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Make November Memorable with These Ideas for Your Girl Scout Meetings

Terri Bose — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 22:17:10 +0000

We can’t talk about November without highlighting Thanksgiving. Get your troop together for a Friendsgiving celebration they won’t forget. Your Brownies will have a wonderful Friendsgiving while they earn the Snacks badge. Download includes: Learn about Thanksgiving food with a guessing game Make a Thanksgiving centerpiece Recipe for roasted pumpkin seeds Recipe for pumpkin energy […]

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Ideas for Your October Girl Scout Meetings

Terri Bose — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 19:12:14 +0000

There are many opportunities for October Girl Scout meetings. From parties to educational badges and everything else in between, MakingFriends has plenty of fun ideas to pique your girls’ interests. Our favorite idea is this Making Games Brownie badge download— Halloween Edition. With just a little big of tweaking it can also work for the […]

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Brownies Think Like an Engineer Journey

Laura — Sat, 24 Nov 2018 05:47:38 +0000

Recently my Brownies worked on doing the new Think Like an Engineer Journey. This was a great badge to work on, especially if your girls are very hands on like mine are. This journey was probably more interesting than the traditional journeys. I felt that having them create, collaborate, work together, and figure out […]

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Games and Activities for First Troop Meeting

Laura — Sat, 01 Sep 2018 19:34:42 +0000

New troop leaders asks: We’ll be meeting our girls, and they will be meeting each other, for the first time next month at their first troop meeting. What fun games or activities have you tried that would help everyone feel more comfortable? New to this so specifics would be helpful. leaders on our Facebook page Girl Scout […]

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Small Troop Hurdles & Bonuses

Laura — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 01:33:02 +0000

Our Brownie troop is very small. I have 4 girls registered but only have 3 that are attending meetings. The fourth girl is moving to a different area and has decided not to continue at this time. My girls are so much fun. We have our own challenges as a small troop and we […]

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Girl Led: Beyond the Simple Vote

Laura — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 05:28:10 +0000

As Girl Scout leaders, we all know that it’s critical for our girls to take a leap and make decisions in age appropriate ways. This is challenging to many of us, and there are great blog entries already written on the topic here and here. Sometimes, having girls or leaders generate ideas and taking a vote […]

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Brownie Outdoor Journey

Laura — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 07:16:10 +0000

Our Brownie troop has been working on the new Outdoors Journey during their last year as Brownies. It was an easy choice as our troop loves to be outdoors and learn new adventures. We are very happy that Girl Scouts added this Journey! For their Hiking badge, they first worked on safety and they had […]

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Fall Product Sales Rally

Laura — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 15:47:57 +0000

I recently planned and hosted the Biloxi Service Unit’s 1st Annual Fall Product Sales Rally. They have a big rally for cookies but never for chocolates, magazines, and nuts. I thought that was nuts… pun intended. I spoke to the Council about hosting one and getting the incentives and products for tasting. They were excited […]

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Opening and Closing Ceremonies for Troop Meetings

Laura — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 05:05:30 +0000

Does your troop do opening and closing ceremonies for troop meetings? Daisy leader question: I want to change things up next year for starting and ending meetings. We think the girls would like to add opening and closing ceremonies for troop meetings next year. So I’m interested in what ideas you can share. Our Facebook leaders […]

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Managing A Multilevel Daisy Brownie Troop

Laura — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 19:25:39 +0000

Troop leader Sharon asked: Our Daisy troop has 17 girls, half in Kindergarten and half first graders. I don’t want to split the troop next year. Looking for suggestions on how to have 2nd year Daisies along with 1st year brownies? Has anyone done this? Can you share your tips for managing a multilevel Daisy Brownie troop? Our Facebook leaders […]

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GS Journeys with Water Rockets

Laura — Sun, 07 May 2017 17:38:50 +0000

Our Troop has been learning about water and which of course includes how important it is. Our Daisy learned how nature needs water to live while the Brownies are doing the journey WOW. The Juniors are learning that as a team, their power to change things is greater. The Cadettes are working on their Breathe Journey. But we also wanted […]

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