These crafts can be used for any warm, beachy country like Fiji, Costa Rica or Jamaica. They can also be used to remind girls of your trip to the beach whether it is for fun or to study marine life that abounds in that environment.

You need:

• Mini Rubber Flip Flops
• Mini Seashells
• Large SWAP* Tags
• Safety Pins
  
• Glue Dots

Instructions:

Attach mini rubber flip flops and mini seashells to large SWAP* tag using glue dots.  You need glue dots with rubber.  Write troop number or event information on a tag and add a pin. 

Yummy! You won’t know whether to eat this taco pin or wear it!

You need:

• Tan Craft Foam or Circle Foamies
• Craft Foam Scraps of Neon Green, Goldenrod, Red and Black
• Jewelry Craft Pins
• Low Temp Glue Gun
• Tacky Glue
• Hole Punch
• Scissors
• Custom SWAP* Tags (not shown) (optional)

Instructions:

Cut 2 3/4″ circles out of tan craft foam. Cut tiny rectangles out of neon green foam to make shredded lettuce. Cut tiny rectangles out of goldenrod foam to make shredded cheese. Cut tiny triangles out of red foam to make chopped tomatoes. Cut small circles out of black foam punch a hole in the middle to make sliced olives. Run a bead of tacky glue all around the outside edge of a foamie circle. Sprinkle cut pieces around the edge. Fold in half. Hot glue closed. Hot glue a pin to the back. Write your name, troop, city and state on a swap tag. Attach to swap.

Irish princess pins are just right for swapping on Thinking Day*.

You need:

• Coiless Safety Pins
• Barrel Beads
• Tacky Glue or Low Temp Glue Gun
• Mini Tiaras
• Pen or Fine Point Marker
• Yarn
• Scissors
• SWAP* Tags (optional)

Instructions:

Cut yarn pieces for the hair and glue on top of the barrel bead. Glue one of the mini tiaras onto the top of the barrel bead. Draw on the face. Open up the coiless pin all the way. Slide on the barrel bead. Write your name, event, city state and troop on a SWAP* tag. Slide in on to the pin.

Croquet is credited to the French but considered an English game.

You need:

• Small Spools
• Wooden Skewers
• Round Beads
• Safety Pins
  
• Mini Hot Temp Glue Gun
• Permanent Marker
• Pen or Fine Point Marker
• Large SWAP* Tags

Instructions:

Draw stripes around a mini spool. Break or cut off a 2 1/2″ piece of a wooden skewer. Hot glue to the side of a spool to make it look like a mini croquet mallet. Glue to a swap tag. Glue on a bead. Write your information on the tag. Add a pin.

A little bit of bling goes a long way in making these pins for England.

You need:

• Mini Zipper Bags
  
• Gold String of Pearls
• Pearl Beads
• Faceted Beads
• Gems
• Glitter
• Fine Point Pen
• Safety Pins
  
• SWAP* Tags (optional)

Instructions:

Just put little bits of glitter, beads and gems in a mini bag to represent the crown jewels of England. Add a pin and a SWAP* tag.

Aren’t they funny? With a little thought, you can make one for just about any country.

You need:

• Coiless Safety Pins
• Barrel Beads
• Wiggle Eyes — 6mm
• Tacky Glue
• Fine Point Pen
• Scissors
• SWAP* Tags (not shown) (optional)

Also Assorted Supplies Including:

• Feathers
• Pipe Cleaners
• Embroidery Floss
• Craft Foam
• Permanent Markers
• Yarn for Hair
• Pom Pom
• Gold Cord
• Pink Rhinestones

Instructions:

Open up the coiless pin all the way. Slide on a barrel bead. Glue on wiggle eyes. Depending on the country you are representing, use assorted supplies to make hair, hats and accessories to customize your bead head. Write your name, troop, city and state on a swap* tag. Add it to pin.

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