{"id":3188,"date":"2015-11-25T07:53:11","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T12:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/?p=3188"},"modified":"2017-08-05T02:34:20","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T06:34:20","slug":"spreading-warmth-this-holiday-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/junior-girl-scout\/spreading-warmth-this-holiday-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Spreading Warmth This Holiday Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Scouts Spreading Holiday Warmth!<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOctober extinguished itself in a rush of howling winds and driving rain and November arrived, cold as frozen iron, with hard frosts every morning and icy drafts that bit at exposed hands and faces.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2015\u00a0J.K. Rowling,\u00a0<em>Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20150913_105713.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3185 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20150913_105713-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Holiday Community Service 20150913_105713\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20150913_105713-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20150913_105713-300x533.jpg 300w, https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20150913_105713.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a>As the winter weather is fast approaching, our girls took an evening to help those in need this winter.\u00a0Our Junior girls\u00a0recently spent an evening making no-sew fleece scarves\u00a0out of fleece blankets. A 50&#215;60&#8243; fleece blanket &#8211; those kind you&#8217;ll see in the bargain bin or holiday aisle &#8211; can be converted into 5-8 no-sew fleece scarves, depending on size, and that can quickly turn those holiday bargains into a mountain of scarves!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3186 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151111_115851-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Holiday Community Service 20151111_115851\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151111_115851-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151111_115851-300x533.jpg 300w, https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151111_115851.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/>In all, our little troop of six made more than six dozen scarves, some of which decorated our hat and scarf tree at a local hospital (to be later given to patients and visitors in need) and the rest to a local Baptist church that has a food and clothing ministry.<br \/>\nWhat we loved about this project was it was a simple activity that the girls could teach each other, and they could quickly complete their project. I loved that they figured out ways to put their own touches on the scarves, from fringes to bows.<\/p>\n<p>Even better, we didn&#8217;t have to count on the girls remembering to bring hats or scarves into a meeting or an extra shopping trip for parents. It&#8217;s a year-round activity that was simple to help with, yet challenge and delighted my Juniors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Other great fleece making idea<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/fleece_hat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3189\" src=\"https:\/\/makingfriends.com\/girl-scout-leader\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/fleece_hat.jpg\" alt=\"Holiday Community Service  fleece_hat\" width=\"73\" height=\"115\" \/><\/a>Fleece Hat<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">One seam is all it takes to make a cozy winter hat from fleece. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freekidscrafts.com\/no-sew-fleece-pom-pom-hat\/\">Direction here<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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                            ABOUT AUTHOR: Robbie Schneider is a Junior troop\u00a0leader and Cub Scout Mom in the Midwest. 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