After the great response to my original post I decided to make up a tutorial.Thank you for the great response! Keep crafting. I found th...
Girl Scout Cookie Costumes for Booths and Walkabouts will help get your troop noticed and potentially help you increase sales and donations.
After the great response to my original post I decided to make up a tutorial.Thank you for the great response! Keep crafting. I found that the best material for these cookies is felt. It's a stiffer material so it "stands" better and isn't floppy. You can get felt fairly inexpensive and Joann's has every color you could need (and if you sign up for their coupons you can get it at a great price). Supplies: Felt: about 2 yards of base color quilt batting matching ribbon and thread The Thin Mint and Tagalong are fairly simple. Lets start with those. Once you've got the idea down it's easier to make the more detailed cookies. You can make these with or without the sash. I prefer the sash because these two cookies aren't very distinctive on their own. The Basic Design: To start you need to decide how big you want your cookies to be. I used a 24 inch circle which results in a 22" final product (give or take). Take a large piece of paper and make a circle with a 12" (or whatever size you choose) radius. To do this I used easel paper (or you can tape several pieces of paper together. Mark a spot in the center and measure out 12 inches from the center all around, then trace the marks to make a circle. Cut out the paper circle. This is your pattern. Cut out 4 felt circles and two batting circles with this pattern. Cut 4 - 12" pieces of ribbon. Cut out 4 - 8"X 2" strips these will be your straps. Lay two of the strips together sew along both of the long edges, do this with the other set. Now to assemble (I only have pics of this with the Samoa, but it's the same process) Lay the front piece out, face up. Place the straps where you would like them to go. You will be sewing the material together inside out and turning it right side out, so the straps should be placed on the front towards the center of the circle. I placed them about 6"-7" apart. Pin the straps in place with a little bit hanging over the edge of the circle. On the sides place the ribbon, in a similar fashion as the straps. Make sure they are pinned straight in place towards the center of the circle. These will be the ties on the side of the costume. Now lay the second piece of felt on top of the first piece with the straps pinned to it. On top of that lay the batting. Pin this all together. Sew around the circle, leaving an opening of 6" or so at the bottom to turn the it right side out when done sewing. Cut notches along the edge on the inside so that the seam allowance doesn't bunch when turned. Turn the cookie right side out and close up the opening. Fold the front and the back in and pin as much as needed to insure that the fabric is rounded. Top stitch along the outside of the cookie, closing up the opening and continuing around the rest of the of the circle. You should have one side of the cookie with two straps hanging off the top and two ribbons from the side. For the second half: Place the ribbons on the first piece of felt. I always used the first half of the cookie to make this placement to be sure that the two lined up. Lay the second piece of felt on top, then the batting, pin it all together (just like the first half). Before you sew, using the first half, mark where the straps will connect with the second half with pins. This will mark the starting and stopping point for sewing. Start at the first pin that was placed at the straps and sew around the edge to the second pin and stop. This should leave a 10" opening. Turn the cookie right side out. Now you will connect the two halves. Take the straps from the first half and insert them into the opening on the second half. Turn the edges in, insert the straps and pin the top closed Top stitch along the outside of the circle, closing up the opening and continuing around the rest of the circle. I rolled up the first half to keep it out of the way while I sewed. Here is a close up of how it looks once it's closed: And there you go! You have a cookie! One additional step that I used for the Tagalong and Thin Mint, to make them more recognizable, was to add sashes with the names on them. Here is a separate tutorial for the sashes, stencils included! Next is the Thank you Berry Munch: This one isn't nearly as popular or recognizable but we needed 6 costumes so I tackled this one. It's not my favorite, but it works. The construction is just the same as the basic cookie but before you put it all together take pieces of cranberry and cream colored felt and cut it into random shapes. (I looked at a close up picture of the cookie for inspiration). Randomly sew these pieces onto the fabric. The nice part about using felt is that it won't fray so you don't have to worry about leaving raw edges. Continue the assembly as described above. Dosi-dos are pretty simple: The assembly is a little different. You will need 2 pieces of tan felt in the 24" circle and 2 pieces of cream felt in a 26" circle. Cut waves along the edge of the bigger circle to make it look like cream filling. The straps are easier to attach on this one. Before sewing everything together attach the straps to the cream felt. I put mine about 3" from the edge and 6" apart from each other. Pin the straps to and sew. It should look something like this: Attach the ribbons on each side the same way you did the straps. Now lay the batting on top of the cream felt, then the tan felt on top of that. There won't be any turning right side out so make sure the batting is all tucked in and not sticking out of the edges. Pin this all together and sew all the way around. Make sure you don't sew over the straps when you sew! :) Do the same for the second half of the cookie and you have a Do-si-do! Next is Samoa: You will need 4 pieces of brown felt circles and orangey/yellow "caramel" strips. (You can also do this with 3 brown circles, one orange/yellow and "chocolate" strips. I've meant to do this both times that I have made this cookie and I always end up with too much brown fabric and not enough yellow, so I make the strips yellow, I don't think it makes a difference in the end) Cut out long, wavy strips of the same yellow. Make them varying widths. These will form the strips of chocolate drizzled on the top of the cookie. Pin the caramel strips on the brown felt circle and sew them on. Cut a 6" circle out of black felt and sew that over all of it, in the center of the circle. Then continue assembling this cookie like you did for the Tagalong or Thin Mint. And then we have the Trefoil: This one isn't necessarily difficult, but it is very precise and much easier to mess up than the others. I made a printable pattern for this one! The pattern and tutorial are HERE! And that's it! Six adorable Girl Scout Cookies designs! These were fairly simple to make. I would call myself an intermediate sewer (seamstress?), I could see this as a difficult project for a beginner though. Please feel free to comment and tell me if this tutorial worked for you, or any tips that others might find helpful. I welcome feedback and pictures! Please feel free to share pictures of your completed cookies as well!
Girl Scout Cookie Costumes for Booths and Walkabouts will help get your troop noticed and potentially help you increase sales and donations.
Raise your hand if you are knee deep in Girl Scouts.... Yep, apparently I am. Below is my project from last weekend. Cookie costumes for ...
After the great response to my original post I decided to make up a tutorial.Thank you for the great response! Keep crafting. I found th...
Sitting at a cookie booth outside of a local grocery store, a fellow Girl Scout mom and myself were inspired by the litt...
After the great response to my original post I decided to make up a tutorial.Thank you for the great response! Keep crafting. I found that the best material for these cookies is felt. It's a stiffer material so it "stands" better and isn't floppy. You can get felt fairly inexpensive and Joann's has every color you could need (and if you sign up for their coupons you can get it at a great price). Supplies: Felt: about 2 yards of base color quilt batting matching ribbon and thread The Thin Mint and Tagalong are fairly simple. Lets start with those. Once you've got the idea down it's easier to make the more detailed cookies. You can make these with or without the sash. I prefer the sash because these two cookies aren't very distinctive on their own. The Basic Design: To start you need to decide how big you want your cookies to be. I used a 24 inch circle which results in a 22" final product (give or take). Take a large piece of paper and make a circle with a 12" (or whatever size you choose) radius. To do this I used easel paper (or you can tape several pieces of paper together. Mark a spot in the center and measure out 12 inches from the center all around, then trace the marks to make a circle. Cut out the paper circle. This is your pattern. Cut out 4 felt circles and two batting circles with this pattern. Cut 4 - 12" pieces of ribbon. Cut out 4 - 8"X 2" strips these will be your straps. Lay two of the strips together sew along both of the long edges, do this with the other set. Now to assemble (I only have pics of this with the Samoa, but it's the same process) Lay the front piece out, face up. Place the straps where you would like them to go. You will be sewing the material together inside out and turning it right side out, so the straps should be placed on the front towards the center of the circle. I placed them about 6"-7" apart. Pin the straps in place with a little bit hanging over the edge of the circle. On the sides place the ribbon, in a similar fashion as the straps. Make sure they are pinned straight in place towards the center of the circle. These will be the ties on the side of the costume. Now lay the second piece of felt on top of the first piece with the straps pinned to it. On top of that lay the batting. Pin this all together. Sew around the circle, leaving an opening of 6" or so at the bottom to turn the it right side out when done sewing. Cut notches along the edge on the inside so that the seam allowance doesn't bunch when turned. Turn the cookie right side out and close up the opening. Fold the front and the back in and pin as much as needed to insure that the fabric is rounded. Top stitch along the outside of the cookie, closing up the opening and continuing around the rest of the of the circle. You should have one side of the cookie with two straps hanging off the top and two ribbons from the side. For the second half: Place the ribbons on the first piece of felt. I always used the first half of the cookie to make this placement to be sure that the two lined up. Lay the second piece of felt on top, then the batting, pin it all together (just like the first half). Before you sew, using the first half, mark where the straps will connect with the second half with pins. This will mark the starting and stopping point for sewing. Start at the first pin that was placed at the straps and sew around the edge to the second pin and stop. This should leave a 10" opening. Turn the cookie right side out. Now you will connect the two halves. Take the straps from the first half and insert them into the opening on the second half. Turn the edges in, insert the straps and pin the top closed Top stitch along the outside of the circle, closing up the opening and continuing around the rest of the circle. I rolled up the first half to keep it out of the way while I sewed. Here is a close up of how it looks once it's closed: And there you go! You have a cookie! One additional step that I used for the Tagalong and Thin Mint, to make them more recognizable, was to add sashes with the names on them. Here is a separate tutorial for the sashes, stencils included! Next is the Thank you Berry Munch: This one isn't nearly as popular or recognizable but we needed 6 costumes so I tackled this one. It's not my favorite, but it works. The construction is just the same as the basic cookie but before you put it all together take pieces of cranberry and cream colored felt and cut it into random shapes. (I looked at a close up picture of the cookie for inspiration). Randomly sew these pieces onto the fabric. The nice part about using felt is that it won't fray so you don't have to worry about leaving raw edges. Continue the assembly as described above. Dosi-dos are pretty simple: The assembly is a little different. You will need 2 pieces of tan felt in the 24" circle and 2 pieces of cream felt in a 26" circle. Cut waves along the edge of the bigger circle to make it look like cream filling. The straps are easier to attach on this one. Before sewing everything together attach the straps to the cream felt. I put mine about 3" from the edge and 6" apart from each other. Pin the straps to and sew. It should look something like this: Attach the ribbons on each side the same way you did the straps. Now lay the batting on top of the cream felt, then the tan felt on top of that. There won't be any turning right side out so make sure the batting is all tucked in and not sticking out of the edges. Pin this all together and sew all the way around. Make sure you don't sew over the straps when you sew! :) Do the same for the second half of the cookie and you have a Do-si-do! Next is Samoa: You will need 4 pieces of brown felt circles and orangey/yellow "caramel" strips. (You can also do this with 3 brown circles, one orange/yellow and "chocolate" strips. I've meant to do this both times that I have made this cookie and I always end up with too much brown fabric and not enough yellow, so I make the strips yellow, I don't think it makes a difference in the end) Cut out long, wavy strips of the same yellow. Make them varying widths. These will form the strips of chocolate drizzled on the top of the cookie. Pin the caramel strips on the brown felt circle and sew them on. Cut a 6" circle out of black felt and sew that over all of it, in the center of the circle. Then continue assembling this cookie like you did for the Tagalong or Thin Mint. And then we have the Trefoil: This one isn't necessarily difficult, but it is very precise and much easier to mess up than the others. I made a printable pattern for this one! The pattern and tutorial are HERE! And that's it! Six adorable Girl Scout Cookies designs! These were fairly simple to make. I would call myself an intermediate sewer (seamstress?), I could see this as a difficult project for a beginner though. Please feel free to comment and tell me if this tutorial worked for you, or any tips that others might find helpful. I welcome feedback and pictures! Please feel free to share pictures of your completed cookies as well!
Great Group Halloween Costume Idea! Girl Scout Cookies - Fits everyone from the smallest daisies to plus size moms and dads...and everyone in between! YOU PICK TWO Please put selection of two in the comment section. These costumes are handmade by me and my daughter! We got tired of borrowing the costumes...you know the ones....polyester, bulky, worn out! We found out you can't even buy the ones from the baker anymore, so we decided to make our own. Word spread....leaders loved them...and now we're making them for you! Get ready for cookie booths! Great Halloween costume too! Perfect for a GROUP HALLOWEEN COSTUME! Each costume is made of costume grade felt and really comfortable to wear. The best part is that it fits EVERYONE! We've seen everyone from the littlest kindergarteners to lovely plus sized parents wear this costume. She has an embroidered badge, a big cheery smile, huge glittery eyes and poppin' black glittery eyelashes. That's right...this girl has BLING! Pieces are individually sewn on, quilt applique style. Years and years of Booth Sale wear don't show on these costumes. All varieties of Cookies from both bakers are also available. Can be special ordered in smaller sizes, but we encourage you to order the 36" as the girls will grow and these costumes last for YEARS!
DESCRIPTION Scout Me Out Sexy Girl Scout Costume 5 Piece, Sexy Girl Scout Costume includes ruched crop top paired with panty with fox pocket detail and attached garter straps and includes matching necktie and crossbody sash with decorative patches and matching headband Includes: Top, Panty, Sash, Necktie and Headband Pullover Closure Hosiery and Footwear Not Included DETAILS Brand: FORPLAY Collection: COSTUMES, UNIFORM COSTUMES Item # FOR-551519 Size: XS/S, S/M, M/L, L/XL Colour: GREEN/WHITE Fabric Content: 90% Polyester 10% Spandex Care Instructions: Hand wash separately, do not bleach, do not iron, do not dry clean, line dry
After the great response to my original post I decided to make up a tutorial.Thank you for the great response! Keep crafting. I found that the best material for these cookies is felt. It's a stiffer material so it "stands" better and isn't floppy. You can get felt fairly inexpensive and Joann's has every color you could need (and if you sign up for their coupons you can get it at a great price). Supplies: Felt: about 2 yards of base color quilt batting matching ribbon and thread The Thin Mint and Tagalong are fairly simple. Lets start with those. Once you've got the idea down it's easier to make the more detailed cookies. You can make these with or without the sash. I prefer the sash because these two cookies aren't very distinctive on their own. The Basic Design: To start you need to decide how big you want your cookies to be. I used a 24 inch circle which results in a 22" final product (give or take). Take a large piece of paper and make a circle with a 12" (or whatever size you choose) radius. To do this I used easel paper (or you can tape several pieces of paper together. Mark a spot in the center and measure out 12 inches from the center all around, then trace the marks to make a circle. Cut out the paper circle. This is your pattern. Cut out 4 felt circles and two batting circles with this pattern. Cut 4 - 12" pieces of ribbon. Cut out 4 - 8"X 2" strips these will be your straps. Lay two of the strips together sew along both of the long edges, do this with the other set. Now to assemble (I only have pics of this with the Samoa, but it's the same process) Lay the front piece out, face up. Place the straps where you would like them to go. You will be sewing the material together inside out and turning it right side out, so the straps should be placed on the front towards the center of the circle. I placed them about 6"-7" apart. Pin the straps in place with a little bit hanging over the edge of the circle. On the sides place the ribbon, in a similar fashion as the straps. Make sure they are pinned straight in place towards the center of the circle. These will be the ties on the side of the costume. Now lay the second piece of felt on top of the first piece with the straps pinned to it. On top of that lay the batting. Pin this all together. Sew around the circle, leaving an opening of 6" or so at the bottom to turn the it right side out when done sewing. Cut notches along the edge on the inside so that the seam allowance doesn't bunch when turned. Turn the cookie right side out and close up the opening. Fold the front and the back in and pin as much as needed to insure that the fabric is rounded. Top stitch along the outside of the cookie, closing up the opening and continuing around the rest of the of the circle. You should have one side of the cookie with two straps hanging off the top and two ribbons from the side. For the second half: Place the ribbons on the first piece of felt. I always used the first half of the cookie to make this placement to be sure that the two lined up. Lay the second piece of felt on top, then the batting, pin it all together (just like the first half). Before you sew, using the first half, mark where the straps will connect with the second half with pins. This will mark the starting and stopping point for sewing. Start at the first pin that was placed at the straps and sew around the edge to the second pin and stop. This should leave a 10" opening. Turn the cookie right side out. Now you will connect the two halves. Take the straps from the first half and insert them into the opening on the second half. Turn the edges in, insert the straps and pin the top closed Top stitch along the outside of the circle, closing up the opening and continuing around the rest of the circle. I rolled up the first half to keep it out of the way while I sewed. Here is a close up of how it looks once it's closed: And there you go! You have a cookie! One additional step that I used for the Tagalong and Thin Mint, to make them more recognizable, was to add sashes with the names on them. Here is a separate tutorial for the sashes, stencils included! Next is the Thank you Berry Munch: This one isn't nearly as popular or recognizable but we needed 6 costumes so I tackled this one. It's not my favorite, but it works. The construction is just the same as the basic cookie but before you put it all together take pieces of cranberry and cream colored felt and cut it into random shapes. (I looked at a close up picture of the cookie for inspiration). Randomly sew these pieces onto the fabric. The nice part about using felt is that it won't fray so you don't have to worry about leaving raw edges. Continue the assembly as described above. Dosi-dos are pretty simple: The assembly is a little different. You will need 2 pieces of tan felt in the 24" circle and 2 pieces of cream felt in a 26" circle. Cut waves along the edge of the bigger circle to make it look like cream filling. The straps are easier to attach on this one. Before sewing everything together attach the straps to the cream felt. I put mine about 3" from the edge and 6" apart from each other. Pin the straps to and sew. It should look something like this: Attach the ribbons on each side the same way you did the straps. Now lay the batting on top of the cream felt, then the tan felt on top of that. There won't be any turning right side out so make sure the batting is all tucked in and not sticking out of the edges. Pin this all together and sew all the way around. Make sure you don't sew over the straps when you sew! :) Do the same for the second half of the cookie and you have a Do-si-do! Next is Samoa: You will need 4 pieces of brown felt circles and orangey/yellow "caramel" strips. (You can also do this with 3 brown circles, one orange/yellow and "chocolate" strips. I've meant to do this both times that I have made this cookie and I always end up with too much brown fabric and not enough yellow, so I make the strips yellow, I don't think it makes a difference in the end) Cut out long, wavy strips of the same yellow. Make them varying widths. These will form the strips of chocolate drizzled on the top of the cookie. Pin the caramel strips on the brown felt circle and sew them on. Cut a 6" circle out of black felt and sew that over all of it, in the center of the circle. Then continue assembling this cookie like you did for the Tagalong or Thin Mint. And then we have the Trefoil: This one isn't necessarily difficult, but it is very precise and much easier to mess up than the others. I made a printable pattern for this one! The pattern and tutorial are HERE! And that's it! Six adorable Girl Scout Cookies designs! These were fairly simple to make. I would call myself an intermediate sewer (seamstress?), I could see this as a difficult project for a beginner though. Please feel free to comment and tell me if this tutorial worked for you, or any tips that others might find helpful. I welcome feedback and pictures! Please feel free to share pictures of your completed cookies as well!
Selling Girl Scout cookies can be a cut throat business. Really, it can be. Think about it. Troops are basically in competition with other troops to sell the most cookies. You try to get the better booths, and you try to get them at the best times. Some girls try to get to the school staff before others do. God forbid you live in a neighborhood saturated with scouts. I feel bad for my neighbors. Part of the Girl Scout law is to Be A Sister to Every Girl Scout, but sometimes it feels likes it should be Every (Wo)Man for Herself. I have to push those thoughts to the back of my mind, because the cookie sale is the biggest fundraiser that the girls do. The money made helps to run the troop, and to help continue to provide great programs for the girls. The Monkey joined scouts when she started Kindergarten, and over the past four years, she has taken part in many fun and educational activities. Can I offer you a cookie? I found myself searching Pinterest each night to find the next great idea for the cookie sale, and I discovered that everyone else had the same idea. Sell door-to-door, put a sign on the lawn, decorate your wagon and walk around the neighborhood, gift wrap the boxes, include thank you notes….the list is endless. I pinned every suggestion I found, but was never WOW’ed by anything. Until I found this picture. This would be a great way to “advertise” at a booth. Problem is – it was the picture only, and no instructions. Not a problem. I’m a Girl Scout, so I am prepared for anything. Our new Miss America, the beautiful Thin Mint I made the costumes in an afternoon, and posted the photo to Facebook. Everyone thought it was cute, and I have been asked by several people how I made them. Hopefully other leaders will be able to follow these instructions and make costumes for their booths. I’m sorry that I did not take pictures to show how I did things, and I apologize for the graininess of the only picture I did take. Thin Mint 1 yard brown felt (I had this cut at Jo Ann Fabrics) 2 sheets white felt 2 sheets black felt ½ yard pink felt (this will be used for the Thin Mint & the Caramel DeLite cookie) White puffy paint Green satin ribbon (found at Jo Ann Fabrics) Hot Glue Foam board or heavy cardboard Pencil Box cutter (or heavy duty scissors) Caramel DeLite (sometimes called Samoas) 1 yard light brown felt 2 sheets white felt 2 sheets black felt Pink felt (leftover from the Thin Mint) Brown (leftover from the Thin Mint) Purple satin ribbon White puffy pain Hot Glue Foam board or heavy cardboard Pencil Box cutter (or heavy duty scissors) These are the instructions to make the Thin Mint. · Using your scout as a guide, “eyeball” how large the actual cookie should be. I was fortunate to have an extra large serving tray that I used as a guide. Draw the circle of the board, and using your knive/cutter/scissors, cut the circle. · Lay the circle on top of the brown felt, and cut the felt to be one inch larger than the circle (that make sense?). Basically, your felt should be larger than the cardboard. · In small sections, begin to hot glue the felt to the cardboard. At this point, you are wrapping the felt around the cardboard. Do this until the board is completely wrapped. Turn it over so the felt side is facing up. · Cut two large eyes from the white felt, and glue towards the top of the felt circle. · Cut out two small pupils from the black felt, and glue on top of the white felt. · Draw a smile on the pink felt, cut it out, and glue to the cookie shape. At this point, you should have a happy looking cookie. · Take the green ribbon, and cut it a bit longer than the length of the cookie. You want it to be able to wrap around to the back of the board. This will be the cookie sash. Once cut, hot glue to the cookie shape. You now have what looks like a Miss America cookie. · Cut another strip of the green ribbon large enough to comfortably fit over your scout’s head, and hot glue to the back of the board. It should look like a large handle. · Using the white puffy paint, write the words THIN MINT on the green sash. The paint needs about four hours to dry so be sure to leave it alone! The Caramel DeLite is made exactly as the Thin Mint is, except I used purple ribbon, and I cut “squiggles” out of the extra brown felt. Those squiggles are supposed to be the chocolate part of the cookie. As for the sunflowers I put on the costumes – we had an old flower arrangement that we decided to throw away that morning. I thought it would “pretty” things up, so I glued them to the cookie. You can do the same thing, or let your imagination run wild. Do you have a Brownie troop? How about putting a Brownie Beanie on the cookie? Really? How can you resist? We used these for our booth last week, and received many compliments on them. The girls wore them without being asked to, which is always a good thing. My daughter did have one complaint – the ribbon around her neck bothered her. I plan on putting some felt around that portion of the ribbon, in the hopes that will help. To my fellow leaders out there that attempt this craft – best of luck! I hope you find these instructions useful. Please be sure to share pictures, as I would love to see what you come up with. And for those currently participating in the sale – Happy Selling!
5pc. sexy girl scout costume includes ruched crop top paired with metallic panty with faux pocket detail and attached garter straps and includes matching necktie and crossbody sash with decorative patches and matching headband.
What better way to thank your costumers than with these "Girl Scout Cookie Order Thank You's". You'll make them feel extra special. Simply attach it to each order and/or cookie box. WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE: • 1-Page Girl Scout Cookie Order Thank You's (9 Cards Per Page - 8.5" x 11"/letter) - 2 files are attached for downloading - PDF Print & PNG • Print as many pages as you need! • It is best to print on cardstock or photo paper. 🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪 PLEASE NOTE: • This is a digital download. • This is NOT editable. • No physical item will be shipped to you. • Props/gifts shown in photos are NOT included in your purchase. • There may be slight color variations due to your monitor display, printing device,paper, and ink used. HOW TO DOWNLOAD: All purchases are available instantly after payment is confirmed. A link for download will be sent directly to your email associated with your Etsy account. Instructions can be found here: https://help.etsy.com/hc/en-us/articles/115013328108-How-to-Download-a-Digital-Item IMPORTANT: From Etsy - "You can't download a digital purchase through the Etsy app at this time. To download a digital file, please sign in to Etsy on your mobile browser or computer." ALL SALES ARE FINAL: Digital downloads are not eligible for returns, exchanges, or cancellations. 😊 Thank you for visiting Kerry's Kreatables! Please reach out with any questions. For personal use only and not for resale or mass distribution.
After the great response to my original post I decided to make up a tutorial.Thank you for the great response! Keep crafting. I found th...
After the great response to my original post I decided to make up a tutorial.Thank you for the great response! Keep crafting. I found that the best material for these cookies is felt. It's a stiffer material so it "stands" better and isn't floppy. You can get felt fairly inexpensive and Joann's has every color you could need (and if you sign up for their coupons you can get it at a great price). Supplies: Felt: about 2 yards of base color quilt batting matching ribbon and thread The Thin Mint and Tagalong are fairly simple. Lets start with those. Once you've got the idea down it's easier to make the more detailed cookies. You can make these with or without the sash. I prefer the sash because these two cookies aren't very distinctive on their own. The Basic Design: To start you need to decide how big you want your cookies to be. I used a 24 inch circle which results in a 22" final product (give or take). Take a large piece of paper and make a circle with a 12" (or whatever size you choose) radius. To do this I used easel paper (or you can tape several pieces of paper together. Mark a spot in the center and measure out 12 inches from the center all around, then trace the marks to make a circle. Cut out the paper circle. This is your pattern. Cut out 4 felt circles and two batting circles with this pattern. Cut 4 - 12" pieces of ribbon. Cut out 4 - 8"X 2" strips these will be your straps. Lay two of the strips together sew along both of the long edges, do this with the other set. Now to assemble (I only have pics of this with the Samoa, but it's the same process) Lay the front piece out, face up. Place the straps where you would like them to go. You will be sewing the material together inside out and turning it right side out, so the straps should be placed on the front towards the center of the circle. I placed them about 6"-7" apart. Pin the straps in place with a little bit hanging over the edge of the circle. On the sides place the ribbon, in a similar fashion as the straps. Make sure they are pinned straight in place towards the center of the circle. These will be the ties on the side of the costume. Now lay the second piece of felt on top of the first piece with the straps pinned to it. On top of that lay the batting. Pin this all together. Sew around the circle, leaving an opening of 6" or so at the bottom to turn the it right side out when done sewing. Cut notches along the edge on the inside so that the seam allowance doesn't bunch when turned. Turn the cookie right side out and close up the opening. Fold the front and the back in and pin as much as needed to insure that the fabric is rounded. Top stitch along the outside of the cookie, closing up the opening and continuing around the rest of the of the circle. You should have one side of the cookie with two straps hanging off the top and two ribbons from the side. For the second half: Place the ribbons on the first piece of felt. I always used the first half of the cookie to make this placement to be sure that the two lined up. Lay the second piece of felt on top, then the batting, pin it all together (just like the first half). Before you sew, using the first half, mark where the straps will connect with the second half with pins. This will mark the starting and stopping point for sewing. Start at the first pin that was placed at the straps and sew around the edge to the second pin and stop. This should leave a 10" opening. Turn the cookie right side out. Now you will connect the two halves. Take the straps from the first half and insert them into the opening on the second half. Turn the edges in, insert the straps and pin the top closed Top stitch along the outside of the circle, closing up the opening and continuing around the rest of the circle. I rolled up the first half to keep it out of the way while I sewed. Here is a close up of how it looks once it's closed: And there you go! You have a cookie! One additional step that I used for the Tagalong and Thin Mint, to make them more recognizable, was to add sashes with the names on them. Here is a separate tutorial for the sashes, stencils included! Next is the Thank you Berry Munch: This one isn't nearly as popular or recognizable but we needed 6 costumes so I tackled this one. It's not my favorite, but it works. The construction is just the same as the basic cookie but before you put it all together take pieces of cranberry and cream colored felt and cut it into random shapes. (I looked at a close up picture of the cookie for inspiration). Randomly sew these pieces onto the fabric. The nice part about using felt is that it won't fray so you don't have to worry about leaving raw edges. Continue the assembly as described above. Dosi-dos are pretty simple: The assembly is a little different. You will need 2 pieces of tan felt in the 24" circle and 2 pieces of cream felt in a 26" circle. Cut waves along the edge of the bigger circle to make it look like cream filling. The straps are easier to attach on this one. Before sewing everything together attach the straps to the cream felt. I put mine about 3" from the edge and 6" apart from each other. Pin the straps to and sew. It should look something like this: Attach the ribbons on each side the same way you did the straps. Now lay the batting on top of the cream felt, then the tan felt on top of that. There won't be any turning right side out so make sure the batting is all tucked in and not sticking out of the edges. Pin this all together and sew all the way around. Make sure you don't sew over the straps when you sew! :) Do the same for the second half of the cookie and you have a Do-si-do! Next is Samoa: You will need 4 pieces of brown felt circles and orangey/yellow "caramel" strips. (You can also do this with 3 brown circles, one orange/yellow and "chocolate" strips. I've meant to do this both times that I have made this cookie and I always end up with too much brown fabric and not enough yellow, so I make the strips yellow, I don't think it makes a difference in the end) Cut out long, wavy strips of the same yellow. Make them varying widths. These will form the strips of chocolate drizzled on the top of the cookie. Pin the caramel strips on the brown felt circle and sew them on. Cut a 6" circle out of black felt and sew that over all of it, in the center of the circle. Then continue assembling this cookie like you did for the Tagalong or Thin Mint. And then we have the Trefoil: This one isn't necessarily difficult, but it is very precise and much easier to mess up than the others. I made a printable pattern for this one! The pattern and tutorial are HERE! And that's it! Six adorable Girl Scout Cookies designs! These were fairly simple to make. I would call myself an intermediate sewer (seamstress?), I could see this as a difficult project for a beginner though. Please feel free to comment and tell me if this tutorial worked for you, or any tips that others might find helpful. I welcome feedback and pictures! Please feel free to share pictures of your completed cookies as well!
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Il s’agit d’une impression de biscuits Girl Scout à double face avec des coutures vertes. Qui n’aime pas ces délicieux cookies ? Mouchoirs ne sont pas seulement pour ce costume spécial sur cet événement spécial maintenant ou se moucher plus. Hanks font un retour pour ajouter ce détail supplémentaire à votre poste de médias sociaux ou que vos besoins de transport quotidien. Une fois terminé hanks mesurer environ 10x10 ou un plus petit carré 8x8.
Sitting at a cookie booth outside of a local grocery store, a fellow Girl Scout mom and myself were inspired by the litt...
Sitting at a cookie booth outside of a local grocery store, a fellow Girl Scout mom and myself were inspired by the little cookie characters on the cookie boxes. We thought it would be great to have costumes for the girls to wear when we sell cookies. As an after thought we realized how cute it would be for them to dress up as cookies in the upcoming "Do Dah" parade. I definitely didn't know what I was getting myself into when I said I would do it. I was the only sewing momma in the group so I was on my own. I did enlist my mom for some help on cutting and design ideas. She was so helpful. I'm pretty happy with how they turned out, there are a few minor things that bug me, but I'm sure no one else will notice, so I won't point them out :) Before we used the cookies again I decided to add a little sash with the names on the Tagalong and Thin Mint. It was a quick 1 hour project to make the 2 sashes and I think they make the cookies a lot more recognizable. The sash and letters are made out of felt. I printed out letter stencils online, traced them on the felt, cut the letters out, and hot glue them onto the sash. Next on the craft list is Tutus with all of the color of the daisy pedals. That is an easy craft and I'm teaching the other moms how to make them as well. It should be fun! I have finally written out a tutorial for this project! http://projectbonbon.blogspot.com/2013/02/girl-scout-cookie-costume-tutorial.html
It even includes inspirational messages!
We made a Milk and Cookies costume out of boxes for Halloween this year. They are easy to make & look so good! Make your own with our instructions.
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These one of a kind gift tags make a super cute addition to selling Girl Scout cookies. You can print these on cardstock for a card that customers can attach to their favorite box of cookies for that special valentine in their life. You can use these as decoration at your Valentine's day booth sales...
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This costume idea came to me when I realized that a girl scout would be incomplete without her irresistible box of cookies! The cookie box costume
Raise your hand if you love chocolate chip cookies?! Me too! This DIY cookie costume is easy to make for Halloween and costs less than a couple of bucks. Oh and don't forget the milk bag for the candy haul! If Oreo's are more your thing, don't miss this DIY double stuffed Oreo costume. Plus
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