Sparkle Stories Blog
A home for Sparkle audio stories, crafts, recipes, and kind words!
Martin & Sylvia's: Saturdays! Printable Project Page: Sock Puppets
In the Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! story “Sock Puppets,” Martin and Sylvia’s babysitter Ellie has a great idea for what to do with a bunch of old single socks - sock puppets!
Build Your Own Puppet Theater
The true magic in this project happens after the physical making has been completed. When little ones (or grown-ups) sit behind the stage and spin a tale with the puppets. The magic is in the story.
Sparkle Kitchen: Berry Grunt!
Blueberry Grunt is a dish from Nova Scotia, where blueberries are really abundant. It’s clever and easy, and it’s comprised of dumplings, boiled in a sweet berry mixture.
Martin & Sylvia's: Saturdays! Printable Project Page: What Sand Castles Like
Here's a fun printable project page for summer! This sand castle is for you to color and decorate with your own ideas. (We’ve added some suggestions along the edge!)
Sparkle Craft: Beach Mandala
All you need is what you find for this nature mandala — no special tools for this centering creative activity.
Friday's Kind Words: Helps Kids Grow Their Attention Spans
Sparkle Stories helps the kids grow their attention spans, and helps them learn about how other people live in different places.
Martin & Sylvia's: Saturdays! Printable Project Page: Blue Print
Do you want to rearrange your room? Make a map of the kitchen? Create your own tent tiny house? Use this printable to guide you. Here is the tent drawing our Sparkle Characters created, along with other possible blueprint maps that you could draw.
Craft Your Own Collapsible Play Tent
Build your own play tent, inspired by the Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! story “The Tiny House.”
Sparkle Kitchen: Ship's Biscuits
“Ship’s biscuits” are historically a type of cracker made of simple, inexpensive ingredients — our version is hardly hard, and it’s hardly plain. It’s buttery, soft and DELICIOUS.
Martin & Sylvia's: Saturdays!: Printable Project Page: Picky Day
If you can do a basic braid, you can make a wildflower braid too! Pick flowers with long stems. Just follow the directions from this fun 'Saturdays!' Printable.
Sparkle Craft: Dip-Dyed Braided Flower Wristlet
Make a little bit of happiness that you can wear no matter how hot it is outside. Inspired by the Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! story, “The Picky Day."
Sparkle Kitchen: Lemon Meringue Quinoa Granola
This is the most unique granola recipe I’ve ever tried. It’s crunchy and lemony and sweet.
Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! Printable Project Page: Sports From Scratch
Free Printable Project Page! If you would like to create your own team name and uniform, start with something that delights you. Then use the template above to design your own logo.
Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! Printable Project Page: Animals Game
A printable for one of our favorite games! Here's how you play: One of you becomes a fairy man named Scudge Pundleman and transforms into the animal of your choice. While you transform, the others chant: “Scudge Pundleman, Scudge Pundleman.”
Sparkle Kitchen: So Much Kale!
Kale for breakfast. Kale for lunch. Kale for dinner. And even kale for… dessert? This is what to do when you have too much kale: find as many ways as you can to prepare it.
Sparkle Kitchen: What's Your Favorite Hot Dog?
We generally eat the same-ole-same-ole hot dog – you know, with ketchup and mustard. And maybe some sauerkraut. But we were feeling adventurous — inspired by the Martin & Sylvia story "The Cook Out."
Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! Printable Project Page: Explorer Pigs
This fun printable is inspired by the Martin & Sylvia story, "Explorer Pig". Draw your own cartoon of “Explorer Pig” in the printable boxes. What adventures does your little piglet go on?
