These openings, which aired on Sprout from 2009 to 2015, had Sproutlets and grown-up Sprouts doing something and opening a cardboard shoebox which opened to reveal a cartoon setting, with some animation and the Sprout logo on certain things, while a male singer sings about the show coming up next, ending with a kid's voice saying "Sprout!." Most openings were animated by Trace Pictures, a company which also provided certain activities and the openings for most of Sprout's programming blocks, which also had their own cardboard shoebox openings and closings.
According to Meredith Halpern, the idea for Sprout to have a "Sproutlet-constructed" theme was because Sproutlets at home sent in videos, drawings, and cards to the Sprout boxes they personalized.
Rain
Two parents prepare their daughter to go outside in the rain, and open a box where an umbrella floats in a puddle adjacent to a milk jug house and a watering can grows flowers. Male singers sing about the show coming up next, ending with a girl’s voice saying "Sprout!" Used for Barney & Friends, Caillou, Fireman Sam, Zoboomafoo,[1] The Chica Show, Chloe's Closet, Kipper, Wibbly Pig, Boj, Earth to Luna!, Sarah & Duck, Sid the Science Kid, and in Lend a Helping Hand. A version with different music exists here, but probably never aired on the channel.
This opening's soundtrack, called, "GENOPENRAINMUSIC," also played over a Summer of Sprout "Don't Go Away" bumper.[2]
Space
Two girls have made a bottle in which becomes a rocket when they open a box. It floats up to the moon where they put the flag on it. Male singers sing about the show coming up next. Used for nighttime Caillou airings, The Wiggles Show!, Astroblast!, Clangers, Earth to Luna!, Pajanimals, Poppy Cat, and Ready, Steady, Wiggle!.
This opening's soundtrack, called "GENOPENSPACEMUSIC," also played in two box bumpers.
Tree
A mom watches her daughter blow a dandelion, and opens a box where a tree grows under real cotton clouds. In the tree and on its stitched branches on felt, a squirrel waking up, a bird singing, and a caterpillar crawling. An acorn with the Sprout logo drops, and male singers scat the name of the show coming up next. Used for Tree Fu Tom, LazyTown, Play With Me Sesame, Bob the Builder, Franny's Feet, Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies, Stella and Sam, and Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave. A version with different music exists here (also used for the Breakfast bumper), but probably never aired on the channel.
Wind
A grandfather watches his granddaughter's craft butterfly. He opens the box and the girl lets it go, as fish are seen sliding down a waterfall, and the girl blows a pinwheel. Male singers sing about the show coming up next. Used for Sesame Street, Super WHY!, Super Wings, Justin Time, Make Way for Noddy, Zou, and Thomas & Friends.
This ident's soundtrack, called, "GENOPENWINDMUSIC," also plays in on-demand intros for shows like Sesame Street and a short promo for Sprout's ventures on TV, online, and on demand.
Seasonal
Winter
Two kids made snowflakes, and put them in a cardboard shoebox they opened. A bear goes ice skating, and snow falls off a board with the Sprout logo. A female announcer talks about the show coming up next. Music is "GENOPENWINDMUSIC," which also accompanies the "Wind" opening. Used for the likes of Thomas & Friends, Caillou, and The Chica Show.
Snowman
A human hand opens a cardboard shoebox, revealing a winter wonderland where a snowman holds up the Sprout logo on a sign. Used for shows such as Make Way for Noddy, Justin Time,[3] Wibbly Pig, The Wiggles Show!, Barney & Friends, and Tree Fu Tom[4] and played before and after commercial breaks during Elmo's Movie Merry-Thon. It was also used during The Sprout Sharing Show in winter months.
Movie
A human hand opens a box that has a theater. The lights are lit and the curtain opens, and behind the curtain a human hand pulls an overhead screen in a Sprout backdrop.
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The ident is set in a theater where the lights are lit and the curtains open to reveal a bird turning on a camera and a human hand pulls an overhead screen with the Sprout logo.
Fall
A human hand opens a cardboard shoebox with nuts, pumpkins, and apples that reveals a fall setting with scarecrows, apples, hay, trees, and the Sprout logo appears on a bucket of apples. Used for shows such as Wibbly Pig. Music is the same as the Kite ident.
Thanks for Giving
A Mom watches her daughter color pictures, and open a cardboard shoebox with a tree, acorns, a hand turkey, and the Sprout logo revealing a fall setting with hand turkeys, and Thanks for Giving logo is seen. Used for shows such as Wibbly Pig.
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Sources
- ↑ Snipes, Gene. YouTube video (August 27, 2010), Retrieved July 1, 2025
- ↑ Youmans, Audrey. Facebook post (June 28, 2025), Retrieved July 1, 2025
- ↑ YouTube video
- ↑ McClain, William. YouTube video (January 8, 2015), Retrieved July 1, 2015