Alisha Gratehouse, Author at Awaken to Delight

Celebrate One of the Best Loved Movies of All Time with Our Wizard of Oz Party Guide!

by Alisha Gratehouse | Aug 11, 2025 | Tea Time

Get inspired with this Wizard of Oz Party Guide, and create a magical experience your kids will never forget! There’s no place like… your own home, transformed into the magical Land of Oz! Whether you’re a longtime fan of L. Frank Baum’s timeless tale or simply...

Create a Beautiful Quote for our Secret Garden Art Lesson

by Alisha Gratehouse | May 2, 2025 | Uncategorized

Gather your markers and paper as we create this lovely garden-inspired piece for our Secret Garden art lesson. “If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Secret Garden In The Secret Garden, as Mary, Colin, and...

Create Beautiful Plant Markers for Your Own Secret Garden

by Alisha Gratehouse | May 1, 2025 | Handicrafts, Literature

Create these beautiful plant markers in several styles for your garden using river rocks and acrylic markers. The Secret Garden Handicraft: Plant Markers In The Secret Garden, Mary Lennox is fortunate enough to have Dickon—gentle, nature-wise, and full of plant...

Wild & Wuthering: A Nature Study of the Yorkshire Moors

by Alisha Gratehouse | Apr 30, 2025 | Uncategorized

Grab your watercolors and journal and let’s capture the wild beauty of the Yorkshire Moors in this Secret Garden nature study. Secret Garden Nature Study: Yorkshire Moors In The Secret Garden, young Mary Lennox arrives at Misselthwaite Manor surrounded by the wide,...

Crumpets & Crows: Tea Time in the Secret Garden

by Alisha Gratehouse | Apr 29, 2025 | Literature, Tea Time

Make these delicious and quintessentially English crumpets for your Secret Garden tea time, serve toasted with butter and raspberry jam. “It was an agreeable idea, easily carried out, and when the white cloth was spread upon the grass, with hot tea and buttered toast...