about us
We believe people are meant to make things together. In a world that often keeps us scrolling instead of creating, Folksy Scouts is a place to return to the simple joy of doing real things with real hands — and real people. When we carve, mend, stitch, plant, cook, or build beside others, something shifts. We feel grounded. We feel useful. We feel like we belong.
Folksy Scouts isn’t about perfection or performance. It’s about gathering around a shared fire, learning skills that make life feel sturdier, and remembering that community isn’t built through convenience — it’s built through time, effort, laughter, and the gentle pride of saying, “I made this.” Our patches mark these small, brave acts of doing, but the true reward is the connection you forge — with yourself, with others, and with the world right outside your door.
Connecting
people
Folksy Scouts began in 2020 with just eight children gathered around a table, learning how to carve, sew, mend, dye wool, and build the kinds of skills that once lived in every home. What started small quickly grew — eight became twenty, then forty, and today nearly sixty children a year take part in our in-person Scouts.
As the program grew, so did the requests. Families from across the country — and even around the world — kept asking, “How can we join too?” For years, our answer was “not yet,” but the dream never left.
Now it’s here.
Folksy Scouts Online brings our hands-on skills, seasonal rhythm, and patch-earning adventures to anyone, anywhere. What began as a tiny circle of children has grown into a community of Scouts of all ages, learning side by side and remembering what our hands can do.
And we’re so glad you’re part of the story now.
Our story
Sarah is the kind of person who can turn a pile of wool, a jar of flowers, and a pocketful of acorns into a whole universe of learning and wonder. As the founder of The Folksy House and Folksy Scouts, she has spent years weaving together her love of handwork, nature, childhood magic, and old-fashioned skills into spaces where people of all ages feel instantly at home.
She’s equal parts teacher, maker, woodland guide, yarn-dyer, curriculum dreamer, and “try-it-and-see-what-happens” experimenter. If there’s a way to stitch community together — with wool, with stories, with soup, with scissors, with a little seasonal sparkle — Sarah will find it.
When she isn’t teaching or patch-designing or inventing new Scouts activities, she can be found collecting wildflowers with her daughters, and tending to bright vats of natural dye.
Sarah’s work is guided by warmth, whimsy, and the belief that small handmade things — and the people who make them — can change the world.
leader sarah
Founder & co-partner
Stacey grew up in the easy hush of an old willow tree — a place where she learned the world feels kinder when you’re held by branches and breeze. From those early days, nature became her compass: a steady friend that could untangle a mood, spark a story, or turn an ordinary moment quietly magical.
A lifelong maker, Stacey is drawn to art, storytelling, and the joy of creating with her own two hands. She thrives on community, connection, and learning beside others, gently reminding people that it’s never too late to discover a new skill or rediscover a forgotten one.
Rooted in the belief that childhood magic never expires, Stacey brings a playful, wholehearted spirit to all she does — inviting folks to slow down, explore, and feel at home.
leader stacey
partner
