Are you looking for a fun way for your troop to earn the Girl Scout Cadette New Cuisines badge? Have them host a Pi Day celebration.
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If you are a leader of older scouts, then you know how challenging it can be to keep their interest. This is especially true during the middle school years, when there is a seismic attitude shift. Busy schedules, more difficult workloads from school and the lack of coolness at being a Girl Scout finds rate of this age cohort plunging dramatically.
My Guide for Leading Girl Scout Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors outlines six chapters of strategies to keep your troop going until they bridge to Adult.
Since writing that guide, I have created products for Cadette meetings that you can use or your troop can use. The emphasis is on making it fun and worth their time.
The Girl Scout Cadette New Cuisines Badge Pi Day Any Day Celebration is a product that leaders can use this March for Pi Day, which falls on the 14th every year. It can also be done at any time of year. Using one kind of food, pie, makes this a yummy way to earn a badge.
The girls or you can use this meeting plan to create a fun and delicious meeting.
In this Girl Scout Cadette New Cuisines product, you will find:
- All five steps are included
- Recipes from my personal collection for both sweet and savory pies
- Research lists for girls to find their own pies
- Recipe page for girls to share their family recipes
- Ingredient shopping list
- Invitation to their Pi/pie party
Are you looking for more fun meetings for your Cadette troop? Here are two.
Girl Scout Cadette Memory Book Scrapbook Use All Three Years
Included in this resource are:
- Two different versions of the scrapbook-one with various Cadette colored borders and one with no border for your girls to decorate
- Instructions on how to make and use this product
- Write memories about favorite Cadette moments-favorite badge, favorite field trip, favorite service project and more
- Can be done at the end of all three years as Cadettes
Girl Scout Cadette Time Capsule Meeting for Future Ambassador Scout
This is a fun meeting with crafting involved.
Included in this resource are:
- Different options on how to make a time capsule
- List of what to include in the time capsule
- How to use each page
- Photo Prop for pictures
- All About Me scouting page
- My Favorite Things page
- Troop Signature page
- Letter to future Ambassador Scout page
What do you do to keep your Cadette troop involved and motivated?