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For Leaders Pressed for Time, Have a Girl Scout Tea Party and Earn Three Daisy Petals at Once *This post contains affiliate links. Updated November 2021 All links work. One of the many joys of being a Daisy Girl Scout leader is that the girls whom you lead are at such an adorable age. Most girls love anything feminine, like dolls, crafts and dress up clothes. You can take advantage of this fun aspect of being a little girl and host a tea party with your troop! This meeting can be a cumulation of earning Daisy petals such as: Yellow-Friendly and Helpful Spring Green-Considerate and Caring Purple-Respect Myself and Others Girls have to use their manners at a tea party, so these three petals tie in, so if you have not earned them already, you can apply them to what you do at this party. Photo from Pixabay and altered by the author in Canva If you want to make this an end of year party or do this in lieu of a December holiday party, then let the parents know ahead of time so they can be sure to attend and get childcare for other siblings. At the meeting before your tea party, the girls can make this newspaper tea party hat. Your co-leader and you can take them home and bring them to the next meeting. And you are also earning the green Daisy petal for "Use Resources Wisely". Buy cheap plastic flowers from the Dollar Store so girls can put two or three on a hat. Tulle is cheap to buy as well. Your girls will be so excited for this meeting! Remember to keep it simple and not overdo it-remember the party is for them, not you or the parents! Keep them involved in as many aspects as you can. Before the meeting, you will need to buy some simple things to make the table sparkle. A simple pink plastic tablecloth will do, as this will not absorb any spills that might happen and the color is just right for little girls. Splurge on some thematic paper plates and napkins like this: Available on Amazon Use the placemats below to set the table right and give the girls something to do while they are waiting. Available on Amazon Food to Serve Since this is tea party for girls, little finger foods should be on the menu. Keep in mind food allergies and where you meet, and it is probably best to forgo the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Serve tiny cookies, fruit and vegetables-finger foods that kids love to eat. Remember, keep it fun and simple so you can enjoy it as well! Available on Amazon Platters should be passed around, and remind the girls to use their manners. A food and a craft that is fun is to have the girls decorate teapot shaped cookies that you baked ahead of time. Ice with white icing from a tub and sprinkle with pastel sugars or Daisy shaped sprinkles. Image created by the author on Canva A Fun Tea Party Craft After the food has been eaten, the girls can use their manners to help clean up the table if you do not have another clean area to use. Otherwise, have the craft set up in another part of the room. Again, simplicity is best. Here are some tea party themed craft kits that come with everything you need. These will make a wonderful souvenir from the party in addition to the Tea Party Fun Patch that you can buy at your local Council Shop. Tea Party Picture Frame from Amazon Girl Scout Daisy Tea Party Favors This pearl necklace party favor can be handed out at the start of the meeting. There are 16 to a pack. Available on Amazon Juliette Gordon Low, the founded the Girl Scouts of the USA in 1912. In the year 1915, money to run the GSUSA was running out. Juliette, a woman of means, sold her favorite pearl necklace to get the money she needed so the Girl Scout movement could continue. Don't forget to bring your camera and take lots of pictures for your Girl Scout scrapbook. A Daisy Girl Scout tea party is a wonderful vent for you to have as one of your fun meetings.
What's your favorite read-aloud? Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny Tiny Lie by Laura Rankin is one of my all-time faves to bring to life. Click image for Shawna's book review and ideas! Start the discussion by looking at Ruthie on the front cover. What's she doing? And how is she feeling about it? Ask your students if sneaking or hiding things is ever a good idea. Find out if they know what little white lies are. Is there a difference between a little white lie and a real lie? In this clever tale, an adorable young fox named Ruthie, who LOVES teeny, tiny things, finds a cute camera on the playground and claims that it is hers. After all, finders keepers, losers weepers, right? When she's confronted by Martin, who says he got that camera for his birthday, Ruthie lies so that she can keep the little treasure. But when Ruthie's lie catches up with her, will she do the right thing and tell the truth? Ruthie imagines a lot of different consequences for her actions. Ask students if they think the teacher should have punished Ruthie for taking the camera? How about for lying about it? Find out from students why the bus ride home was SO long in the middle of the book but not that long in the end. Ruthie didn't move, so what made the difference? After a riveting discussion about the roles of Ruthie and Martin, the teacher and Ruthie's parents, reinforce the lesson by having your students recite this little poem: If you mess up, you gotta fess up. To add some fun, try saying it in Ruthie's teeny tiny voice, and then in the voices of the other characters in the book. Then try a grandma or grandpa voice, a squeaky mouse voice, a dog or cat voice. For some meaningful movement, play the theme song to the Pink Panther and have kids practice sleuthing around to teach them to be Truth Sleuths! To visually enhance the ripple effect that lies can have and enrich this read-aloud even further, get a bucket of water and some coins to try the Tom Jackson activity-adaptation Water You Covering Up? Want more follow-up fun? Make Character Cameras and send your little photographers out into your school to capture snapshots of students making good choices. Click image to go link up with Mrs. Nelson! Now, go visit Mrs. Nelson and enter her fabulous giveaway, then s.c.a.m.p.e.r. over to The Teachers' Lounge to check out my guest post called Questioning Creativity. Happy Tuesday.
Yes, ANOTHER free printable this week. I know, if I could pinch you from here I would; free stuff is so dreamy! This is a quick matching manners worksheet I made tonight as a supplement to a Manner…
Photo from morguefile.com When you start a Daisy Girl Scout troop, you have a bank account that begins with a big zero. The question new leaders ask is "How much should I charge for Girl Scout dues?" Girl Scouts is, without a doubt, one of the cheapest activities a child will participate in. Other than registration and the uniform, all that is left to pay is dues. As the girls get older, there will be other expenses, but many troop fundraise to offset those costs and to make them minimal or even free. Over the years, I have explored this question. I do not believe in having children pay per meeting, as that not only takes up valuable time, you are going to have girls who do not pay on time, if ever. This method creates a new task for you to do at each meeting, as well as create stress if you have to approach a parent about non-payment. Unless you like confrontation and excuses, avoid this method of dues collection. Photo from pixabay.com The best method, in my opinion, is to collect Girl Scout dues at the first meeting if you are a brand new Daisy troop. This is what I did the first year and it worked out well. For the remaining years, dues and paperwork were due before the first meeting or the girls could not attend. I was only making one trip to the bank with one deposit slip. This made keeping track of everything much easier for my treasurer and for me. Parents did not want their daughter to miss out on the first meeting, so everyone paid on time. As the for the amount to charge, it really depends on the area in which you live. I think that $25 for the first year should cover petals, patches and craft supplies. There is so much online that you can do with recycled materials and cheap Dollar Store items that there is no need to charge more. Of course, if you live in a financially needy area, then you have to charge accordingly. It is also a good tip to be transparent with your money spending if a parent asks. No one ever questioned me as I was always good with how much I spent, but if someone asked, I would have shown them the troop report. How much are you charging for dues this year? How did you come up with that amount?
A cornerstone of Girl Scouting, the seven legacy badges build on over 100 years of Girl Scout history. Each of these badges (Artist, Athlete, Citizen, Cook, First Aid, Girl Scout Way, and Naturalist) is available at five levels of Girl Scouting, from Brownie to Ambassador. Painting Fair Play Celebrating Community Snacks Brownie First Aid Brownie Girl Scout Way Bugs Drawing Practice with Purpose Inside Government Simple Meals Junior First Aid Junior Girl Scout Way Flowers Comic Artist Good Sports
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WOW Wonders of Water is part of It's Your Planet-Love It series. 1. Explore the wonders of water by finding out more about its importance and how it's used around the world. 2. Plan a Take Action project, such as making informative posters, promoting recycling at school, or planting low-water gardens. 3. Earn 4 leadership awards: The LOVE Water Award, the SAVE Water Award, the SHARE Water Award, and the WOW! Award. If you're a Girl Scout volunteer, go to Volunteer Toolkit for complete meeting pl
State pride forces me to note a momentous achievement: Katie Francis, a Girl Scout from Oklahoma, not only sold the most cookies of any GS in the nation this year, she also broke a 30-year record in the process. Previously, the largest amount sold by a single scout was 18,000 boxes. Elizabeth Brinton, home state
Frugal Coupon Living's Copycat Girl Scouts Thin Mints Cookie Recipe and Tutorial. Detail on this dessert and other copy-cat recipes. Pin this to Pinterest
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Be prepared, founder Juliette Gordon Low is cool AF!
WOW Wonders of Water is part of It's Your Planet-Love It series. 1. Explore the wonders of water by finding out more about its importance and how it's used around the world. 2. Plan a Take Action project, such as making informative posters, promoting recycling at school, or planting low-water gardens. 3. Earn 4 leadership awards: The LOVE Water Award, the SAVE Water Award, the SHARE Water Award, and the WOW! Award. If you're a Girl Scout volunteer, go to Volunteer Toolkit for complete meeting pl
