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.
Sparkle Craft: Soft Sculpture Take-Alongs
In the Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! story, “Can’t Wait to Wait," Sylvia feels anxious about the long wait at a local restaurant. Have that problem? Make a soft sculpture take-along for the next time you're faced with a wait.
Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! Printable Project Page: Thank You Notes
Martin and Sylvia learn a creative way to “write” thank you notes in the Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! story “Picture Thank You’s”. They draw pictures to represent the words in the card, and create a “key” so that the thank you note can be decoded! It’s fun for the creator and the reader.
Sparkle Craft: Watercolor Thank You Cards
Hand-painted and graphic, these beautiful cards will be a joy to both send and receive!
Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! Printable Project Page: Mouse House
This printable teaches kids to collect dried grass and bark and other soft natural materials to make little mouse houses next to stumps and big rocks.
Sparkle Craft: A Mouse and a House
In the Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! story, “Mouse Houses”, Sylvia finds a little mouse nest nestled in their woodpile. You too can build a little mouse house indoors with this sweet little hand-stitched mouse!
Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! Printable Project Page: Our Own Town
Use these materials (or others you have on hand) to make a model of your town! In the story "Our Town" Daddy gives Martin & Sylvia clay, toothpicks and popsicle sticks to make a gazebo, a town hall and a police station. What will you build in your town?
Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! Printable Project Page: Sudden Story
Here is a page to help you plan your own story performance — whether it is in your downtown park or your kitchen!
Sparkle Craft: Painted Story Seashells
Inspire some impromptu storytelling with these painted seashells, just like Martin and Sylvia in the Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! story, “Sudden Story.”
Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! Printable Project Page: Free Sledding
In the story “Free Sledding,” Martin & Sylvia find the most fun way to sled is to make up your own unique ways of going down the hill. Here are some of their favorites - what are yours?
Sparkle Craft: Secret Messages
As it turns out, there are many ways to communicate without using words or without being able to see. For example, you can make secret messages using milk. With a little bit of magic – and with supplies you already have around the house – you can reveal the message for all to see!
Martin & Sylvia's: Saturdays!: Printable Project Page: Messages
Use the paper airplane instructions in this printable project page, and you will end up with a paper airplane with ridged wings that can fly as far as Martin’s!
Martin & Sylvia's: Saturdays! Printable Project Page: Pet Portraits
Here are some of Sylvia’s drawings of her pets, plus a few beloved insects. And here is a space for you to draw a portrait of your pets or beloved animals or insects!
Sparkle Craft: Colorful Silhouettes
Why not create some colorful silhouettes to add to your own family wall? Or use our silhouettes to get a wall of your own started!
Martin & Sylvia's: Saturdays! Printable Project Page: Snow That Made Sticks
Use this printable project page (and the help of an adult!) to make your own snow out of paper.
Sparkle Craft: Stitched Snowflakes and Cranberry Garlands
Craft your own handmade cranberry garland using berries and wheat-O's. And with some simple materials – a bit of yarn, some recycled cardboard – you can make your own snowflakes that stick around even if there’s none out your door.
Martin & Sylvia's: Saturdays! Printable Project Page: The Let Go Approach
What does your yard look like in the late fall? Is there frost? Snow? Is it covered in leaves or early morning dew? This printable project page shows different patterns you can make in your yard with your feet, some string, or maybe even a piece of chalk!
Sparkle Craft: Magical Marbled Paper
When you make marbled paper, you simply can’t be perfect. The nature of the craft means that you’ll be pleasantly surprised in the end every time!
Create Your Own Inside Fairy Doors
If the weather is turning where you are, to a time when there is more indoors than out, why not invite the fairies in for the winter? Make a fairy door, or several, to welcome them into your home for the winter months so they can weather the season with you in warmth.
Martin & Sylvia's: Saturdays! Printable Project Page: Fairy Houses
You can easily build fairy houses with things you find in your own yard. Color these, design your own, or go out and get to building! Use this printable project page for inspiration.
Martin & Sylvia's: Saturdays! Printable Project Page: Around the World
In “Around the World,” the children get to do a special project about different countries around the world. They learn about the flag, the map and the food of their country of choice. Choose a country you’d like to discover, and use this printable project page to share what you’ve learned.
