While we continue working on the story of Finn's First Job at the Commonwealth Games, we hope you enjoy this children's literature classic - How the Whale Got His Throat by Rudyard Kipling. Enjoying Maked Up Stories? Please rate and review us and share your child’s favorite episode on social media and in parenting and school groups. This is the bes…

Kids, we need you! After you listen to this episode send us your ideas for a sport or competition between Godzilla, a T-Rex, and a million cats. You can send your ideas to makedupstories@gmail.com. When Finn's mom says he can decide not to go to school when he grows up and gets a job, he takes her seriously and does just that, taking a job for The …

Kids, we need you! After you listen to this episode send us your ideas for a sport or competition between Godzilla, a T-Rex, and a million cats. You can send your ideas to makedupstories@gmail.com. When Finn's mom says he can decide not to go to school when he grows up and gets a job, he takes her seriously and does just that, taking a job for The …

Kids, we need you! After you listen to this episode send us your ideas for a sport or competition between Godzilla, a T-Rex, and a million cats. You can send your ideas to makedupstories@gmail.com. When Finn's mom says he can decide not to go to school when he grows up and gets a job, he takes her seriously and does just that, taking a job for The …

Malia wants nothing more than to have her very own treehouse, but her yard has no trees. Will she find a way to make her wish come true? Enjoying Maked Up Stories? Please rate and review us and share your child’s favorite episode on social media and in parenting and school groups. This is the best way for new listeners to find the podcast. Maked Up…

Malia wants nothing more than to have her very own treehouse, but her yard has no trees. Will she find a way to make her wish come true? Enjoying Maked Up Stories? Please rate and review us and share your child’s favorite episode on social media and in parenting and school groups. This is the best way for new listeners to find the podcast. Maked Up…

Malia wants nothing more than to have her very own treehouse, but her yard has no trees. Will she find a way to make her wish come true? Enjoying Maked Up Stories? Please rate and review us and share your child’s favorite episode on social media and in parenting and school groups. This is the best way for new listeners to find the podcast. Maked Up…

Malia wants nothing more than to have her very own treehouse, but her yard has no trees. Will she find a way to make her wish come true? Enjoying Maked Up Stories? Please rate and review us and share your child’s favorite episode on social media and in parenting and school groups. This is the best way for new listeners to find the podcast. Maked Up…

Malia wants nothing more than to have her very own treehouse, but her yard has no trees. Will she find a way to make her wish come true? Enjoying Maked Up Stories? Please rate and review us and share your child’s favorite episode on social media and in parenting and school groups. This is the best way for new listeners to find the podcast. Maked Up…

Today we are excited to introduce our new sister podcast Maked Up Clubhouse, where all the storytellers are kids! Find Maked Up Clubhouse by searching for it in your favorite podcasting app. Want to tell your own story? Submit a story to Maked Up Clubhouse at makedupstories.com/clubhouse.

Seven year old Olive adores hedgehogs. Imagine her surprise when during a vacation to New Zealand she learns - alongside a hedgehog she has just befriended - that hedgehogs are considered a pest and are a serious threat to native bird species in New Zealand. Enjoying Maked Up Stories? Please rate and review us and share your child’s favorite episod…

Seven year old Olive adores hedgehogs. Imagine her surprise when during a vacation to New Zealand she learns - alongside a hedgehog she has just befriended - that hedgehogs are considered a pest and are a serious threat to native bird species in New Zealand. Enjoying Maked Up Stories? Please rate and review us and share your child’s favorite episod…

Seven year old Olive adores hedgehogs. Imagine her surprise when during a vacation to New Zealand she learns - alongside a hedgehog she has just befriended - that hedgehogs are considered a pest and are a serious threat to native bird species in New Zealand. Enjoying Maked Up Stories? Please rate and review us and share your child’s favorite episod…

Seven year old Olive adores hedgehogs. Imagine her surprise when during a vacation to New Zealand she learns - alongside a hedgehog she has just befriended - that hedgehogs are considered a pest and are a serious threat to native bird species in New Zealand. njoying Maked Up Stories? Please rate and review us and share your child’s favorite episode…

In today’s special episode Jonah and Amanda will be sharing the classic children’s story The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams. At least two recent episodes of Maked Up (from December 2024-January 2025) have contained scenes inspired by The Velveteen Rabbit. Can you find them? If you think you know which Maked Up Story was inspired by The Velvet…

Through a series of experiments, Jesse and his friends discover that the changes they have observed are due to an invisible wizards living in Jesse’s backpack. In today’s story we’ll learn why the invisible wizard has chosen Jesse’s backpack as his home. What adventures do you think Jesse, Enzo and Naomi will have with the invisible wizard next? Se…

When Julien and Kieran find themselves lost at the San Diego Safari Park, they find unlikely helpers in two Cheetahs named Chester and Chase. Enjoying Maked Up Stories? Please rate and review us and share your child’s favorite episode on social media and in parenting and school groups. This is the best way for new listeners to find the podcast. Mak…

When Julien and Kieran find themselves lost at the San Diego Safari Park, they find unlikely helpers in two Cheetahs named Chester and Chase. Enjoying Maked Up Stories? Please rate and review us and share your child’s favorite episode on social media and in parenting and school groups. This is the best way for new listeners to find the podcast. Mak…

In this conclusion to the story, the Toy Soldier gets a some peace of mind while Fluff McTide contemplates a career change and crafts his own new Sea Chanty. Enjoying Maked Up Stories? Please rate and review us and share your child’s favorite episode on social media and in parenting and school groups. This is the best way for new listeners to find …

Listen to this story on its own or as a part of a series with our past 3 episodes. A Toy Solider tells Jonah Moon and Bo the story of how he came to be real and watch over his boy each night. If you’re enjoying Maked Up, please rate and review us and tell a friend - it’s the best way for new listeners to find the podcast.…

If you’re enjoying Maked Up Stories, please review us and share your child’s favorite episode with a friend. In this episode Jonah Moon and Bo hear the story of the dread pirate Fluff McTide and his adventures aboard his pirate ship The Dandy Reaper, and why he must have the magical dandelion. Is pirate treasure and pirate fame all it’s made out to…

When Jonah Moon and his friend Bo grow a garden bed full of highly magical dandelions, all of their wishes come true. But can there be too much of a good thing? And who else might be interested in unlimited wishes from a magical garden?

We often wish on dandelions, but our wishes don’t always come true. But what would happen if they did? In today’s story we’ll meet Jonah Moon, a boy who’s on a mission to make a better, more reliable wishing dandelion. Support Maked Up by subscribing in your favorite podcast app (it’s free!), rating and reviewing, and sharing with friends and in pa…

It’s not fair that Nathan always has to go to bed early while everyone else gets to stay up. He promised his mom he would stay in bed but finds a loophole when he makes his bed into a vehicle perfect for exploring the world after bedtime. What will he find? Support Maked Up by subscribing in your favorite podcast app (it’s free!), rating and review…

Happy holidays from our family to yours! We are heading out for a hut to hut walk in the Abel Tasman wilderness, which is a holiday tradition for us ever since moving to New Zealand. We have a few episodes scheduled for you during our trip (Dec 26, Dec 28 Dec 30) and will be back to our regular 6 days/week schedule in the New Year.…