Different ideas for Brownie Girl Scouts to try??

Question

I am trying to find some new ideas for my girl scout troop to try this year. I am a big crafter, so crafts aren't a problem. We did pumpkin carving, built gingerbread houses, went roller skating and bowling, had a sleep over and worked on 8 try-its last year.

Answer 1

How about camping? This is always a valuable lesson. You could take nature walks, identifying different wildlife and such. You could also plan a swimming event...Make sure you have someone who is a trained life guard to go though...if you have some unexperienced swimmers you could see if a local organization offers swim lessons. You could try movie night and a pizza party. I took my Brownies to Safe Girls (check into it) and followed up with a pizza party.

Some charitable things you could do is visit old folks homes. We did this during Christmas and sang Christmas carols while having time for the girls to visit with the elders. We made presents and printed individual Christmas cards and had all the girls sign them personally. You could also do a can drive, collecting cans to turn in and give the money to local food drives, as well as collecting non-perishables and can food items. Have a drive collecting blankets, personal items and such for the homeless.

One thing we did was made a comment box for the girls to give their opinion of what they wanted to do. Fun things they would be interested in, and try-its they might want to complete. It was well worth the time and effort to do this.

Good luck...lots of options out there.....as they say, the girls can only handle so many crafts! Have you created a Brownie Circle? Right after pledge the brownies sit in a circle(kind of a girl scout government) and discuss plans, problems, money, etc. This helped out troop out a lot.

Answer 2

How about a fundraiser? This would be a good activity for a group. It teaches organizational and team skills.

Have a discussion about fund raising and what would make a realistic project. Then, work from there. Set up teams for research, publicity, etc. Work on the project for the allotted time, then when it's over, have a discussion about what went well, what didn't and how to do better on the next project.

Thanksgiving and Christmas are coming, there are a lot of projects the girls can go- canned food drives, coin drives (collecting spare change), making gifts for children less fortunate, etc.

This could be fun,too!!!

Answer 3

You've already tried lanyards I'm sure, but if not it's a great, easy project to do. It'll keep them busy for a while, plus they'll love to do it at home too! Give a prize to the person who can make the most.

If not that idea, try looking up crafts on google.

Try making scrapbooks. Get disposable cameras and take pictures of them. Then get some sissors, construction papers, crayons, markers, and glue and let them create away.

How about can stilts. Get cans and put strings on them so there like stilts. Then have an obstacle course, winner get's a prize. http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/canstilts.html

How about a puppet show! Create puppets and then put them in groups to creat there own little show. http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mbagdog.htm

http://www.craftown.com/kids.htm
http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/kidsart.htm#K-5%20art%20list

Again, try google. You'll find tons.

Answer 4

I was in charge of coming up with activity ideas for girls for awhile- the best thing I found to do for crafts was to go to a big craft store like Michaels and just wander around. There are so many ideas that can pop into your head just from seeing some of the craft supplies. There are also a lot of free patterns online for things like those bead keychains, friendship bracelets, baskets, etc- just type in "craft ideas" in a search engine.

Also- definitely camping, that's one of the very few things I remember from my time in Brownies. I loved when they let us help with the cooking. Try http://www.foodnetwork.com for "cooking with kids" ideas.

Another great thing to do is to head to your local tourist info location, they usually have lots of interesting and nearby destinations that you may not even be aware of.

Answer 5

Umm I used to be in the Girl Scouts, and some things that my leader did was, doing Scavenger Hunts, giving us candy, and to help you when you have to start selling cookies she would, instead of standing at the front of a super market she would, take us to the mall and put up a stand there next to the cookie store and whenever you bought a box of cookies from us you would get a free cookie from the cookie store, it was a really fun and good idea.

Answer 6

This past year, my daughters Brownie troop won Best in Show for their homemade lip gloss, bath salts and bubble bath at our county fair. They were Daisy's just the year before so this was a big deal. We beat out older Brownies with troop leaders that had been leaders for years.

This year I have promised them to teach them how to knit.

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Answer 8

Oh I love Brownies! They're so trusting and willing to believe their leader is always right (unlike Cadets ). These are just a few of my faves. The Macscouter site is mainly for Cubs but still useful with your girls. How old are your girls? Have you started camping yet?

http://www.geocities.com/kissafrog.geo/science.html
http://www.makingfriends.com/
http://www.angelfire.com/ct/cgrob123/swaps.htm
http://www.macscouter.com/
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Answer 9

when i was a brownie, i used to love going camping. you should look up the badges for ideas. you can plan activities to go with the different badge requirements. that way they are doing something fun and earning a badge at the same time.

Answer 10

Ice skating, pottery, intro to musical instruments, painting, tye-dye t-shirts, etc...