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Deep Space Sparkle

Recommended Ages

K–7th grades

Deep Space Sparkle is an online art education platform offering lesson plans, video tutorials, and curricula that help adults guide children through creative, standards-based art projects. Units often center on artists, cultures, or art elements, with step-by-step instructions and supply lists that make planning much easier. Homeschoolers and classroom teachers appreciate the balance between directed instruction and room for student choice, plus the bright, appealing finished pieces. As a membership or individual lesson provider, Deep Space Sparkle can serve as a full art program or a trusted source of occasional projects.

Best for families or co‑ops wanting a comprehensive, grade‑leveled art program with clear lesson plans, art‑history integration, and lots of visual examples, particularly if the teaching adult appreciates strong structure and support.

Pros

Deep Space Sparkle offers a huge library of step‑by‑step lessons, organized K–8 curricula, and themed bundles that many art teachers and homeschoolers praise for being easy to teach from even with limited art background, while still giving kids a wide range of techniques and media to explore. 

Cons

Membership and full‑year curricula can feel like a significant investment, and the abundance of choices may overwhelm some parents; you’ll still need to plan ahead for supplies and printing, and kids who prefer entirely self‑directed art may resist step‑by‑step projects.

Because Deep Space Sparkle provides digital curriculum rather than live classes, many charter schools and ESAs will categorize Sparklers’ Club or individual lesson bundles as art curriculum; whether you can use funds depends on your program’s approved vendors list.

Free to $38/month

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Deep Space Sparkle Mission

Deep Space Sparkle’s mission is to make it delightfully doable for any adult to teach real art to children, offering vibrant, standards-informed lessons, curriculum, and training that help kids build skills and creative confidence while teachers feel supported instead of overwhelmed.

Deep Space Sparkle Story

While teaching K–6 art in Santa Barbara, Patty Palmer started blogging to share the projects that were working in her classroom and quickly discovered a global community of teachers hungry for practical, beautiful art lessons; that blog grew into Deep Space Sparkle, and with her husband Neil handling the tech side she expanded into downloadable curricula, online courses, the Sparklers Club membership for art teachers, and Primerry for families at home, turning a one-woman blog into a full art education company.

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FAQ: Additional Details about Deep Space Sparkle

On a Deep Space Sparkle day, the kitchen table transforms into an art studio: trays of oil pastels and watercolors are set out, you prop a colorful lesson plan on a stand, and maybe play Patty Palmer’s video on a laptop nearby. Kids follow along as you demonstrate each step—drawing loose guidelines in pencil, layering paint, sprinkling salt on a wet wash—while you read snippets about the featured artist or culture from the teacher notes. At the end, everyone lines finished pieces along the counter to dry, leaving the room smelling faintly of tempera paint and excitement.

Deep Space Sparkle is a digital art‑education platform built around downloadable K–7 lesson plans, online workshops, and the Sparklers’ Club membership for teachers and homeschoolers. Families typically join Sparklers’ Club (or buy a course), log into the member site, and choose ready‑to‑teach art projects organized by grade level, theme, or medium; you print the lesson plan and handouts, watch any included video, and then guide your child through the project step by step. You can use it as a full art curriculum or as once‑a‑week studio time at home or in a co‑op. 

Deep Space Sparkle assumes an adult is leading the lesson, whether that’s a parent, tutor, or co‑op teacher; kids can watch the videos, but they’ll usually need someone to manage timing, demonstrate techniques, and support different paces.

No formal art background is needed for kids or adults; most lessons are written for K–7 and can be adapted up or down, though younger children may need help with cutting, tracing, or cleanup.

Deep Space Sparkle provides detailed, visually rich art lessons that can work well for visual thinkers, autistic kids, and those with ADHD who focus better when their hands are busy. Projects can be simplified or spread out for learners with fine‑motor or planning challenges, and families can de‑emphasize perfection in favor of sensory experience.

Deep Space Sparkle offers step-by-step art lessons with clear visuals and a variety of mediums, giving sensory seekers plenty of tactile experiences while allowing adults to scale projects up or down as needed.

Deep Space Sparkle notes that digital PDF lesson plans are generally non‑refundable, while Sparklers’ Club and some courses offer a short grace period (often around 48 hours or up to 7 days for new members) during which you can request a refund; after that, cancellations stop future renewals but don’t refund past membership payments. 

Less suited to unschoolers seeking completely open‑ended art time, families avoiding subscription models, or teens pursuing highly specialized portfolio or fine‑arts training.

Soul Sparklettes, Home Art Studio, Meet the Masters, and local studio classes all provide strong secular art options that can complement or replace Deep Space Sparkle depending on your budget and how much structure you want.

The Sparklers’ Club opens for enrollment a few times each year and continues to add new bundles, themed units, and updated lessons, while Deep Space Sparkle also launches periodic workshops and courses for both art teachers and studio owners. 

Choose one track (grade level or theme) per term instead of trying to sample everything at once, and batch‑prep supplies on the weekend so weekday art time is as close to open‑and‑go as possible.

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Meet Patty

Patty Palmer is an artist, former elementary art teacher, and the founder and CEO of Deep Space Sparkle and The Sparklers Club; after years teaching hundreds of children each week, she distilled her experience into the book Draw, Paint, Sparkle and a library of lessons, and now leads a team that supports art teachers and homeschool parents worldwide with curriculum, workshops, and her Art Made Easy podcast.