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I am so very excited to share with you an incredible new book series from Disney that just recently launched, perfect for girls in the age ranges of 8-12 years old. Star Darlings focuses on answering the question of where wishes come from, and features a diverse array of star-charmed girls who encourage and help others to fulfill their heartfelt wishes. Each Star Darling has her own wish that she pursues with the help of her faithful friends.
These shared journeys and experiences provide exceptionally positive examples to inspire tweens to follow their dreams and helps to harness the power of their individuality, highlighting the power of making positive choices, and shows that they can make anything possible.
These books are rich with themes of friendship, confidence, leadership, and teamwork, the Star Darlings as they are known, go on many magical adventures together. Determined to succeed in spite of their youthful inexperience, the girls show courage and ingenuity—plus a whole lot of humor—as they guide Wishers to discover happiness and fulfillment. You can learn lots more about the Star Darlings series on their webpage and find fun activities, music, and videos to watch about these inspiring girls!
My daughter is an advanced reader at ten and found these books to be fun AND challenging. Within record time she had finished the first book and could not wait to start diving into the next ones. If you have a tween girl, these have been a great step towards reading more advanced books! She really loved them and also told me that she has already found something in each character that feels a little like her.
Since the new Star Darlings series is all about the power of wishes, we wanted to share with you a few of our dreams and wishes for this year and show you a fun way to capture those by crafting a DIY dream catcher together. Not only that, but we would love to share with you the chance to win these books for a special young lady in your life so be sure to scroll all the way to the end of this post to participate in the giveaway!
Supplies Needed:
Glue Gun & Glue Sticks
Embroidery Hoop (we detached the inner hoop for our project)
Fabric Scraps or squares
Hemp Cord (available in the jewelry supplies section of your craft store)
Feathers (any amount/color- we used 3)
Colorful embroidery thread
Scissors
How to Make a Dreamcatcher
1. Begin by cutting a small cut on the longest side of your fabric piece and then begin ripping it down until you have a nice even piece. Holding it in place at the top, begin wrapping the fabric around and round the hoop. When you come to the end, add a dab of hot glue to secure it and then repeat the process until you have covered the entire hoop. Once you get to the end, finish again with a dab of hot glue.
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2. The most challenging part is, of course, creating the webbing inside the dreamcatcher. Here are lots of examples that you can see on Pinterest. Depending on your child’s age and craft level you can make this very easy, like we are showing here, or more difficult!
Measure approximately five feet of hemp and start with a knot at the top of your dreamcatcher. Then begin creating loops, twisting and looping until you get to the beginning again. Then begin the next loop of webbing by going between those circles to create the next round of loops. You can then keep repeating this pattern, as the circle begins to get smaller and smaller.
3. Have your child tear strips of fabric to tie to the bottom of the dream catcher. We chose two colors and alternated them in our dream catcher.
4. Finish with decorative details like feathers or beads to complete the look. We used a little embroidery thread to secure these to our dreamcatcher.
When I asked Emily what her big wishes and dreams were for this year, they were all focused on our big jump to middle school next year. Starting at a new school is a big challenge and I can tell that this has been on her mind a lot as she asks her brother many questions about the school and how her day will look there. She said that her big dream is for middle school to be full of good stuff. Doing this craft together gave us time to really talk about that and focus on catching all the good things in life and focusing on the positivities of new friends and new experiences at a new school.
With our busy schedules these days, crafting together has gotten pushed off and I loved making time to create with her this week. This was an easy one hour project that really gave us some time to bond and talk about our wishes for the upcoming year.
In honor of this new series I am giving away a Star Darlings prize pack. One (1) winner will receive:
- A Wisher’s Guide to Starland
- Sage and the Journey to Wishworld
- Libby and the Class Election
- Leona’s Unlucky Mission
- Scarlet Discovers True Strength
- Vega and the Fashion Disaster
This giveaway open to US addresses only and prizing and samples will be provided by Disney Press. Please check out the widget below for more details on this contest! Good luck, everyone!
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