We celebrated the Girl Scouts 106th birthday by having a great party! Many troops from our service unit pitched in to make the event a success. We had 93 girls sign up to attend.
To start off we had a surprise sing along led by an Ambassador Girl Scout who volunteered her time to do something special for the girls. Since many in attendance were first year Daisies, it was great to see an older scout engage the younger ones. And of course they had fun learning traditional Girl Scout camp songs. After our singalong the girls were invited to go at their own pace to several stations.
We also had a station where we borrowed lots of old uniforms from council and had a big display of those. My troop also displayed their vests from Daisy to Seniors, along with their scrapbook from Daisies, a troop memory book made up detailing our Bronze Award, a time capsule the girls made in 4th grade (they are in 10th now) and lots of SWAPs from Rock the Mall, and other troop adventures.
Our big service project during the event was making 20 birthday bags to give to kids in need. Each had a new stuffed bear, cake mix, frosting, candles, plates, napkins, cups, blowers, crayons, a coloring poster, bubbles. Also we had a station where girls colored and wrote out birthday cards which were put inside the bags.
Our snack was taken from the GORP tradition. Peanuts were not used, but we did the Recipe for a Girl Scout Troop mix found on the web. A long table was set up and each girl went through and filled her bag with snack items like:
- Popcorn: When we are busy planning a project we pop around until we are done.
- Raisins: Young Girl Scouts may be hard to resist because they are fresh and new, but the older scout may be more fun because she has more experience than you!
- Animal Crackers: Girl Scouts respect all living things. The earth is our home we want to keep it safe for everyone.
We printed out sheets that had the sayings and placed them in front of the containers where kids could read the sayings while filling their bags. Google Recipe For a Girl Scout Troop and you will find the sayings to match the snack item. This was a great hit!And what’s a party without cupcakes!
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