Type

Activity Descriptions

supplies

Badge

At Home

Ask your Daisy what she promised to do to show that she is a sister to every Girl Scout. Help her to

keep her promise.

Create a list of “sisterhood” practices with your Daisy that she can do at home.

Read bedtime stories that reflect “sisterhood” values and practices. 

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Craft

Pen Pal

The troop made contact with a Rainbow (Daisy equivalent) troop in the UK and made a small book about our troop with a personal page about each girl and then general info.  Then they sent us one about themselves.  The girls loved it.

Paper

Marker

Crayons

Arrange contact with troop in another country

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Craft

Simple S’mores Pins

Make swaps. SWAPS are Special Whatchamacallits Affectionately

Pinned Somewhere. SWAPS are small crafts that Girl Scouts make and trade with other Scouts. Here is simple SWAPS to start with: Simple S’mores. Cut two small light brown squares from fun foam. Cut and glue a smaller dark brown fun foam square on top of one light brown square. Top with a small amount of “batting”. Glue second light brown square on top. Add a safety pin.

Light and dark brown foam sheets

Glue

Cotton ball

Safety pins

Arrange a SWAP with another troop

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Craft

Girl Scout puppet

Chose a country that is part of WAGGGS. Make a paper doll or puppet that represents a girl from that country. Name her and dress her in the WAGGGS uniform from that country.

Paper bags

Construction paper

Glue

Paper cut out

puppet.pdf

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Craft

Diversity Dolls in Ethnic Clothing

People from all over the world decorate their clothing in special ways. These dolls are dressed in clothing from other countries. Look at these clothes from Mexico.

What decorations do you see that make the clothes beautiful? (Embroidery--

stitching on the material with bright colored thread, bright colors) How about these clothes from Africa? The pictures on the material in these African clothes are made by drawing in the material with wax, and then dying the clothes different colors. It is called Batik, and it is the same method used by Thi Lien from Vietnam. People in many parts of the world decorate their clothes in special ways to make them beautiful. What are some ways that your clothes are decorated?

Coloring pages

Diversity Dolls in Ethnic Clothing.pdf 

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Craft

Pen Pal

The troop made contact with a Rainbow (Daisy equivalent) troop in the UK and made a small book about our troop with a personal page about each girl and then general info.  Then they sent us one about themselves.  The girls loved it.

Paper

Marker

Crayons

Arrange contact with troop in another country

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Craft (15 min)

Girl Scout Sisterhood Wreath

Trace out the outline of a person on individual pieces of construction paper or cardstock.

1. Have the girls cut out and decorate an image of herself with any of the decorative materials

provided. She can use her favorite colors, draw her favorite things or make it as accurate as

possible (hair color, eye color, etc.).

2. Have girls share their creations and then connect them all together with glue, staples, or string to

form a chain or a circle, representing the Girl Scout Sisterhood across the world.

Pre-traced image of a person on construction paper

Coloring utensils

Yarn, googley eyes, construction paper, or other decorative items

Scissors

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Craft (20 min)

Promise Pals

Have each girl share with the group one thing that she is going to do at home or at school to show others that she is a sister to every Girl Scout. Ideas include:

Make up a cool handshake with a friend, and then teach it to other girls who want to learn it.

Teach a friend how to do an activity you like to do. Ask her to teach you one of her favorite

activities in return.

Make a special card or handmade gift for a friend. Include what makes them special.

Invite someone new over to play.

3. Have each girl make a promise to the other girls in her group identifying how she will be a sister to every Girl Scout. The girls in the group are now Promise Pals.

4. If possible, have the small groups check in with one another at another troop meeting to make sure

they kept their promises.

5. Have girls color in their Vi the Violet coloring sheets.

6. Girls can write (or have an adult help them write) the thing they promised to do from Activity #4. This

coloring sheet will serve as a reminder of the girl’s promise. 

Vi the Violet coloring sheets (one per girl)

Meeting Vi the Violet.pdf

Coloring utensils

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Game

International themed topic

Pick a subject such as “hats” or “music” and learn about a three different countries traditions relating to these things.  This not need be too in depth. Pictures are a sufficient educational tool for this.

pictures

or other props 

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Game

How Will It End? Drawing Game - Germany

• Place a large sheet of drawing paper on the wall (or use the blackboard).
• The first player thinks of a picture and begins to draw it with a few lines.
• The next player adds to the drawing, then the next and so on. Each player must change the drawing each time, so that it looks as different as possible.
• Compare the final with what the first player thought of.

butcher paper

pencils or markers

tape

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Game

Ms. Bear - Sweden

• A minimum of three players is needed, a place for "home" and the bear's den.
• One person is Ms. Bear. She is trying to sleep in her den.
• The other players sneak up to Ms. Bear and whisper, "Ms. Bear, are you awake?"
• Ms. Bear pretends not to hear. Then the players yell, "MS. BEAR, ARE YOU AWAKE?"
• This makes Ms. Bear furious. She chases them and tries to catch them before they reach "home", which is the safe place.
• Everyone tagged by the bear before reaching "home" becomes Ms. Bear's cubs.
• They go back to the den with Ms. Bear. When the remaining players come back to wake up Ms. Bear again, the cubs help Ms. Bear catch them.

When everyone has been caught, Ms. Bear picks someone else to take her place.  

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Game

Rabbit Without a House - Brazil

• Pick someone to be "it" (the rabbit without a house) and someone to be the caller.
• Divide the others into groups of three.
• Each group makes a rabbit house by two girls holding hands (the house) and one girl (a rabbit) standing outside.
• The caller yells out "find a house" and all the rabbits, including the one without a house, have to run to find another house.

The rabbit left without a house becomes "it."  

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Game

Hawk and Hens - Zimbabwe

You'll need at least four people and two safety zones.

• One person is the hawk.
• All the other players are hens.
• The hawk stands between the safety zones and tries to catch the hens as they run back and fourth from one safety zone to the other.
• When a hen is caught she sits on the side and watches the game.

The last hen to be caught by the hawk becomes the next hawk.  

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Game

Jan-Ken-Pon -Japan

• Play in pairs. Two players face each other with their hands behind them.
• Together they say, 'jan-ken-pon'. On "pon", they both bring a hand forward to represent a stone (a fist), paper (flat hand), or scissors (V-shape with the index and middle finger). Stone
• beats scissors because it can break them. Scissors beats paper because scissors can cut paper. Paper beats stone because it can wrap up the stone. A player gets a point each time her hand beats the others.

The first player to get seven points wins.

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Game

Crocodile, May I Cross the River - Zambia

• Mark a line on the floor or ground to represent the river.
• One girl is chosen to be the crocodile and stands on one side of it facing the girls.
• The girls come to the river bank (the line) chanting, "Crocodile, crocodile, may I cross your river?"
• The crocodile answers, "No!"
• This is repeated until the crocodile says, "Yes, if you give me a yellow flower") or safety pin, stone, shoe – any thing that is readily available.)
• The first girl to find whatever is asked for and bring it to the riverbank is allowed to cross the river.

The game continues until all the girls are across and then a new crocodile is chosen.  

masking tape

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Game (15 min)

Butterfly Flight

1. Tell the girls that they are going on a butterfly adventure around the world. Ask girls to form a circle

and sit in “butterfly” position, with their bottoms on the floor, placing the bottoms of their feet

together with knees opened outward, hands on their ankles, and backs straight.

2. Begin the flight by fluttering your knees up and down like a butterfly. You can shift your weight right or

left while holding on to your ankles to “turn.” Lead the girls as they get used to “flying” and “turning” as

one large group.

3. Next, lead the girls in “flying” to the first stop—Savannah, Georgia, the birthplace of Juliette Gordon

Low. Tell the girls this is where Girl Scouts first started. Ask the girls what they see in Savannah. Do

they see cobblestone streets or trees with Spanish moss? After talking with the girls about what

Savannah is like, “fly”’ to a new destination chosen by one of the girls.

4. Go around the circle and ask each girl individually where she would like to “go” today. After each girl

answers, “fly” and “turn” together as a group to that destination. Ask the entire group what kinds of

things they see at this destination or other questions they can think of. Then, move on to the next girl

and destination.

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Game (20 min)

“Mingle!” Game

1. Tell the girls to stand near each other in the center of the room.

2. Tell the girls that once you yell, “MINGLE!” to place their palms together in front of their chest and

“snake” through the group while chanting, “mingle-mingle-mingle…” continuously as they weave

through each other. Allow the girls to mix and mingle for 5-10 seconds.

3. Yell, “STOP!” and tell the girls to find and link arms with girls who have things in common with them by

calling one of the categories below, or others you choose.

Same hair color

Same age

Go to the same school

Have the same favorite sport

Have the same number of brothers and sisters

Have the same birthday month

Were born in the same place

Instruct the girls that when finding their group, they should ask the other girls one at a time, rather than

yelling out to the entire group at once (making it easier to separate the groups).

4. Once girls have found their partner or group (some may be individuals), have each girl or group

announce to the larger group what their answer was. After each group has answered, start the game

again by yelling “Mingle!” and start over with a new category. To involve the girls, ask them to think of

new categories to keep the game moving.

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