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August 10, 2013 – 8:16 am

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Ostara craft for kids – egg holders

March 1, 2015 – 12:37 pm

Here’s a fun Ostara craft for kids: Click each image to enlarge. Save the pictures to your computer, then print out as many as you need.  Once they are printed, color the pictures with colored pencils, watercolor paints or crayons. Carefully cut them out. Using a leftover bath tissue or paper towel tube cut into 1-inch high sections, glue the colored decorations around the rings.  After the glue is dry, use them as bases to hold your Ostara eggs upright.

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A fun craft for Imbolc

January 1, 2015 – 1:55 pm

Typically, a fun craft for Imbolc entails a Brigid Cross or Corn Dolly. Here’s a different fun to make project for you and your kids. Imbolc is a holiday when the days can be seen as noticeably longer since the Winter Solstice when the night was the longest of the year. Mark the returning strength of the sun with a Fire Dream Drum. Alternately, you could draw a Brigid’s Cross or a seedling on the drum faces instead.

In any case, this happy noise maker is a fun craft for Imbolc celebrations.

craft for ImbolcFire Dream Drums (ages 9-12)

You will need:

Strong paper dessert-sized plates        White glue

Colored markers, paint, crayons          Sturdy yarn

1-hole hole-punch                                   6mm plastic beads

Long wooden dowels                              Scissors

How to make Fire Dream Drums:

Use the markers, paint or crayons to color flame-like patterns on the bottom side of two dessert plates. With the plates held together, rims touching, and the colored sides facing out, use the 1-hole hole-punch to make eight holes at equal spaces around the lips of the plates. Take a wooden dowel and carefully slide it in between the plates. Make sure the punched holes remain lined up. Glue the top and bottom of the dowel where it meets the edges of the plates. Allow the glue to dry.

Cut eight ten-inch (25 cm) pieces of yarn, one for each hole. Take a piece of yarn and thread it through each pair of matching holes. Make a knot close to the hole in the plates, leaving the remaining ends of the yarn free. Thread the yarn through a few beads and tie the ends together with a double knot. Make sure the knot is secure. We don’t want beads flying across the room when we use the drums!

When all the beads are tied on tightly, the drums are ready to use. To use them, hold the dowel between fingers or palms and spin the dowel back and forth so the beads hit the plates to make a steady drum beat.

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A spooky October sale – Watchers 60% off

October 1, 2014 – 12:00 am

Watchers October SaleA spooky book for our October sale!

Who’s hiding in corners and watching in the dark? A trap is set and our hero receives a big surprise when the watchers are finally captured.

Something is watching Thomas as he’s sleeping. He decides that he will discover who is frightening him and hatches a plan to catch them in a trap. The story goes from spooky to secure when Thomas discovers who he has captured.

A bouncing bedtime tale your kids are sure to request again and again even after they know the secret.

“W. Lyon Martin’s new illustrated children’s book Watchers is a charming bedtime story for anyone who believes in a little magic and wants to share some fairy dust with their children.

The story, based upon her friend Kelley’s childhood nighttime prayer, is a wonderful affirmation of protection and love by residents of the magical world. It addresses the issue of children’s bedtime anxiety in a positive and comforting way, with a reassuring message at the end.” — Mickey Mueller – Illustrator The Well Worn Path and The Hidden Path tarot decks

Physical book:

Regular price: $16.95 Now $6.78 Save 60%
To purchase our books outside of the United States, please check with your local books seller or visit The Book Depository, which offers free international shipping.
E-book:
$3.99 – Buy e-book

Ages 3-6

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NOW $6.85 (65% OFF) Smoky and the Feast of Mabon

August 15, 2014 – 12:00 am


Smoky and the Feast of Mabon by Catherynne M Valente

Smoky and the Feast of Mabon by Catherynne M. Valente

NOW $6.85 (65% OFF)

Upset at the sight of her dying flowers, Smoky goes into the woods where she has always felt safe. Now she’s lost! What is that glow in the woods before her? Follow a little girl as she discovers the meaning of Mabon in the wood behind her house, where a magical meal… read more

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Make diversity of Pagan culture accessible with books

July 15, 2014 – 12:30 am

Books Make Diversity of Pagan Culture Accessible to Schoolchildren

St. Louis, MO: Could there be witches next door? Magical Child Books make diversity of Pagan culture accessible. Teaching diversity is hard enough when the students have some familiarity with the cultures: Islam or Judaism, for instance. But what resources are available for teaching about Paganism or Wicca (sometimes referred to as witchcraft)? And can one girl’s experience of being different as a Pagan apply universally to studying other kinds of difference?

Books Make Diversity of Pagan Culture Accessible to Schoolchildren

While Harry Potter made the idea of magic a common dinner-table topic, the J. K. Rowling version of witchcraft has essentially nothing in common with modern Paganism: a religion based on teachings stretching back thousands of years, venerating nature and incorporating polytheism. Yet, many American students live next door to practicing Pagan families, whether they know it or not. And many Pagan children feel very isolated in classrooms dominated by Christians; they may not even know any other Pagans at their school. Could there be witches next door to you?

Magical Child Books steps into the breach with illustrated children’s stories to make diversity of Pagan culture accessible and understandable.

An Ordinary Girl, a Magical Child
(ISBN 9780979683435) follows one Pagan elementary school child through the cycle of the year: celebrating the eight important holidays (Sabbats), blessing a home, rejoicing in the full moon…and learning how to conquer schoolmate teasing about her different traditions and banish bad dreams through ritual.

Aidan’s First Full Moon Circle
(ISBN 9780979683442) walks a Pagan boy through the excitement of one ritual, and the discovery that he has been chosen to play a very important part in the night’s events.

Smoky and the Feast of Mabon
(ISBN 9780979683466) Follows one girl as she delights in the mystery of the first harvest holiday of Mabon.

“A sound introduction for young readers to neo-Pagan beliefs.” —Sue Bradford Edwards, children’s book reviewer, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Please see all reviews for An Ordinary Girl, A Magical Child)

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