{"id":1590,"date":"2014-03-11T15:34:16","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T19:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/?p=1590"},"modified":"2017-07-29T16:50:16","modified_gmt":"2017-07-29T20:50:16","slug":"brownie-making-friends-badge-making-requirements-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/brownie-girl-scout\/brownie-making-friends-badge-making-requirements-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Brownie Making Friends Badge &#8211; Making Requirements Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>submitted by Paula Riggins<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We have 9 Brownies and they are all wonderful and sweet as can be.\u00a0 I have no doubt they will all grow up to be fantastic people and wonderful leaders in our community.\u00a0 But these girls spend an entire day at school then go home to complete their homework, quickly followed by sitting down to eat dinner so they can hurry to the car where they sit to be driven to their Girl Scout meetings.\u00a0\u00a0 So when they get here they are normally thrilled to see their friends and are ready to have some fun.\u00a0 The look on their faces when I say \u201cSit down and get out your pencils\u201d is scary enough to strike fear in the heart of the most devoted and brave leader.<\/p>\n<p>So when reading though requirements I am constantly trying to find a reason to get the girls up and moving around the room while checking off our list of goals for the night.<\/p>\n<h2>Brownie Making Friends Badge &#8211; Hitting a Home Run With Fun<\/h2>\n<p>I was thinking through the Making Friends<strong> requirement #1 \u2013 \u201cPractice introducing yourself to a new friend.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong> At first, I\u2019m thinking we will just pair off and pretend to introduce ourselves to each other.\u00a0 Too bad I don\u2019t have new people to introduce them to.\u00a0 Now \u00a0I do have a group of Moms that sit in the hallway waiting for their girls to finish. \u00a0This is where a plan began to form.\u00a0 Since I was pulling together my plan a little late, I didn\u2019t have time to prepare the moms.\u00a0 Instead I packed up some items in a garbage bag (to make it a surprise for my daughter too) and thought well I\u2019ll throw it out there and we can see what happens.<\/p>\n<p>As I walked into the meeting room, I handed the bag to a mom and whispered my plan.\u00a0 She laughed and said she would take care of it.\u00a0 After the usual promise, law, learning a song about friendship and a short discussion to challenge the girls to go out of their way to be a friend this week, we paired up and I lead the unsuspecting girls to the hallway.\u00a0 I told them they would get a chance to meet some new friends.<\/p>\n<p>I really had no idea what to expect since I didn\u2019t have a chance to follow up with the parents.\u00a0 I did notice the moms were not in their usual seats and the normally open doors were all closed.\u00a0\u00a0 I placed 3 groups in front of the 3 doors and gave instructions.\u00a0 I told them to take turns introducing themselves and their friends, ask the person inside what their name is and ask them to tell you a little about themselves.\u00a0 1 \u2013 2 \u2013 3\u00a0 GO!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/image002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1592\" src=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/image002.jpg\" alt=\"image002\" width=\"624\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/image002.jpg 624w, https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/image002-300x132.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a>When the three doors opened the girls were met with some of the most interesting new friends you could ever find.\u00a0 These awesome moms were dressed in full costumes speaking in their best accents.\u00a0 One mom really got the girls giggling in the giant sombrero calling herself Juanita.\u00a0\u00a0 Officer Friendly told the girls to be safe.\u00a0 They were fascinated with her plastic handcuffs and asked her all kinds of questions about her job.\u00a0 But the Jamaican Mon and the accent that greeted the girls at door number three sent me running for my camera!\u00a0 The girls loved it!\u00a0\u00a0 The moms had a blast hamming it up for the kids!\u00a0 We all laughed so hard!\u00a0 Oh yeah and did I mention, it fulfilled a requirement too?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/MF-2065.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1595\" src=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/MF-2065.jpg\" alt=\"MF-2065\" width=\"140\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/MF-2065.jpg 200w, https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/MF-2065-157x300.jpg 157w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Another great addition for your meeting while earning the Making Friends Badge. Get the Badge in a Bag\u00ae from Making friends to add to your fun while working on requirements. \u00a0Your girls will get to know each other better, learn problem solving and squelch any sign of bullying and early cliques. \u00a0The girls will get to make 3 SWAPS, a friendship bracelet, a wiggly eye finger puppet, complete the friendship work sheet and make MakingFriends Paper dolls. <a href=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/shop\/making-friends-badge-in-a-bag\/\">Get your kit here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='dropshadowboxes-container ' style='width:100%;'>\r\n                            <div class='dropshadowboxes-drop-shadow dropshadowboxes-rounded-corners dropshadowboxes-inside-and-outside-shadow dropshadowboxes-lifted-both dropshadowboxes-effect-default' style=' border: 1px solid #dddddd; height:; background-color:#ffffff;    '>\r\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/image004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1593\" src=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/image004-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"image004\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/image004-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/image004-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/image004-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Paula Riggins was a girl scout herself, way back when every brownie still wore beanies! She graduated from Sullivan University with a bachelors degree in Business and it a Programmer Analyst for a Fortune 500 company. If you ask she will tell you working with kids is her passion. Paula is a Christian wife and mom of two kids. Over the last 15 years she has taught Sunday school and directed Vacation Bible School at her church, as well as several Bring a Child to Work Day programs for her employer. She started as a Cub Scout leader when her son was in 1st grade and is very proud to say that he is currently a Life Scout working towards the highest rank of Eagle. When her daughter was born she couldn\u2019t wait to get involved with Girl Scouting again! Paula has been a Girl Scout leader for the last 2 1\/2 years and is looking forward to many more to come.\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>submitted by Paula Riggins We have 9 Brownies and they are all wonderful and sweet as can be.\u00a0 I have no doubt they will all grow up to be fantastic people and wonderful leaders in our community.\u00a0 But these girls spend an entire day at school then go home to complete their homework, quickly followed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[122,5],"tags":[23,57,154],"class_list":["post-1590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brownie-badge","category-brownie-girl-scout","tag-badge-in-a-bag","tag-brownies","tag-making-friends-badge","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Brownie Making Friends Badge - Making requirements Fun<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"submitted by Paula Riggins We have 9 Brownies and they are all wonderful and sweet as can be.\u00a0 I have no doubt they will all grow up to be fantastic\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/brownie-girl-scout\/brownie-making-friends-badge-making-requirements-fun\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Brownie Making Friends Badge - Making requirements Fun\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"submitted by Paula Riggins We have 9 Brownies and they are all wonderful and sweet as can be.\u00a0 I have no doubt they will all grow up to be fantastic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/brownie-girl-scout\/brownie-making-friends-badge-making-requirements-fun\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Scout Leader 411 Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-03-11T19:34:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-07-29T20:50:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/image002.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"624\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"276\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"jodi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"jodi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/makingfriends.com\\\/girl-scout-leader\\\/brownie-girl-scout\\\/brownie-making-friends-badge-making-requirements-fun\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/makingfriends.com\\\/girl-scout-leader\\\/brownie-girl-scout\\\/brownie-making-friends-badge-making-requirements-fun\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"jodi\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/makingfriends.com\\\/girl-scout-leader\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7bd73fcb7514dea3b3e57bd3247b1c54\"},\"headline\":\"Brownie Making Friends Badge &#8211; 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