Sparkle Stories Blog
A home for Sparkle audio stories, crafts, recipes, and kind words!
Friday's Kind Words: Lovely New Site
“The new site looks AMAZING! It’s easy to navigate and visually lovely. Well done!” ~Julie, Texas
Sparkle Kitchen: Four Sparkly Cakes for Celebrations
We're so excited about our website launch, that we're in the mood for celebrating. We pulled together all of our best "cake" recipes. Now we just have to choose...
Simple Imbolc Celebrations for Kids: Plus Stories to Inspire Spring Cleaning!
It’s not yet officially spring, but we’ve got the spring cleaning bug. We’ve rounded up our favorite stories to get everyone in the cleaning spirit!
Windward Ho! Meet the Characters
This week we are welcoming the newest collection of stories in the Windward Ho! series, "Unbound Down Under."
Storybox Playlist: Stories of Adventure
This week we are launching the newest installment to the Windward Ho! collection. This has got us all excited and ready for a new adventure. In honor of adventure, we've rounded up some of our best adventure stories, including some with pirates.
Friday's Kind Words: Teach and Inspire
We live about an hour from work and school, so your stories help fill our time and minds with fascinating diversions that teach and inspire. Thank you! ~ Stephen, Mendocino CA
Printable Sparkle Valentine's Day Cards
Valentine's Day is almost here, Sparklers, and in accordance with your requests, we've made some very cute Valentine's Day cards for you to print out. Instead of candy or chocolate or disposable gifts, spread the love with an hour of FREE stories!
Nature School Project: Nature Hearts
We are joined by Dawn of Mud Puddles to Meteors who shows us how to create our own geometry of hearts using nature materials found just outside your front door.
A Note to our Android Users
We spend a lot of our time looking at how we can make the Sparkle experience the absolute best it can be.
Sparkle Kitchen: Four Sparkly Valentines Treats
Valentine's Day is the best time to bring out all the red and pink foods. Think strawberries, cherries, and mixed berries. Valentine's Day is also a great day to make a sweet treat for anyone you love and appreciate. Here are four of our favorites.
Storybox Playlist: Stories of Love
Love comes in many languages and love has many ways of expressing itself. There is love for friends, love for parents and children, love for a sweethearts, and love for pets. We've rounded up a few stories that show these various kinds of love.
Friday's Kind Words: Wonderful Addition to our Advent Tradition
I just had to quickly drop you a line to thank you sincerely for the Libby & Dish Good-Deed-a-Day stories. They were a wonderful addition to our advent tradition (thanks to your original Martin & Silvia Audio Advent Calendar we now are blessed with 24 days of "Advent Magic" in our house) and gave us three stories to listen to every day!
Friday's Kind Words: I Couldn't Be Happier
I just want to say a MASSIVE thank you for all of your amazing stories!! ~ Marja, Australia
How Well Do You Know Martin & Sylvia?
In celebration of "Martin & Sylvia", we've made up a little Sparkly Quiz with some rather challenging questions. Find yourself a piece of paper and a pen and see how many of these you can answer!
Storybox Playlist: Our Favorite Martin & Sylvia Stories
Martin and Sylvia were the very first Sparkle characters to emerge when David started telling his sons stories for bedtime. This week we are focusing on the Martin & Sylvia stories and wanted to share our Sparkle Team favorites with you.
Friday's Kind Words: Best Thing in the World
I just told my kids that there will be new Windward Ho! stories and my six-year-old son said, “YAY! THAT’S THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD! ~Laura Baltimore, MD
Storybox Playlist: Stories of Birthdays
This week we've rounded up some of our best birthday stories to share with you.
Storybox Playlist: Mapping Your New Year
Where would you like 2019 to take you? What would you like to do, see, learn, or experience this coming year? Let these stories get you excited about making plans and creating intentions.
Friday's Kind Words: Libby & Dish Advent
Thanks so much for the Libby & Dish printable advent calendar! I followed the instructions and it looks beautiful. ~ Jen
Sparkle Crafts: 4 Cozy Crafts
There is no cozier craft than working with wool. Knitting is the quintessential cozy craft — no only do you get to sit in a comfy spot, but the yarn is soft and it warms you as you knit. I've rounded up several projects to keep you warm and cozy this winter.
