Screen-free creative time for imaginative kids!

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The Fairy Tale Art Cart Podcast keeps your kids independently entertained with imaginative storytelling and music filled draw-along prompts. All you need is paper, crayons, and 30 minutes to create calm, screen-free fun.

With Your Host Storyteller Rachael Harrington

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Each episode brings you:

30(ish) minutes of guilt free, screen-free engagement for your kids.

Independent fun with simple art materials that you already have on hand.

Inspiration to spark your child’s creativity while you enjoy a break (or join in the draw-along fun!)

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Get your free coloring page download to go along with the most recent episode!

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About The Show

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Whether it’s Saturday morning, a rainy day inside, or long stretches of time in transit… every parent needs a pocket of calm — and kids need creative outlets that don’t involve screens.

That’s why I created The Fairy Tale Art Cart Podcast (yep, that’s my own kids, listening & drawing along to an episode)!

Each episode blends a folktale with creative drawing prompts so that kids become the illustrators of the part of the story they just listened to.

Kids listen, imagine, and draw along —all while parents get 30 minutes of reliable downtime.

With nothing more than paper and crayons, your child will:

  • Explore their imagination through interactive storytelling

  • Build creative confidence, focus, and empathy

  • Stay happily occupied without turning to a tablet or TV

Whether you need a quiet moment to make dinner, finish an email, or simply rest, the Fairy Tale Art Cart Podcast is a screen-free activity you can feel good about.

Listen to the episode here, or subscribe on your favorite listening platform:

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Fans Are Raving:

  • Two children, a girl and a boy, wearing birthday party hats, holding drawings of a rainbow-colored, multi-tiered cake. They are sitting at a kitchen counter with a box of colored markers in front of them, smiling at the camera.
  • A young girl sitting on an airplane seat, drawing in a notebook with her head resting on a book. There is a pink and purple Instagram story overlay with a congratulatory message and a cartoon cat with a party hat at the bottom right.
  • Kids sitting on a quilted blanket, listening to a podcast, with toys and food items around them on the floor, in a cozy indoor setting.
  • Two children, a girl and a boy, sitting at a wooden dining table, engaging in watercolor art. The table is cluttered with art supplies, including markers, glue, and paper. The girl, wearing a purple shirt, and the boy, wearing a red shirt, are focused on their drawings.

“My 5 year old loves this podcast. He is not an avid podcast listener, but the art breaks make the story so much more manageable for a young brain and allow his creativity to shine! He loves the stories and drawing and I love the global folktales and the screen-free entertainment!”

  • Svens101, subscriber

“I enjoyed listening with my kids who are 6 and 4. I was surprised at how into the drawing breaks they got, and loved seeing how they rendered things from their imagination. My daughter in particular keeps asking to do more of these in the afternoons, when we have quiet time.”

  • JulieMicah, subscriber

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You love watching your kids fall in love with stories as they grow strong creative independence, and you love the calm this podcast brings to your home.

Now imagine unlocking even more storytelling + drawing magic for your kids while supporting the making of the stories that keep them screen-free and happily engaged.

When you join as a Fairy Tale Art Cart Member, you’ll get exclusive perks designed with busy, creative families in mind:

🎨 Bonus Episodes – extra stories and draw-alongs your kids will ask for again and again


🎨 Join The Fairy Tale Art Cart Snail Mail Club – get an illustrated letter from the fairy snails, Reggie and Violet, who live in the garden of a quirky artist named Rachael who lives at the entrance of The Fairy Tale Forest and always seems to have magical friends stopping by her charmingly mismatched house. The letter includes a QR code to a monthly bonus episode, plus story activities, stickers, and postcards that your kids can illustrate and send to friends and family!


🎨 Feel-Good Support – know you’re helping keep this screen-free resource alive and growing for families everywhere. Support independent artists!

For less than the cost of a coffee, you’ll be giving your child more imaginative playtime…and yourself more moments to exhale without the screen-time.

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The Fairy Tale Art Cart LIVE

Be a part of the creativity! Join the fun for a LIVE recording of The Fairy Tale Art Cart.

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COMING UP:

Join the show LIVE at Buunni Coffee, Inwood NYC on April 25th and May 17th from 3-4pm

TICKETS: APRIL 25
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The Fairy Tale Art Cart LIVE Gallery:

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The Fairy Tale Art Cart LIVE March 2025 Featuring violinist Artie Dibble

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The Fairy TaleArt Cart LIVE May 2025 Featuring soul rock artist Shelly Bhushan

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The Fairy Tale Art Cart LIVE Sept. 2025 featuring blues artist Andy Seagrave