This study explores how pre-service teachers (PSTs) demonstrate mathematical creativity and modeling through a digital storytelling task. Prior research has highlighted the importance of mathematical creativity in mathematics instruction, yet teachers possess limited knowledge on using mathematical creativity to support students. Thus, the digital storytelling task was used to engage PSTs in problem posing, a mathematical creativity task. The researchers analyzed 20 PST digital storybook projects developed in a problem solving course. This digital storytelling task required PSTs to use addition/subtraction and multiplication taxonomies to pose a real-world problem that could be solved using Pólya’s (1945) problem solving steps and aligned with state standards. The analysis revealed three key themes in how PSTs demonstrate mathematical creativity: standard algorithm only, non-standard algorithm only, and combination: standard algorithm & non-standard algorithm. Additionally, researchers identified some of the challenges that PSTs faced when engaging in digital storytelling and problem posing. This study highlights the importance of providing mathematical creativity tasks to help develop PSTs’ mathematical creativity and modeling skills.