Welcome to the “THANKFUL” edition of Collectively Creative! Today I have a giveaway for all of our blogging friends . . . one of my children’s stories from Pockets magazine for you to read, share, and/or use to introduce a creative writing activity about holidays. Simply click the first link for a printable word document or the second link for a printable pdf.
Mrs. Hetherington’s Thanksgiving Pageant (word document)
Mrs. Hetherington’s Thanksgiving Pageant (pdf)
I hope some special kids in your life will enjoy meeting Mrs. Hetherington and her Portland Elementary School Drama Club this holiday season! But first, please pour a cup of tea and take a few minutes to savor the rest of this month’s Collectively Creative posts. Each one has something special to enrich our lives. Happy Thanksgiving! ♥
P.S. If you’re a parent, grandparent, children’s book reviewer, librarian, or teacher, please check out the new kids’ Thanksgiving book called Sarah Gives Thanks by one of our fellow WordPressers, Mike Allegra at heylookawriterfellow. I bought a copy, and it’s a keeper!
COLLECTIVELY CREATIVE:
- Our Family’s Thankful Journal (Cobwebs, Cupcakes & Crayons)
- Creating a Thankfulness Photo Album (Organizing Living Essentials)
- T.H.A.N.K.F.U.L. for my Kiddos! (Neaten Your Nest)
- DIY ‘Thankful’ Dry-Erase Board (Inspire & Indulge)
- What I’m Thankful for: Grandparents and Cinnamon Rolls (The Thing About Joan)
- Healthy Chicken Sausage and Apple Stuffing (My Healthy ‘Ohana)
- Roasted Squash And Garlic Apple Potage (Cul De Sac)
- Vegan Creamed Corn Cornbread (The Pancake Princess)
- Holiday Entertaining: Gifts For Your Guests (Green Door Hospitality)
- Thanksgiving Requests (Ponytail Kind of Day)
- Rustic DIY Thank You Cards (NorthStory)
PILLOWS A-LA-MODE 
I loved the story. Thank you for sharing it.
You’re very welcome! 🙂
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Oh how wonderful!! I’ll be printing this off and sharing it with my nieces! Thank you!! 🙂
Kenley
You’re very welcome, Kenley! I hope they enjoy it! 🙂
I can’t wait to read this to Annabelle!! Thank you so much for sharing…and for being a part of The Thankful Edition.
You’re very welcome, Kelly . . . and thank you for all your hard work to organize all of us! 🙂
How wonderful! I have story teller and teacher friends that I plan to share this with. Thank you for sharing! 🙂
You’re very welcome, Julie! I entered it into the magazine’s yearly fiction contest in 2000 and it didn’t win, but they published it, so that was a win to me! 🙂 And then they published again a few years later. I especially love the illustrations they added! 🙂
Cute story! Thanks for sharing it and mentioning Mike’s book, Sarah Gives Thanks!
Those Crafty Collective gals sure have some great ideas. Thanks for bringing these ideas to our attention. 🙂
You’re very welcome! And Mike loves your craftiness as much as I do! 🙂
Awww, I can’t wait to share this with my boyfriend’s nieces and nephews! 🙂
That’s very sweet of you, Leah! 🙂
My daughter is just learning to read so this is perfect! Thank you!
You’re very welcome, Alex! Maybe she can write a story about one of her Thanksgiving memories, too. 🙂
I loved Mrs. Hetherington and can’t wait to read the rest.
Thank you! I’ve had fun using this in the classroom this time of year and then reading what the students write about their own celebrations! 🙂
Thanks for the shoutout, Ms. A-La-Mode!
You’re very welcome! My copy is on the coffee table ready for all the kiddos coming for Thanksgiving dinner next week. 🙂
Now I’m thankful for your generous giveaway!! That’s fantastic, and thank you so much for sharing it! I’m printing now…
You’re very welcome, Joan! It was first published over ten years ago, so it’s fun to be able to share it in a new way. 🙂
You wrote it?…how special…very nice!…I will share with my Grandkids…mkg
Thank you, Marilyn! I hope they enjoy it! 🙂
Thank you so much, what a special gift. I just downloaded your book and thoroughly enjoyed it, can’t wait to share it with the grand children.
Awww . . . thank you, Lois! I hope they enjoy it! And maybe you can ask them to write and draw about how THEY like to celebrate Thanksgiving, too! It would be fun for you to read and a lovely keepsake. 🙂
That definitely would, thanks for the suggestion. My eldest grand daughter is an aspiring artist and now has my one door designated as her gallery.
I think my daughter will love this, thank you for sharing it!!
You’re very welcome! I wrote it a long time ago, but I still pull it out every year! 🙂
Thank you! for sharing:)
You’re very welcome! 🙂 I always love seeing your amazing work, too . . . an art form I know nothing about but greatly admire! 🙂
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Wow! You have some very talented children! I’m really impressed, and what a great thing to share. You have a beautiful blog!
Thank you, Erica! I’m so glad to discover yours, too! 🙂
What a lovely story… I really like the way it allows children whose circumstances don’t fit the Norman Rockwell picture of Thanksgiving to feel great about their own way of celebrating the day. Thank you for sharing!
You’re very welcome, Kerri! I had fun writing it . . . and got lots of ideas from my own childhood and from people I know, too! 🙂
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Thank you for sharing this! 🙂 I will be reading this to my son! 🙂 thank you !
You’re so welcome!!! I hope he likes it . . . and then maybe he can write and draw about how HE celebrates a holiday! 🙂
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