Brownie painting badge

*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…

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At our sewing and crafting studio for kids in Aldie, Virginia we recently hosted a Junior Drawing badge for a local GSCNC troop! If you are local and interested in earning this badge with us let us know! We would love to schedule a private troop workshop. We are official premier program partners with our […]

One topic making the rounds on Girl Scout leader Facebook groups is that the Brownie Painting Badge and the Junior Jeweler badges are being retired. Since these badges are generally popular with the girls, people are looking for them and not generally please to hear this. On the other hand, the badges are being replaced with a new series of Art and Design badges available on the Daisy, Brownie and Junior levels. This post will look at the Brownie badge. You can read about the Daisy badge…

Our troop is working on the painting badge this week. The first step to earning the badge is to discover various types of paintings and use those styles for inspiration. We are not incorporating a field trip into this badge, so we won't be visiting a museum. I thought about bringing in an art appreciation book and showing the girls the various styles. I decided that might hold their attention about 30 seconds at best and that we needed something much more engaging. I decided that we would…

If you’re looking for ideas to make your meeting more fun while learning about different paintings in different art periods, and then get creative making their own masterpieces, you have come to the right place. Using some of these activities below to explore the world of painting. Below are a few ideas to get you started. Painting Activity Booklet Before jumping into some ideas, do you want to skip all the planning? If so, use this Activity Booklet which will teach the girls about different…

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*This post contains affiliate links. The GSUSA introduced several new badges in the spring of 2023. One of them is the Brownie Art and Des...