Daisy friendly and helpful activities

I get commissions for purchases made through links on this post. If your looking for ideas to make your meeting more fun while teaching your girls how to be friendly and helpful, you have come to the right place. Using some of these activities below to help your girls understand the best gift for being friendly is your smile and the best way to be helpful is to always do what you are asked at home, school and in your troop, without being asked twice. I recommend the following activities that…

Check out fun crafts, activities, printables and sample meetings to earn your yellow Friendly and Helpful Patch.

*This post contains affiliate links. *Updated March 2019 As a parent, teacher and Girl Scout leader, I constantly find myself at odds with what I see in children's media today. Although shows aimed at preschoolers have plenty to offer in regard to respecting others, once children reach the Disney Channel/ Teen Nick stage, it all goes downhill. The banter between children and adults is oftentimes not acceptable, in my opinion. I could not imagine ever speaking to either of my parents like…

UPDATED October 2019 *This post contains affiliate links. Earning Daisy petals, in my opinion, is one of the most important parts of your first year as a leader. How else will anything you do later on make sense? Until the Girl Scouts of America made Daisies a two year program, this is what the first year of scouting was all about. The yellow Daisy petal is one that is easy to do. Here is an activity that your troop will enjoy. Photo from Pixabay and altered by the author in Canva…

Check out fun crafts, activities, printables and sample meetings to earn your yellow Friendly and Helpful Patch.

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated November 2019 This is a really fun activity to have your young Girl Scout troop earn the yellow Daisy petal “Friendly and Helpful”. Daisy Girl Scouts are in kindergarten and first grade, and children this age really love to help. Leaders, use this natural affinity for helpfulness to your advantage! Materials Needed for the Meeting Book to read Helper template made and ready to color Scissors Crayons or markers Small plastic bag with Daisy’s name…

The “Use Resources Wisely” Daisy petal may be one of the most creative petals your Daisy Girl Scout troop will earn. But sometimes, because it’s so open to interpretation, it̵…