Sparkle Stories

12/04/2025

Let the holiday crafting season begin! And this is goodie to get those creative juices flowing! ❄️✨

Creative your own handmade cranberry garland using berries and wheat-O's. And with some simple materials—a bit of yarn, some recycled cardboard, and a little pizzaz—you can make your own snowflakes that stick around even if there’s none out your door!

Learn how to create this magical holiday decor element here: https://www.sparklestories.com/blog/post/sparkle-crafts-stitched-snowflakes-cranberry-garlands/And be sure to listen to the Martin & Sylvia Saturdays! story "Snow that Sticks" while you're there! 🎧

12/03/2025

✨ Kind words from fellow Sparklers ✨

12/03/2025

We're officially in full advent swing over here at Sparkle and so we wanted to kick the advent season off with one of our #1 faves: "Martin & Sylvia's Audio Advent Calendar." 🗓️🎧🎄

Follow the 25 magical days of Advent with Martin and Sylvia! From the playhouse to the library, from the Webers’ restaurant to the Spunderful Shop, you can spend all of December with the delightful brother and sister as they follow their own Advent adventure.Twenty-five stories for December 1 to December 25.

Press play here: https://www.sparklestories.com/collection/martin-and-sylvias-audio-advent-calendar/ and enjoy over five-and-a-half hours of audio!

12/02/2025

It's Officially Sparkle Stories' Audio Advent Time! Woo hoo! And we're in full advent swing over here in Sparkle Land! 🎧🎄

Have you picked YOUR Sparkle Audio Advent Calendar yet!? Great! Now don't forget to download your Audio Advent Printable Calendar to go along with! Swipe through 👉 to check out all SIX options!

Check out our full collection of Sparkle Audio Advent Calendars here: https://www.sparklestories.com/advent-collections/ and start making holiday magic, Sparkle style!

12/02/2025

Here at Sparkle Stories our mission is this: we want a slower, kinder, gentler world for all children and families that inhabit it. Because of this, it’s deeply important to us to give back to charities that are doing good for our planet. 💛

With the Sparkle Stories Helping & Healing fund we donate at least 3% of our gross annual revenue to organizations that support children and families in the U.S. and beyond. These organizations have been researched and vetted by our team as being highly reputable and your donation will make a real impact.

If you feel called to donate (either monetarily or with your time) here’s a list of some of the organizations we support and that are doing amazing work:

✨ Love146
✨ Save The Children
✨ Action Against Hunger
✨ Children International
✨ SafePlace International

For more information on the Sparkle Helping & Healing fund and the listed organizations please visit www.sparklestories.com/sparkle-gives/. Together, we can make a difference.

12/01/2025

Give the parents in your life the gift of time this holiday season with 20% OFF a gift subscription to Sparkle Stories! What could be better than that!? 🎁 🕒

Purchase your Sparkle Gift Subscription today: https://www.sparklestories.com/gift-subscription/ The parents in your life will love you for it!

12/01/2025

Do we spy snowflakes? Let’s bound joyfully into December, exploring the delights of all things winter and holiday, accompanied by audio Advent calendar countdowns. 🎄🎧 ✨

Download our December 2025 Story Calendar here: https://www.sparklestories.com/blog/post/december-2025-story-calendar/ to make your month shimmer. Cheers!

11/29/2025

This Small Business Saturday, we invite you to slow-down and consider giving the gift of Sparkle! ✨

Fill hearts and imaginations instead of toy boxes and shelves this holiday season — and support the small business economy — when you purchase one of our already-discounted gift subscriptions (here: https://www.sparklestories.com/gift-subscription/) for an additional 20% OFF! We thank you for your support. 💛

11/28/2025

Our Biggest Sale of the Year is Here! ✨🎧

It's that time of year, Sparkle Friends. You can give hours of joyful, screen-free listening to the young folks in your life for 20% OFF the already-discounted gift subscription price!

To take advantage of these incredible savings, please visit the Sparkle Gift Subscription page here: https://www.sparklestories.com/gift-subscription/

A gift of Sparkle is a gift of inspiration for a child's mind and imagination. 💛

Have A Gift Subscription? You can apply a gift subscription code to your account at any time.

11/27/2025

The moment we realized who this gratitude belongs to.... 💛✨

The simple answer is this: YOU. You have cheered and supported us all this time. You have been loyal subscribers and fans. You have shared your requests and your own stories, and you have inspired us.

Sparkle Stories turns 15 years old next month, and that means it's not just been a few years of love and support, it's been a decade and a half! David is here in Austin this week, with our kids (the original Sparklers!) and we're talking all about it.

With the launch of our new apps and website, we are even more awed at how far we've come, and how you've been with us the whole time. We are both amazed and ever-so-grateful! So, inspired by this Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, we say thank you to all of you.

Wishing you all a very Happy Thanksgiving! 🍂

Big love from my home to yours,
Lisabeth

P.S. That magical being is our favorite Pease Park Troll by Danish artist Thomas Dambo in Austin, TX!

P.P.S Swipe ➡️ for a silly selfie! 🤳

11/26/2025

Thanksgiving is tomorrow! But wait... you've forgotten to make place cards! Well, we have a Sparkly solution for you! 🍂✨

Our Thanksgiving Day Place Cards craft will not only keep your children busy (without screens) while you finish your holiday prep, but it’s guaranteed to bring a smile to each guest’s face as they sit down to dinner. Trust us, it’s the sweetest. All you need is construction paper and markers!

Check-out our blog post here for all the details: https://www.sparklestories.com/blog/post/a-new-thanksgiving-table-setting-tradition/

11/26/2025

We started Sparkle Stories because we believe in the power of a good tale, told well. 15 years later, it’s your families—your kids’ laughter, your trust, your loyalty—that keeps that belief alive. Thank you for letting us be part of your world! ✨💛

From all of us here at Sparkle, Happy Thanksgiving!