Sparkle Crafts
Unleash your creativity and dive into the world of crafting with Sparkle Crafts. From DIY projects to artistic endeavors, this category is your go-to destination for all things crafty and creative.
Martin & Sylvia's: Saturdays! Printable Project Page: Pesto
You can make your own pesto using all sorts of ingredients: basil, arugula, or mint! Pine nuts, walnuts, or sunflower seeds! Plus oil, garlic and different cheeses. Use this printable project page to get you started.
Sparkle Crafts: Pictorial Family Cookbook
Do you have favorite recipes like Martin and Sylvia's family do? Make your own cookbook, filled with your favorite recipes to remember for future meals or to share with friends and family!
Martin & Sylvia's: Saturdays! Printable Project Page: Mud Pies
Use this free printable project page to make your own mud pies. You can use leaves, flower petals, sand, or pebbles to decorate, just like Martin & Sylvia do in the story "Lemons and Mud".
Sparkle Craft: Lemonade (or Mud Pie) Stand Bunting
No matter what type of stand you’re setting up, lemonade — or mud pie — this festive bunting will be the icing on the cake. It’ll make your stand the most special one in town!
Martin & Sylvia's: Saturdays! Printable Project Page: Sick Day Boats
In the Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! story, “Spring Paddle Tour”, Martin has a fever and won’t be able to attend the annual Spring canoe tour.
Sparkle Crafts: Easy Homemade Bath Paints
Fun bath paints to add a bit of scenery to the tub!
Martin & Sylvia: Saturday's! Printable Project Page: The Meeting Spot
Here is a fun and easy way to organize your stuffed animals. All you need is a length of ribbon (preferably the height of your room), several clothes pins, and a little loop on top to help secure it to your ceiling
Sparkle Crafts: DIY Musical Instruments
Today we’re going to make some instruments so that you too can shake and strum along with the silly songs you make up!
Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! Printable Project Page: Silly Speak Songs
Do you like making music? Here are directions on how to make a ‘shoe box guitar’.
Sparkle Crafts: Springtime Nature Journal
Are you hunting for signs of spring like Martin and Sylvia do? Make up a little nature journal to take along and document your findings!
Martin & Sylvia: Saturday! Printable Project Page: Seeing Spring
In the Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! story “Spring Seeing,” Martin and Sylvia take a nature walk in the woods behind their house. They bring paper and pencils, and as they see signs of spring, they make notes and draw pictures. You can take your own Spring Seeing walk, and use this page to make notes on what you find!
Sparkle Craft: Fire Station Doll House
Bring the excitement of a fire station into your own home with a cardboard fire station, where you can train to become a firefighter too.
Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! Printable Project Page: How to be a Fire Fighter
Kids can use this fun printable to make their own fire truck! Just a little cardboard, paint, paper plates, and glue and you are on your way!
Sparkle Craft: Hand-woven Tapestry
Like Martin and Sylvia, you can honor a favorite tree of your own (and weave in some memories too).
Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! Printable Project Page: Gifts of Sweetness
In the story, "Gift of Sweetness" Sylvia chose a branch from an old dear tree for a magic wand! She cut off the parts she didn’t want to use and then painted the wand. Use this printable to design your own and then try it out on a real branch!
Sparkle Craft: Colorful Ice Garland
Have some creative, wintery fun, just like Martin and Sylvia in the Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! story, “Four In One Snow Forts."
Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! Printable Project Page: The Organizing Bug
You can use the template here to make recipe cards to help organize! Decorate them however you wish and then file the cards together into your own recipe folder.
Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! Printable Project Page: Four-in-One Snow Forts
Three fun ideas for stick forts! This printable shows kids how to make forts by weaving saplings around trees, using a large branch for a lean-to, and stacking bundles of sticks with rope. Color these pictures in and then try it yourself!
Sparkle Craft: Kid Made Dresser Drawer Labels
Get kids in the organizing mood with this craft project, inspired by the Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! story, “The Organizing Bug."
Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! Printable Project Page: Can't Wait to Wait
While Martin & Sylvia are waiting for their dinner in a French restaurant in the story “Can’t Wait to Wait,” Mr. Weber suggests the children play a drawing game where each person draws only part of the figure. One draws the head, another the body, another the legs and the fourth draws the feet. We've created a printable for this fun activity!
