Girl scout brownie badges

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2023 Insects may creep some people out, but there are millions of them out there. If you plan on doing any kind of outdoor activities with your girls, then they are going to encounter several of them, especially if you take them camping! The Bugs Try It can easily be earned with a trip to the zoo or a science museum with an insect exhibit or program. It can also be earned if you have a local person who does school assemblies and teaches…

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2023 There are many fun activities that your troop can do to earn the Brownie Girl Scout Making Friends badge. When all of the girls get along with each other, meetings run more smoothly and everyone, including the leaders, enjoy their time together more. Image from Pixabay and used by the author in Canva You may want to open the meeting by talking about what makes a good friend. Brainstorm ideas and list them on the board or a piece of…

Getting Started with Girl Scouts Daisies and Brownies

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2023 Of all the badges that girls love to earn, the arts and crafts one were, by far, my troop’s favorite to do. Based on a lot of what I have read, many other troops also enjoy crafting badges and activities. Art cannot be rushed. The Brownie Painting badge is one that needs time and will be earned in at least two meetings, if not three. Can you image Picasso being told to hurry up and finish your painting, we have to leave the building and…

*All posts have been updated in April 2023 to ensure that all of the links are still viable for leaders to use. I have been my younger daughter’s Girl Scout leader since 2008, when I started my troop of six little Daisy Scouts. Like many leaders, I felt a bit overwhelmed when I first started, even though I had been an elementary school and preschool teacher since 1987. My leadership training was practically non-existent, and the internet did not have many resources available. Every time I…

Checklists below include badges released as of July 2022! If you'd like checklists for the retired 2001 set of badges...

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2023 As girls get older, they become more self-conscious as to what others think of them. You can blame it on the media, parents, and society at large, but as a Girl Scout leader, you have the power to make a difference in the lives of your girls. Your meetings are a safe place for your troop to express themselves and to learn how to get along with others. Earning the Girl Scout Brownie Being Your Best Self badge will help the girls to see…

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2023 As a child growing up in the electronics free, non-overscheduled era of the 1970’s, making up games to play is something my friends and I did on our own. In the playground located between the apartment buildings where we lived, all we needed was a ball, some chalk, and a jump rope. Hand games, ball games, and games we made up on the ground using chalk kept us busy and entertained for hours. In today’s world, children barely have time to…

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