Sylvia's Summer Adventures

Father's Day Story! Martin & Sylvia: Father's Day

Storybox Playlist: So Many Fathers

Project Round Up: Fun Things to Do with Dad for Father's Day

Storybox Playlist: Stories for Long Car Rides

Sparkle Crafts: Car Ride Activities

Featured Collection: Martin & Sylvia: Travel!

Sparkle Craft: One Two Three!

By Thistle By Thimble: "The Secret of Schuyler Springs"

Sparkle Fun & Games: A Neighborhood Scavenger Hunt

Martin & Sylvia: "Pick-Up League"

Sparkle Kitchen: Strawberry Team Snacks

Junkyard Tales: The Great Mudball Tournament

Sparkle Craft: Create a Pool Noodle Sprinkler

Time for an Old-School Summer Bucket List!

Sparkle Craft: Beach Mandala

Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! "What Sandcastles Like."

Martin & Sylvia: More Adventures!

Featured Story: Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! "Nippy Knitting Day"

Sparkle Craft: Nippy Day Knitting

A Story for Memorial Day! 🎉

Featured Story: Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! "Sports from Scratch"

Sparkle Craft: Home Team Pennant

Daddycation - Sparkle Stories

Sparkle Kitchen: Breakfast Fruit Pizza

Martin & Sylvia: Learning Days

Featured Story: "The Rat Catcher's Son" from the By Thistle By Thimble Collection

How to Be Super: The Violet Crown (Book One)

Sparkle Craft: DIY Superhero Cuffs

Stories for Helping & Healing Series

Featured Story: Martin & Sylvia: More Adventures! "Grit"

Sparkle Craft: DIY Microscope

Featured Collection: Junkyard Tales: All Together Now

A Mother's Day Special Feature: Our Favorite Sparkle Moms and Why We Love Them

Sparkle Craft: Watercolor Thank You Cards

Sparkle Kitchen: Granola Berry Breakfast Tarts

Mother's Day Storybox Playlist: Stories to Keep Kids Engaged (So Mom Can Relax)

Storybox Playlist: Stories to Inspire Screen Free Fun

Nature School Project: Up-cycled Seed Sprouting

Featured Collection: Martin & Sylvia's Nature School

Sparkle Craft: How to Make Your Own Wormery

Screen Free Week at Sparkle! 77 Things to Do Instead of Screens

May 2025 Story Calendar

Happy May Day from Martin & Sylvia!

Nature School Project for May Day: Flower Crowns

May Day Sparkle Craft: May Ribbon Wands

May Day Sparkle Kitchen: Bannock Bread

May Day Featured Story: Kings and Queens of the Forest

Sparkle Kitchen: Ladybugs

Sparkle Fun & Games: Fairy Treasure Hunt!

Storybox Playlist: Let's Celebrate Earth Day With Stories About Gnomes!

Featured Collection: Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays!

Sparkle Craft: Create Your Own Inside Fairy Doors

Ideas for Waldorf-Inspired Easter Celebrations!

Make Natural Egg Dye In Minutes

Martin & Sylvia's Whole World Easter

Nature School Project: Egg Carton Seed Starters — Sparkle Stories

Sparkle Quiz! Which Fairy Are You?

Sparkle Kitchen: Fairy Fort Cupcakes

Mrs. Castlechanter's Magic Cabinet

Sparkle Crafts: Fairy Faces

Sparkle Craft: Quick, Low-Sew Wings

Sparkle Kitchen: Raspberry Friands

Featured Collection: So Many Fairies

Sparkle Craft: How to Knit a Fairy Poke

Featured Story: Spring Cleaning

6 Ways to (Truly!) Make Cleaning Fun

Featured Collection: Clean Up Time

Stock Your Cleaning Kit for Kids

Sparkle Craft: Felt Storytelling Board

Celebrating Spring Equinox!

Libby & Dish: Dish's Inside-Outside Adventure

Sparkle Craft: “Bravery-in-a-Box” Travel Photo Frame

Happy St. Patrick's Day from Sparkle Stories!

Recipe Round Up: Simple Foods for Simple Tastebuds

The Power of Audio Stories: Building Young Minds for Reading Success

Simple Homemade Pillowcases

Stories for the Sensitive Child

Telling Stories to Sensitive Children

Sparkle Craft: DIY Dragon Megaphone For Kids

Libby & Dish: The Feel Guide

Nature School Project: Wrappings

Nature School Project: Making a Stick Friend

Featured Collection: Junkyard Tales: All Together Now

Sparkle Crafts: Collaborative Splatter Paint

Sparkle Craft: Peace Owl Amulet Craft for Kids

Featured Collection: Mrs. Castlechanter's Magic Cabinet

Sparkle Craft: Magical Marbled Paper

Sparkle Kitchen: Hand-Shaken Milkshakes

Martin & Sylvia's Valentine's Day

Sparkle Craft: Valentine Garlands, Two Ways

Valentine’s Day Printable Cards: Spread the Love!

Libby & Dish's So Many Loves - Sparkle Stories

Sparkle Craft: Journal Prompts

Featured Collection: I Am Marvel (How I Became Super)

Sparkle Craft: Morse Code Bracelets

Storybox Playlist: Stories for Restful Days

Meditations & Practices to Soothe

The Power of Affirmation

It's Your Turn to Host the Sparkle Podcast!

77 Things to Do Instead of Screens

How Does Screen Time Impact Kids?

New Martin & Sylvia: Nine and Seven - Listen to the Project

Tips to Get Kids Off Screens

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