How do you want to celebrate World Thinking Day with your troop? Here is a helpful website World Thinking Day It is full of ideas and activities to help you and your troop.
Calling All Volunteers! Getting Parents and Other Troops to Help
Photo credit: kconnors from morguefile.com For me, being a Girl Scout leader is a job that keeps my creative juices flowing, as well as keep my teaching skills well honed. Unlike teaching, where I was alone in a room with up to 28 children, I have a terrific co-leader and many parent volunteers. A friend …
How to Earn the Magenta Daisy Petal Respect Authority
*This post contains affiliate links. Respecting authority is important for all children. There are many members of our local community who can help the girls earn this petal. My troop asked our school principal to come speak to us. Since we meet right after school lets out, this was easy for her to do. If …
Celebrate Girl Scout Founder’s Day With an Easy Craft for All Levels
Celebrate Girl Scout Founder’s Day with this simple craft that uses items you already have around your home. This is great way to Use Resources Wisely and still have fun. Updated August 2024 Rereading this post from 14 years ago brings back so many memories! This craft can be done for any holiday. *This post …
How to Earn the Green Daisy Petal With This Fun Craft for Valentine’s Day
Updated January 2022 *This post contains affiliate links. My daughter’s finished project Photo by Hannah Gold Typically, each meeting that I have with my troop is planned around earning a Daisy petal. Since our schedule this year has us only meeting once at the end of February, I did not want my Daisies to miss …
Recycling to Earn More Than One Daisy Petal at One Meeting
Photo by Hannah Gold One of the things I love about being a Girl Scout Leader is planning. I am a teacher, and it is something that just comes naturally to me. When you are a teacher, you have to make more with less. When I taught elementary school, I always spent money out-of-pocket for …