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Every bedtime holds the promise of slowing down, drawing close, and stepping together into the world of story. With our brand-new seasonal Toverlux Tales, we’re lighting the way to restful evenings through gentle storytelling and soft, glowing light. Each season, we will share another chapter that connects to the wonders of that particular season. This first tale, Pipkin and the Missing Acorns, invites children to follow a curious little gnome on an autumn adventure, as the golden light of the Toverlux Night Light brings each scene to life.

To make the magic your own, we’re also sharing a DIY transparency template so families can extend the magic of Pipkin and personalize their very own glowing story at home. Whether read aloud at bedtime, or used as a quiet moment of wonder before sleep, Toverlux Tales nurture rhythm, imagination, and connection. May sweet dreams follow!

Our First Installment of Our Toverlux Tales Series

Printable HERE.

Pipkin and the Missing Acorns

In the heart of the Mossy Maple Wood, where golden leaves drifted like small lanterns on the breeze, there lived a small gnome named Pipkin Redcap. Pipkin wore a soft red mushroom cap hat, speckled with white dots, and a leaf-green jacket stitched with dandelion fluff. Every morning, Pipkin would check on the acorn storehouses for the Forest Council of Gnomes, where all the forest creatures came to trade and share before winter.

But one crisp autumn dawn, as Pipkin scurried over dew-sparkling moss, he found the acorn storehouses empty. Not a single acorn rattled in the woven baskets. The squirrels chattered in distress, the chipmunks paced nervously, and even the owls blinked wide in concern. “It is a mystery, dear Pipkin,” said Mapleleaf Fairy, who shimmered like morning frost as she landed on Pipkin’s shoulder. “The forest needs those acorns to prepare for winter.” “I will find them,” said Pipkin, brushing off his mushroom cap hat, “even if I must search every hollow and hill.”

Pipkin set off through the rustling birch leaves, with Brownie the Hedgehog waddling beside him, carrying a lantern made of a small carved gourd. They searched under mossy logs, in hollow oaks, and beneath leaf piles where glow-worms blinked like tiny lanterns. At last, they came to the Tangle-Root Cave, where the ground rumbled, and a low voice hummed like thunder.

Inside, they found Trundle the Troll, a large, moss-covered troll with twig-like eyebrows and stone-grey skin, humming to himself while stacking the acorns in a great pile.

“Oh, Trundle!” Pipkin exclaimed. “Those acorns belong to the forest!”

Trundle’s eyes glowed softly in the cave’s dark. “But I was only borrowing them,” he rumbled, “to build a throne so I can be king of autumn.”

“But autumn has no king,” said pipkin bravely, “only the gentle turning of leaves and the sharing of harvests.”

Trundle frowned, looking at the small gnome with the mushroom cap hat and the small hedgehog. “But I wanted to feel important.”

Pipkin stepped forward, placing a hand on Trundle’s rough finger. “Trundle, you are important. You help turn the soil, you guard the caves, and you keep the foxes away from the rabbit holes. But you cannot keep the forest’s acorns.”

Trundle’s stone face softened, and he sighed a sigh like wind through pine trees. “Then… perhaps I can return them.”

Together, with the help of forest mice and fluttering fairies, Pipkin, Brownie, and Trundle rolled the acorns back to the storehouses. The squirrels squeaked with joy, and the forest hummed with the gentle sound of gratitude.

To thank Trundle, Pipkin, Brownie and Mapleleaf Fairy crafted him a small acorn crown to wear during the autumn festival, reminding him that he was loved by the forest.

As the moon rose over the Mossy Maple Wood, Pipkin Redcap tucked himself under his mushroom cap hat, watching the lanterns glow during the festival, and knowing that with kindness and courage, even the smallest gnome could solve a mystery, help a troll, and save the forest in time for winter.

Make your Toverlux DIY Craft Story Transparencies:

In this post, we’ll show you how to make a winter fairy window transparency, a magical way to celebrate the quiet beauty of the season. Using colorful kite paper and simple steps, this sweet craft captures the sparkle of frosty mornings, the hush of falling snow, and the wonder of fairies, bringing a touch of winter magic into your home.