Welcome to the land of Twelve Little Tales!
Experience the magic of Storytelling!
the monthly storytelling and activity pack.
$7/month - your first month free! • subscription page
• Storytelling tools
• Stationery pages
• 4x6 images for your nature corner
• Games and Puzzles - maths, crossword, memory game cards, word scrambles and more!
• Stationery pages
• 4x6 images for your nature corner
• Games and Puzzles - maths, crossword, memory game cards, word scrambles and more!
There are also ways to receive wonderful treasures in the mail each month.
visit the subscription page for all the options.
visit the subscription page for all the options.
Autumn Treasures! |
Autumn Crowns and Garland!
$4.00
A magical autumn crown!
Print the pages, cut out the autumnal bits and glue them on. Instructions included. For your children, their dolls, or you! Have a crown making party! OR make an autumn garland with the shapes like I did ;)
*for personal use only - but feel free to have flower crown making parties with friends! xo Marna
p.s. glue works just splendidly but if you have glue dots they work VERY well for this project.
Autumn Memory Game
$4.00
Matching games are fun for any age! These autumn themed watercolor images will delight as you exercise your memory and spend time together.
Print two of each page on heavy paper. After you cut them you may wish to round the corners (it makes them less likely to bend and it looks nice too :)
You don't need to use them all each time depending on the ages of the children as there are kind of a lot!
You can also use them to write tiny notes and put in a gift, or as a note to your children from the fairies :)
All Hallows' Eve Scavenger Hunt
$11.00
Hello!
Here you will find a wondrous and fun addition to your Halloween festivities. A Scavenger Hunt!
This Scavenger Hunt begins with a story that you will read to the children. The children are having a party for All Hallows' Eve but the fairies are nowhere to be found in the Enchanted Forest!
This is where the adventure begins. The children (in the story) go deep, deep into the forest to find a very kind witch - the only person who knows how to open the door to the Land of the Fairies!
The witch gives to the children instructions to first; make a fairy house, and second; to follow 12 clues that will help the children brew their magical potion. The potion will result in a special treasure that you will put in your fairy house so that when your spell opens the door to the Land of the Fairies, the fairies will have a place to go!
As the children play a game or sing songs a little bit away from the fairy house (as everyone knows the fairies won't come to our land if anyone is standing there watching) the fairies will visit leaving something behind as evidence they were there. As you may know, fairies coming to visit is a most magical event for the young child!
They know they won't actually see the fairies (at least not right now) and will be delighted with the trace of fairy dust, note, flower or whatever magical evidence the fairies leave behind.
Your digital files will include 5 pages:
• Front cover (you only need to print this if you'd like to)
• Instructions and supply list
• The Tale
• 12 clues
For ages 3/4 to any age that would love to build a fairy house, search for ingredients to make a potion and find whatever evidence the fairies visited or gifts they have left. One way to make it more fun for older kids is to have the fairies leave something that they will enjoy. Maybe they don't believe in fairies any longer - but magic can still happen in a thoughtful note from the fairies, a beautiful crystal, the makings for a craft that they'd love etc. Ask me if you need any help thinking of something!
Please email me if you would like help making this work well in your specific space! I am very happy to assist! [email protected]
The Nature or Household items you will need (also on the instructions you can download and print)
• To make a fairy house can be as simple or as complex as you'd like it to be. Sticks, leaves, stones and flowers or anything the children would like.
• a cauldron - this can be anything you’d like - a cast iron dutch oven, a big bowl, bin, basket etc.
• 1. leaves
• 2. stones
• 4. pumpkins (one small)
• 6. sticks
• 7. pine cones
• 8. ghost (white piece of fabric hanging from a tree)
• 9. broom
• 9. small piece of yarn or twine
• 10. acorns
• 11. seed pods, bark or dirt
• Something special an adult will put at the
bottom of the cauldron.
This is what the potion turns into.
Once all of the ingredients are stirred and the wishes are made this treasure will be revealed - it can be
crystals, jewels, painted rocks - think a small, special thing that you will then put into the fairy house! OR you can certainly just put the potion itself right in or near your fairy house because it will be SO magic by the time you're done :)
• And last but not least,
evidence the fairies have visited -fairy dust (any glitter), a note from the fairies, a flower or anything special. The fairies can leave all the children a little gift (crystals, a note to each specific child etc.)
Here you will find a wondrous and fun addition to your Halloween festivities. A Scavenger Hunt!
This Scavenger Hunt begins with a story that you will read to the children. The children are having a party for All Hallows' Eve but the fairies are nowhere to be found in the Enchanted Forest!
This is where the adventure begins. The children (in the story) go deep, deep into the forest to find a very kind witch - the only person who knows how to open the door to the Land of the Fairies!
The witch gives to the children instructions to first; make a fairy house, and second; to follow 12 clues that will help the children brew their magical potion. The potion will result in a special treasure that you will put in your fairy house so that when your spell opens the door to the Land of the Fairies, the fairies will have a place to go!
As the children play a game or sing songs a little bit away from the fairy house (as everyone knows the fairies won't come to our land if anyone is standing there watching) the fairies will visit leaving something behind as evidence they were there. As you may know, fairies coming to visit is a most magical event for the young child!
They know they won't actually see the fairies (at least not right now) and will be delighted with the trace of fairy dust, note, flower or whatever magical evidence the fairies leave behind.
Your digital files will include 5 pages:
• Front cover (you only need to print this if you'd like to)
• Instructions and supply list
• The Tale
• 12 clues
For ages 3/4 to any age that would love to build a fairy house, search for ingredients to make a potion and find whatever evidence the fairies visited or gifts they have left. One way to make it more fun for older kids is to have the fairies leave something that they will enjoy. Maybe they don't believe in fairies any longer - but magic can still happen in a thoughtful note from the fairies, a beautiful crystal, the makings for a craft that they'd love etc. Ask me if you need any help thinking of something!
Please email me if you would like help making this work well in your specific space! I am very happy to assist! [email protected]
The Nature or Household items you will need (also on the instructions you can download and print)
• To make a fairy house can be as simple or as complex as you'd like it to be. Sticks, leaves, stones and flowers or anything the children would like.
• a cauldron - this can be anything you’d like - a cast iron dutch oven, a big bowl, bin, basket etc.
• 1. leaves
• 2. stones
• 4. pumpkins (one small)
• 6. sticks
• 7. pine cones
• 8. ghost (white piece of fabric hanging from a tree)
• 9. broom
• 9. small piece of yarn or twine
• 10. acorns
• 11. seed pods, bark or dirt
• Something special an adult will put at the
bottom of the cauldron.
This is what the potion turns into.
Once all of the ingredients are stirred and the wishes are made this treasure will be revealed - it can be
crystals, jewels, painted rocks - think a small, special thing that you will then put into the fairy house! OR you can certainly just put the potion itself right in or near your fairy house because it will be SO magic by the time you're done :)
• And last but not least,
evidence the fairies have visited -fairy dust (any glitter), a note from the fairies, a flower or anything special. The fairies can leave all the children a little gift (crystals, a note to each specific child etc.)
Stationery Pages - Autumn Magic
$4.00
Writing letters to special people is a wonderful activity for anyone of any age. Everyone loves to receive special letters in the mail :)
You may also use these for your kids to draw or write continuations of their stories!
Print as many as you'd like.
Autumn Stationery Pages
$4.00
Nine whimsical pages illustrated with Autumn art from original watercolors. Toadstools, a fairy, Arnold the mouse, seed pods, little lanterns, starry sky and and sunflowers and more!
For writing letters, special notes, telling stories or drawing.
INSTANT DOWNLOADS - so many to choose from!
Hello storytellers!Welcome to the Land of Twelve Little Tales where storytelling meets you just where you are.Monthly adventures with Twelve Little Tales!
No experience necessary! A new story each month to read plus story-starter cards to continue telling more stories to and with younger children, or for school age children to use as creative writing prompts. 1. Read the Tale 2. Choose a story-starter card and continue! 3. Open your digital account for creative writing pages, stationery pages, crossword puzzles, coloring pages and more. And NEW! math puzzles! Visit the subscription page to automatically receive each month's treasures or visit the shop to get just one. |
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The images below are examples from several past tales- these are all the components that you will find in the Digital account (each storytelling subscription includes the digital account). Visit the subscription page to subscribe or the shop to get just one.
Ask me questions! here
Ask me questions! here
A Tale
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story-starter cards
12 total - 6 per sheet
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creative writing sheets
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stationery pages
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4x6 prints
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math puzzles
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crossword puzzle
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Every story adventure subscriber (even of you get an envelope in the mail!) receives their own digital account including:
• A monthly Tale
• 12 story-starter cards
• a lined creative writing sheet for each of the 12 story-starter cards
• five stationery pages
• 2 4x6 images
• a crossword or word search.
AND NEW! Math puzzles.
• Plus there's always a story that comes translated, by a professional translator, into Spanish and French.
Each month a new story comes out along with new illustrations and a new adventure!
Visit the Subscription Page to find the best story adventure for you
• A monthly Tale
• 12 story-starter cards
• a lined creative writing sheet for each of the 12 story-starter cards
• five stationery pages
• 2 4x6 images
• a crossword or word search.
AND NEW! Math puzzles.
• Plus there's always a story that comes translated, by a professional translator, into Spanish and French.
Each month a new story comes out along with new illustrations and a new adventure!
Visit the Subscription Page to find the best story adventure for you
You will also find subscription options for postcards and stickers each month, or just the fabric squares, or stationery sets. Find them here
Testimonials from happy tellers of Tales
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"Twelve Little Tales is a refreshing and magical invitation into the world of story for young children. I used the tales as creative writing prompts for my 2nd and 3rd graders. They loved diving into a magical land through Marna’s lovely storytelling and then being given the invitation to take over as storyteller as they chose their favorite of various beautifully illustrated story-starters."
Annie A. Second Grade Teacher Mountain Sage Community School |
"Thank you so much for creating Twelve Little Tales! Our family LOVES them. I've never been a great storyteller, however, these prompts and story starters help me spin an enchanting tale that my kids love! I'm so grateful, thank you!" - J
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I want to thank you for Twelve Little Tales!
I do the writing prompts with my 7 year old daughter as part of our homeschooling. Lately, we've been doing them together, where I write a sentence in secret, then she writes one, back and forth, until the page is full. She has so much fun doing it! There was a prompt involving a snail, and it turned into a 5-page-long book that she is working on. I also recommend you whenever I can to fellow homeschool families! Thank you for everything! -Alexandria |
Thank you so much again for sharing your creativity with us. I have found so much inspiration through your stories each month.. even my husband has! We tell a story each night to our 6 year old and it has helped our bedtime routine become connecting and effortless.. our daughter asks us every night for a story and we are becoming pretty clever, thanks in large part to your stories ❤ I am forever grateful - K
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Digital Tales - a new tale each month - subscribe here
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Treasures in the mail:
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visit the subscription page for monthly options or the shop for more treasures in the mail!
Anyone can become the storyteller!
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Hi! I'm Marna -a mother of two, a former Waldorf Early Childhood and Handwork teacher, spinner of tales, maker of art, and worker of fiber.
Thank you for visiting the land of Twelve Little Tales! 
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When I first started thinking about storytelling when my daughter was little I had wonderful intentions but couldn't think of a thing to say! I didn't have a lot of confidence and didn’t trust my ideas.
Now I know that anything that I made up would have delighted her to no end. This is why I created Twelve Little Tales - to offer inspiration and a place to start from for storytelling with the littles or as creative writing prompts for older children. |
“Your tales are a rare combination of delightful characters, endearing story lines and beautiful artwork. The children that I work with are always excited when I pull one of your stories out. Thank you for creating such a lovely opportunity for connection between adult and child through storytelling! " Melinda K. - Preschool teacher
“I just printed my first story and if you are like me and always liked Twelve Tales but never ordered, don't hesitate any longer. I knew it would be beautiful but now I know I am going to be subscribing for a long time. They are just amazing.” - I
"The Twelve Little Tales brings so much warmth into our home. We read the stories and enjoy displaying all the amazing cards that come with it. My son already recognizes the package when we get it in the mail and he gets so excited! What I love the most about it is that we get to enjoy these stories in our native language (Spanish).” -C
