If you're looking for ideas to make your meeting more fun while discovering the great outdoors and getting creative, you have come to the right place. Use some of these activities below to get outdoors and create some amazing art masterpieces with your girls. These ideas will help you earn the Cadette Outdoor Art Apprentice badge. Below are a few ideas to get you started. Outdoor Art Apprentice Badge Activity Booklet This Activity Booklet will give you a chance to bring your art and the outdoors together to create something that is helpful to the environment. You will make some of your greatest art with the inspiration of nature and design all kinds of different art pieces. You will make a number of creative outdoor-themed pieces expressing yourself through photography and making your own nature music, and the best part is that you will have lots of fun doing it. With step-by-step activities, you can’t ask for an easier way to run your meeting. Read more Team Poem Contest Write a rap or poem inspired by nature. Write about something in nature that moves you, like saving an endangered species, preserving a trail, or your experience on a whitewater rafting or a ski trip. Share your rap or poem with friends and family in an outdoor setting. For More FUN: Have a friend add music or beats to your rap or poem Rap: Guardians of the Green Yo, check it, I'm spittin' 'bout a planet in need,Nature's cryin', can't you see the seed?Forests fallin', oceans risin', it's a plight,Let's unite as one, and make things right. Endangered species, on the brink of gone,Their habitats vanish, like mornin' dew gone.Polar bears meltin', coral reefs dyin',Our planet's sufferin', it's time for definin'. We gotta be guardians, protectors of green,Plantin' trees, cleanin' streams, a hopeful scene.Reduce, reuse, recycle, that's the key,Sustainable future, for you and me. Let's step outside, feel the earth's embrace,Connect with nature, a sacred space.Inspire others, with our passion and care,For a healthier planet, beyond compare. Note: This rap can be performed outdoors, surrounded by nature. To enhance the experience, consider adding background sounds of nature like birds chirping or wind rustling through trees. For an extra creative touch, invite a friend to create a beat or melody to accompany the rap Nature Self Portrait Give each girl a posterboard, markers and have glue available. Take the girls on a hike where they can collect leaves and other nature items to use in their self portrait. Then using nature put together a portrait of themselves. Let's Spice Up Those Scavenger Hunts! Great start! You've got a solid foundation for fun-filled scavenger hunts. Let's expand on those ideas and add a bit more excitement: Nature Scavenger Hunt: Find specific plants, animals, or natural formations. Geocaching: Introduce girls to the world of geocaching, a real-world treasure-hunting game. Scavenger Hunt Relay: Divide girls into teams and have them complete different scavenger hunt challenges in a relay-style format. Have girls create scavenger hunts for each other to find pictures Don’t do any planning and use the GoFindIt – Outdoor Scavenger Hunt Free scavenger hunt printable Remember: The key to a successful scavenger hunt is to tailor it to your girls’ ages and interests. Keep it fun, engaging, and full of surprises! Learn About Barometers A barometer is an instrument that measures air pressure, allowing weather forecasters and scientists to better predict extreme weather events. Despite its incredible usefulness, inventing the barometer was no walk in the park. Watch this short video with your girls and learn more about how you can predict weather with this instrument. A barometer is a tool used to measure air pressure. Think of it like a scale for the weight of the air around us. By tracking changes in air pressure, meteorologists can often predict weather changes. What do we do after your girls complete the activities? Well of course give them the Cadette Outdoor Apprentice badge to display proudly on their vest, they earned it! Additionally, If you are like many leaders, we want to award our girls when they complete something even beyond just the patch. One great way to show achievement is with a certificate. Don’t worry you don’t have to make them, I found a resource that has done all the work for you and all you have to do is print them and customize the certificates with each girl’s name, badge or award earned, date, and troop leader. Editable certificates perfect for awarding girls after earning a badge. Related Activities For Multi-level Troops If you have a multi-level troop you may want to use one of the variations to this program that is geared toward the age of your girls. See Product See Product See Product See Product Enjoy every minute being a leader and continue to inspire your girls!
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