Hi friends! I just got back from a weekend in New Hampshire! I’ve been away from my computer since Friday {gasp!} so I’ll be covering three topics tonight 🙂 Bear with me!
Did you notice my new blog design? LOVE!! Alicia from Dreamlike Magic hooked me up with a super fabulous new look! Are you drooling?? Because I have been since she installed it! Hehe 🙂
Before I went away, I had a sweet customer request. I was inspired right away, and was able to start and finish my new craftivity pack on Thursday night! You may have seen it on TpT already:
native american kids {a craftivity} is a mini unit that would be perfect to complete a Thanksgiving or Native American theme! It includes the patterns to make a Native American girl and boy:
…half-page writing pages:
plus ABC order and word search sheets:
If you want to pick up a copy, head to my TpT shop!
Please let me know what you think! I hope you love it! 🙂
And finally, onto my weekend in New Hampshire! Have you heard of the Pumpkin Festival in Keene, NH? Every year, the town tries to beat the record for the most Jack O’Lanterns. I’ve been wanting to head up there for years, and we were finally able to go this year! Here are some pics from my trip:
This is a HUGE tower of pumpkins!
Main Street was lined with pumpkins… they were everywhere! I think there were almost 24,000 of them!
Matt and I near a covered bridge… there are tons of them in NH! We also ended up going to Boston after the pumpkin festival due to a mix up at our hotel {long story}… it was a fun little getaway! 🙂
Congrats to #57, Teacher Syl!! Emailed ya! 🙂
Love the pink stars…and the cupcakes (of course)!
Hubby wants to move to New Hampshire, would you recommend a place to live?
tania
My Second Sense
hey I live in NH!!! Not in Keene though!! Cool to think you were near by my friend!
Love everything–the new look, the craftivity, your taste is the best!
I'd so love to win this!! How cute!!! Your blog design looks fabulous too. 🙂
Lisa
Learning Is Something to Treasure
Love the new layout…makes me think about yummy cupcakes!!
Lindsay
For the Love of First Grade
Love it! Just got the postcard from Keene a couple of weeks ago for the postcard exchange!
Jennifer
First Grade Blue SKies
me too!
Courtney
3rd Grade Sprinkles
That is so neat about the pumpkins!! Your new layout is adorable… And so is your new pack!!! 🙂
Elisabeth
elisabethdelk80@gmail.com
love the newest pack…very cute toots
justwildaboutteaching.blogspot.com
love all fall activities!!!
ashley.e.thurston@gmail.com
Love your work, your new look and your weekend getaway.
I would love to win the new pack…I feel like I should keep the family together! (I already have the football player, cheerleader, johnny appleseed…) 🙂
hundredacrewood51@hotmail.com
love your new blog design! super cute!
and I adore your new craftivity 🙂
Sara
Miss Elementary
That festival looks like so much fun!
gobstoppersrock@gmail.com
Pixy Stix and Teacher Tricks
That unit looks adorable, and your trip looks fun! I love to do things like that, too. My fiance and I head up to Door County, Wisconsin every fall for their gorgeous fall colors and their pumpkin festivals, I love it!
Kiah
kiah.m.berg@gmail.com
Looks like you had a great fall weekend. I love your new craftivity. Keeping my fingers crossed.
learningwithmrsparker@gmail.com
I love your new look AND that craftivity. I already have plans for it! 😉
❤Dragonflies in First ❤
I love your new look!!!
❀Jodi
Fun In First
I love your new blog Design!!!!!
Lovely Little Learners
Love the blog design and the craftivity!
Brandi
Success in Second Grade
omgosh – I LOVE the Keene festival!! hubs and I went there about 4 years ago – LOVE!!!
Cute new blog! Love it.
imgoingfirst@gmail.com
I love your new blog design! Your new pack looks awesome too!
hprice@lufkinisd.org
Heather
Heather's Heart
I love the Native American writing craft! I just found your blog.
Holly
mel19hol@hotmail.com
That is a lot of pumpkins!
Super, super cute! I just adore Thanksgiving, and this is the perfect addition!
Lora
lorajwebster@gmail.com
I love your new look & craftivity! I have a lot of your units and would love this one too! (And I just downloaded your new fonts….I can't wait to use them!!)
kfandel@gmail.com
The new look is super cute and so are those crafts!!!
~Andi
andi_monroe@yahoo.com
Love the new craftivity!! And what a fun festival!
Heather (heathernnance@yahoo.com)
Fun trip, & super duper cute craftivity!! Some of the cutest I've seen!
Amy Howbert
Little Miss Organized
amyhowbert1@gmail.com
I hope I win! Those pumpkins are amazing!!
Ashley
Ashleysanderson1@hotmail.com
I love your new blog design! It's so bright and fun! 🙂 I also love your new little packet! Adorable!
Katie
smileykate52@hotmail.com
Love all the fall activities! I hope I win them!!
MTC580@gmail.com
Your new pack is very cute! So is the new layout, I've always had a thing for stars myself.
Kim (Kmspezza@gmail.com)
The new blog design is so cute, and the Pumpkin Festival sounds so neat!
Katy
kevans927@hotmail.com
Love your new design and Native American craft!! Super cute 🙂
matthewsm1231@gmail.com
Looks great Teri! I love your new design and craftivity!
swimmingintosecond@att.net
Swimming into Second
Wow! That's a lot of jack-O-lanterns!Love the new look and your pack. Looks like a fun weekend!
~Lori
ucfchic94@yahoo.com
Loving the new look and all those pumpkins!!!!!!!!
Loving the new look and all those pumpkins!!!!!!!!
How fun does that festival look?? And I love your new look, and I love your new craftivity!
Basically there's a lot of love going on here!
Halle
acrossthehallin2nd@gmail.com
Across the Hall in 2nd Grade
Looks like a fun weekend! Love the new blog design and the craftivity! 🙂 missy.kutil@gmail.com
I love your new look and your new packet!
~Lauren
teachpraylove25@gmail.com
Would love to win your new craftivity. I also love your new design.
tracyanderson@wcps.org
Would love to have your new craftivity! It would go great with our new Social Studies curriculum. We are currently studying the pilgrims coming to America, and this would be a cute addition to our unit!
Casey
http://www.cuteclassroomcreations.blogspot.com
casey.e.east@gmail.com
CUTE, CUTE, CUTE! I would love to win!
Ashley
awelsh812@hotmail.com
Love your new look! New Hampshire looks fun to visit.
Trinh
trinh.tran75@yahoo.com
Your new design is delish!! I love all the pink!!! Your new craftivity looks so adorable. My 2nd graders loved completing your Johnny Appleseed craft! Lauren teachermomof3@comcast.net
I went to college near Keene and went to pumpkin fest every year. Love it and love the new blog look!
I have relatives-in-law that live in Keene, NH. I have never been there, but I have syrup in my freezer from there! Sounds like you had a great weekend!
EmilyK
Love the new craft! Can't wait to use it.
mcreynolds.sarah@gmail.com
I love your new blog design–it is adorable!!! 🙂
Your new pack looks like a great resource!
Jenn
jduffek@opschools.org
Love the new blog look! New Hampshire is so pretty in the fall (Boston, too!). The crafitivity is so cute!
Sara 🙂
Smiling In Second Grade
Such a cute activity! Love the fall pics as well.
Mary
MBM3543@aol.com
I was born in NH but live in Georgia now. I miss those fall days! Lucky you! The pictures are amazing!
Carolyns941@bellsouth.net
Hi Terri! I LOVE Pumpkinfest! I attended Keene State College (and my niece goes there now)…and it was always so fun to participate in the Pumpkinfest and try to beat the record from the year before! I wish I would have known you were up here and we could have had a bloggy meetup (although your husband probably wouldn't have liked that -lol).
Karyn
A is for Apple B is for Blog
Kideducator@comcast.net
I love the new design! I also enjoyed looking at the pictures from your weekend getaway. I used to live up in MA, so I love seeing fall pictures from New England!
Lori
The Reinspired Teacher
Your blog looks fabulous! I love it…and I'd love a copy of your latest pack. Beautiful as always!
Amy
What Happens in First Grade
Sweet Teri! You read my mind girl. I do a unit on Native Americans in November and these cute little guys will work perfectly with my unit. You are the best! I have 3 of your craftivities hanging in my classroom and my kiddos are so proud to see their work displayed on the walls. We all love you and I can't wait to tell them about this great unit! Love ya, Sylvia
Perfect unit for here in Oklahoma:) I would have loved to see all the pumpkins.
Tammy
First Grade @ Storybook Cafe
dtklinger@gmail.com
I live in Keene and teach kindergarten at one of the 5 elementary schools! Your post just made my day! I'm so glad you had a great time at Pumpkin Fest. Did you see the "Starry Night" jack-o-lantern? It was pretty impressive 🙂
Wow! That's a lot of pumpkins! Looks like a lot of fun. 🙂
– Kelly Campbell
kelly_burnard@hotmail.com
O my gosh! That is crazy how many pumpkins there are! Your native american children are so cute! 🙂
Meg
Buzz Around in Second Grade
meagan.newbold@gmail.com
Love your new look!! I am so jealous of all the wonderful Halloween and Fall activity there. It's still hot here in Hawaii, and I miss seing the leaves turn. It looks so beautiful. My daughters are 8 and 10 and would just love seeing something like that:)
Aloha,
Corinna
Surfin' Through Second
Hi, nice Pack! I live in Merrimack , NH. It's a nice area, 1 hour to the beach, mountains and Boston! It's so funny you were here! Love your blog!
Laurie ..airforcemom19@comcast.net
Love the jack-o-lantern pictures! Keri
ketowne@lakeland.k12.mo.us
Your craftivity looks cute!! Would love to win!! :o)
Cindy
ccfirstteacher@gmail.com
Cute!! I would love to win!
Ashley
arclark2012@gmail.com
Native Americans Look adorable. Would be a great addition to my play and feast for November. I need a little good luck- I hope I win.
Melissa
mfresh2@aol.com
I love your new look!!!!
Michelle
Your new look is fabulous, and the Native American craftivity is adorable!
livinglearninglovingprek@gmail.com
Okay, I love the new blog look! It is adorable. My favorite thing about your post (besides the new pack that is already on my wish list) is the picture at the covered bridge. I've always loved them and I keep telling my hubby that I want to find one to have family pictures made at.
✞Heather
Swinging Through Second Grade
hdawntn@hotmail.com
Love your new blog! Easy to read! You are very creative!
Katie
Goldbc90@verizon.net
I would love a copy of your new craftivity! And I love the new cupcake design!
Ruthanne rarace81@gmail.com
I LOVE the new blog design! The Native American craftivity is so adorable! realocteachers@gmail.com
The REAL Teachers of Orange County
Love your craftivities (I'm not sure that's a word lol). So cute.
cecil0862@yahoo.com
Awesome blog:) Found you on the blog roll on kinder-pond. Hope you haven't picked a winner yet!
sara.iteachk@gmail.com
Super cute craft (but all your crafts are adorable!) 🙂
Cheryl
crayonsandcurls(at)gmail(dot)com
Crayons and Curls
Such a cute pack! katiebauter@sbcglobal.net
Love all those pumpkins!
Carlykh@comcast.net
Love the new look. 🙂 Your crafts are always so precious.
YAY! Thank you Teri…1st time I have won on a Blog Give-away! You made my whole week!! Woo Hoo!!! I am loving your new blog look…Too cute!
Love Love Love this!!!! how adorable!!!! You have such incredible ideas!!! Just started my blog yesterday!!!! Would love a little blog love if you have time 🙂
http://simplyskilledinsecond.blogspot.com/
hugs
Anna