Brownie democracy badge ideas

If you are looking to combine a Thanksgiving themed meeting with earning a badge, here are ready made resources to host a Girl Scout Friendsgiving.

*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…

If your looking for ideas to make your meeting more fun while exploring what it means to be patriotic, you have come to the right place. Using some of these activities below to help girls find out what makes our communities special and what we do to celebrate all the people in them. Below are a few ideas to get you started. Celebrating Community Activity Booklet Before jumping into some ideas, do you want to skip all the planning? If so, use this Activity Booklet with activities that are…

Cookie season is a very busy one for leaders, and time for planning meetings is not as plentiful. Here are Girl Scout cookie badge and financial literacy badge print and go meetings to simplify your leader life.

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2023 One of the most important Legacy Badges that transferred with the new Brownie Try It program is the First Aid Try It. While young girls cannot be expected to perform intense kinds of First Aid, they should know what to do in case of an emergency. This is important because as they get older, they will have more responsibilities and will be relied on to do things as meetings and trips become more “girl led”. If you have a resource-a…

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2023 Think of all of the wonderful inventions that have happened in our lifetime. We ...

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*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2023 One thing that we leaders can teach to our girls is a sense of community. W...

UPDATED: November 21 – more fun ideas and resources added! Click here for a free Cookie Booth Checklist resource It’s that time of year again—Girl Scout cookie season is right around the corn…

The girl Scout Brownie Create and Innovate badge is one of the newest badges introduced by the GSUSA in the spring of 2023. Here is how your troop can earn it.