I get asked a lot what other resources are out there for Girl leaders other than my site. I have done a lot of digging on the web and have found some really good places to go to get not only ideas, but also planned programs just like I offer here at Leader Connecting Leaders. There are blogs that leaders have started sharing what they have done, and of course there is also Pinterest which houses endless ideas from all over the web. I try to share as much as I can on my Pinterest boards from all over the web so be sure to stop over and follow all my boards: Leader Connecting Leaders Pinterest Where are the requirements for badges? At the time of this writing this site is still active, if this link does not work send me a email and let me know and I can update this post. I found a website where someone went through and transcribed all the badges into word documents. Check It Out I am Looking for Fun Patches What are Best sites for that? I have a few go to sites that I like to use. As many of you know Girl Scout Fun patches are nice but at a price point as high as many of them are we all find that its hard to justify spending over a dollar each on fun patches. Because of that we are always looking for other places to find patches. I will list Girl Scouts official store, but be sure to check out these other 4 great sites for patches. The official Girl Scout Website Snappy Logos Joy Crest Patch Fun BCG Patches Fun Patches By Mel The Patch Corner Blogs With Scouting Resources While out on the web I have come across a number of great websites that are either specific to Scouts or have a number of post, categories dedicated to talking about ideas for leaders. GS Leader Blog GS Leader 101 Blog Scout Leader 411 Blog (I have wrote a pile of post on this blog as well when I can I link over to these ideas in blog post I write that are focused on same topic) Not So Fearless Leader Follow the Leader Scouting Web Girl Scout Ideas – Mommysnippets.com Use Resources Wisely Real Coake Blog The Spruce Blog Green Neck Pride Planned Programs and Activities Well of course I will plug my resources here on Leader Connecting Leaders shop, but beyond my site there are a few other sites I would highly recommend, if you can’t find what you need here or need more resources for your troop check out these other two shops, I have used them both and have great resources for new and seasoned leaders. Leader Connecting Leaders Resources: YOUR HERE, just hit the shop button at top of page, you will find badge activity booklets for every level and they have everything you need to earn the badges, Thinking Day activities, Planned parties, and each month more are added so be sure to subscribe to mailing list to be first to be notified. MakingFriends Shop – This site has free and paid ideas as well, including badge in a bag programs for almost all the Journeys for each level. If your struggling to get the Journey books done with your troop, I would highly recommend looking at the kits on this site. Growing Girls Scouting Helpers – This shop has over 50 downloadable printables, most of them are focused on Daisy to Junior, but she does also have programs for Thinking Day, and learning more about our founder Juliette Low. Listen For Ideas – Podcasts Resource Are you someone who loves to listen to Podcast for Ideas? If so be sure to check out Silver & Gold Podcast She shares ideas you can use as well as more resources on website, and guest who share things they have done. Want even more? Here are 12+ amazing resources to help you plan and organize your troop + FREE Kaper Chart Download One thing we all know as leaders we need all the help we can get to make the program fun, educational, and to help build the girl leaders of tomorrow. This post is packed full with ideas for: Kaper Chart ideas plus a free download How to organize your troop Collaboration Ideas Badge Planning Resources World Thinking Day Cookie Season Support Extra Fun For Meetings How to make your troop unique Ceremony Ideas Check out all these ideas now Enjoy every minute being a leader and continue to inspire your girls!
Here is how my troop did the Girl Scout Senior Girltopia Journey in a weekend.
Between working at an agricultural education center, running my own troop and family of five, I've finally managed to get a few resources up on Teachers Pay Teachers. If you haven't stumbled upon this wonderful site yet, get over there now! Teachers Pay Teachers is like the Etsy of the education world. In addition to lots of freebies (fonts, lesson plans, etc.) there are also resources that will work for Girl Scouts. My troop calendar has been floating around on Pinterest for the last year, but it was my troops and it was in PDF form. Now I've converted the template to an easy to use Word file, customizable for your troop and level. Download here. Did I mention it's a free download? I also have the calendar available in Excel if you prefer the predictability of spreadsheets to Word tables. Find them in my Teachers Pay Teachers store here. If you prefer your troop number and year to be personalized, it's available for a small personalization fee {please note: the fee is for personalization not the graphic}. I have lots of other resources up my sleeve for the future, but if you have a resource that you'd like to see, drop me a comment! Download your free age level graphic {click on graphic below to download} or get one personalized from my TpT store.
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Girl Scout Party {free printables}This amazing pink and green striped Girl Scout Party is perfect for an Investiture and Re-Dedication Ceremony. After the ceremonial festivities the Girl Scout's were treated to this delectable sweet treats table which included cake pops, trail mix, cake balls, brigadeiros and popcorn. The free printables include editable invitations and templates.View This Tutorial
My Senior Girl Scouts choose to work on the Mission: Sisterhood Senior Journey at our last overnight camp out. There are many sections to this journey, today I will share with you what we did with our girls in the following areas: Starting Our Sisterhood Know Thyself With Friends Like These Sisterhood Knows No Boundaries …
Hello Girl Scout Moms! Was coaching another mom who is suppose to lead a petal for her daughter's Daisy meeting and it reminded me just how far behind I was in recording our Brownie proceedings. The good news is that I took the time to plan out several months of meetings at once, and so I have pretty good notes! So, It's the first meeting in Oct, and we are OUT of my house (yay!!) The cabin is a bit rough - clearly the boys have been meeting there for a long time. But I think we can slowly start to add more touches to make it more appealing to girls. But the thing is, it's a good size room. There's a sink, a bathroom, flags to use for a ceremony and a place to store our troop supplies. And we control when it's opened with our own key. No more can the school cancel our meeting because there's no school or because they simply forget to unlock the school for us (which happened on a regular basis last year). I learned my lesson and did not conduct parent business at the beginning of the meeting. I did let the girls play duck duck goose at the beginning (big mistake) while waiting for all the girls to get there. Let me say now, avoid this game at the beginning, save it for the end. The girls get all worked up and then it takes half the meeting to calm them down again. I keep falling for this trap and vowed after this to find another solution for the wait of start of meetings. I had decided that this year I wanted to incorporate the flag ceremony into our meetings. This meets the 5th requirement for the Celebrating Community badge.So the first half of the meeting was dedicated to teaching the girls what to do. We just used the basic ceremony found on the National Girl Scout site. This about what we do. I have it printed and in a plastic sheet I keep in my Girl Scout binder. That way, it's always handy. announcer: "Girl Scouts, attention." Used to announce that the flag ceremony is to begin. announcer: "Color guard, advance." This signals the color guard to advance with the flags, or advance to pick up the flags. announcer: "Please join us in saying the Pledge of Allegiance." (all the girls recite as one with their hands over their hearts) announcer: "Girl Scouts, recite the promise." The announcer says one line at a time and the girls repeat. announcer: "Girl Scouts, recite the law" The announcer says one line at a time and the girls repeat. announcer: "Girl Scouts, dismissed." Girls may leave in formation or be at ease where they have been standing. So that there are no arguments about who "get to do it" we have this as part of our Kaper chart and rotate the girls. The girls are still young, so we have a "leader" who says one line of the law and then the rest of the girls repeat. I don't have a picture from that first meeting because I was so busy teaching them, but I have one from the following meeting - our Halloween meeting ha ha... OK, that being done, we went into the second half of the meeting which met the 5th requirement of Girl Scout Way - doing a tradition. What's more traditional than sit-upons?! I had learned at one of my trainings that a lot of the troops are making their sit-upons out of decorative duct tape instead of the weaving I did as a young Brownie myself. Sounded good to me! What we did: Supplies: Roll of brown kraft paper or old grocery bags 1 roll of clear packing tape rolls of duct tape - at least one per girl easy quilt batting - Queen size was more than enough for 12 girls sharpie marker ( to mark their names) scissors to cut tape Steps: 1. Lay out the batting and have the girls cut approximately a 11 x 14 rectangle of batting 2. have them lay the batting on the kraft and have them cut a 22 x 14 piece so they can make a "sandwich" of paper/batting/paper. 3. Seal up the ends with the clear tape to make the project easier to handle. This is a good time to add a name as well. 4. Have the girls start cutting long strips of colored duct tape to decorate the outside until completely covered. 5) Mark their names on each one with a sharpie, then cover over it with the clear tape. Remind the girls to seal the entire mat so that water cannot get in and "grow" things. It was helpful to have some moms on hand to help with the tape just because it's so sticky. Count on a fair amount of loss with the girls cutting their own tape! Also, the temptation for the well meaning moms is to do the construction and cutting for the girls. The key phrase I use regularly is "Let the girls learn by doing." And under my breath just for the mom's ears I follow with "even if it's wrong." We are suppose to be building strong girls and strong leaders. This will not happen if we do everything for them. Let girls do these things on their own. It may not be Pinterest or Facebook worthy, but it will be real, and something they can be proud of And that's it! Two of 130 badge requirements - check! Sincerely, Leader Mom in the Making
Discover how to earn the Girl Scout Daisy Making Choices leaf as your troop begins to understand the difference between needs and wants. Updated January 2021 *Please bear in mind that we are in a pandemic. Skipping cookies this year or having a small sales goal is perfectly acceptable. Years ago, Girl Scout Daisies were not permitted to sell cookies. Their safety and yours is paramount. If you are a parent, then you know the challenges of taking your child out to a store. It does not matter what kind of store it is, almost always, children will find something that they want. Then there is the inevitable conversation about why she cannot have the newly coveted item. And all you hope for is to leave the store without a scene. It does get a bit better when your child is older because they have a clearer understanding of needs versus wants. My kids still ask for things, and if they truly want it, they have to figure out a way to earn all or part of the money for the item in question if I do not feel it is a need. The Girl Scout Daisy Making Choices leaf is all about teaching the girls about needs versus wants. Photo from Pixabay Step 1 How to Earn the Girl Scout Daisy Making Choices Leaf Find Out the Difference Between Needs Versus Wants Materials Pictures cut out of magazines or printed off the internet of needs (houses, food, clothing) and wants (toys, a swimming pool, a television). They should be large in size so the girls can see it easily. Sit the girls in a circle and ask what they think they need to live. How is that different from things they want? (you need a house, you do not need a Barbie car). Show each picture. Have the girls stand up if it is a want and stay seated if it is a need. Ask why they made the choices they did. Step 2 How to Earn the Girl Scout Daisy Making Choices Leaf Try Setting a Goal and Saving for What You Want Materials Goal chart (search for one that you like online) Crayons or markers This step ties in with the third step of the Money Counts leaf. Once you find out what the item you want costs, then you have to figure out a way to earn the money to buy it. Ask the girls to think about one thing they want to buy but have not earned the money for it yet. Talk about ways to achieve that goal. Can they do chores around the house or save money from birthdays or holidays? Have the girls color around the goal chart and write the name of what they want at the top. At home they can find out how much the item costs and then start working towards that goal. Step 3 How to Earn the Girl Scout Daisy Making Choices Leaf Help Others With What They Need and Want Ask the girls to imagine what they feel like when they are hungry. Is it a good feeling? How do they feel if they are wearing shoes that are too small-can they run and play like they do if they are wearing shoes that fit? Talk about children who may be lacking in the basics that the girls take for granted. How can they help? List their ideas and vote on one to work on. Inform the parents that for the next meeting you will collecting items for the organization the girls want to donate to. Remember to contact them prior to the meeting so they do not forget.
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As the end of the year draws to a close, some of you may be leading your troops as Daisy Scout for the last time since you are bridging to Brownies. Leading older girls is more fun, as they are more independent and can do much more on their own. How the Brownie Program Differs from the Daisy Girl Scout Program Daisy Scouts have a very simple program based on learning the Girl Scout Law. You can do activities based on each one, and if you choose, augment the program with the Journeys program. The Brownie Program is made up of badges, formally known as "Try Its". They are triangular in shape and have five required steps for completion. They are divided into the following categories: Legacy Badges (these are updated versions of Try Its from the old program) Painting Snacks Celebrating Community Girl Scout Way Fair Play First Aid Bugs Financial Literacy Money Manager Philanthropist Cookie Business Meet My Customers Give Back Journeys badges-It's Your World-Change It! Dancer My Best Self Computer Expert My Family Story Home Scientist Journeys-It's Your Planet-Love It! Hiker My Great Day Household Elf Potter Senses Journeys-It's Your Story-Tell It! Pets Making Friends Letterboxer Making Games Inventor Can I Use the Old Program With The New One? Photo by Hannah Gold. Old Brownie Try It Badge When I was a Brownie leader, the old badges were being discontinued. I bought them in bulk so my girls exclusively did the old badges. One of the biggest complaints leaders like myself, who know the old program, have with the new one is that the amount of badges the girls can earn are limiting. The dozens of Try Its have been whittled down to what you see above. While there are some council stores that still have the old Brownie Try Its, the most popular ones are very hard to find. There are private Facebook groups for Selling retired Girl Scout badges. I suggest joining one, as the women there are selling their excess and not out to make a profit as sellers on eBay are. The older Try Its are not the same size as the new ones, so they will not make the perfect hexagonal shape when sewing the two different ones together. I have created a website for Brownie Leaders entitled How to Earn Brownie Badges. Each page on the site is a complete lesson plan for every single Brownie badge in the new program. Many of the badges asks leaders to bring in experts. With my lesson plans, that is not necessary. Many badges ask the girls to do something at home. I avoid that with my meeting plans, as I know all too well what happens...girls forget or parents will not be bothered. If a step is missing, then the girl cannot earn the badge (and then you have to deal with that mess). I created meeting plans with all the steps to be completed during your time together. Only a few require the girls to bring in something, and there is the option for you to bring in extras to cover that step for the girl. You can find the Brownie Badges site right here. It is my sincere hope that you find it useful as you take your troop to the next level of scouting.
Thinking about making some cool DIY Christmas presents or homemade birthday gifts for kids? Good idea! After all, so many of today's toys are not quite made the way they used to be. Plus, a homemade toy or DIY children's gift is so much more special. Make something original, unique and sure to be enjoyed
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With the world going virtual it can be challenging sometimes to continue to be creative and keep your meetings fun while you are all in different places. Over the last few months I have seen many creative leaders come up with ideas and have tried some of my own while trying to keep my kids active with family and friends. Today I want to share 50 that I hope you can use at one of your next meetings. Make Virtual Memories with these 50 Fun Ideas Card Games Card games have been a source of fun and cherished memories for centuries, and now, online versions offer the same level of entertainment. Two particularly popular card games worth exploring are Hearts and Spades. With Hearts, players strive to avoid certain cards carrying penalty points, aiming to finish with the fewest points by the game’s end. In Spades, players form partnerships and bid on the number of tricks they anticipate winning, with spades as the trump suit. The goal is to meet or exceed their bid successfully. Both these games can be played with a deck of cards, or online on sites like hearts.land or spades.co. Sing a song as a group One of my favorites “Make New Friends” Do you need the lyrics? Get them here.I know sometimes the sound will be off – sounding like a horrible round. But you know what the girls will have fun doing it either way! Show and Tell Let the group pick the subject. Examples: show their bedroom or favorite stuffed animal and walk around house showing off something to group. Of course make sure they watch where they are walking and have permission from their parents to move device they are using. Play Pictionary If you are meeting with Zoom using the whiteboard feature.How to play: Put everyone on call into two teams. To play, divide your group into teams. Choose the team to go first and either have one girl on team come up with a word for her team to guess or use this easy to use Pictionary word generator. Then give the drawer one minute to draw that word for their team to guess. If the team guesses the card correctly, they get a point. Choose how long you will play or to what point level to find a winner. Virtual Zoo Field Trip You may not be able to go to the zoo but many zoos offer live footage of their zoo animals. Take your girls on a zoo trip virtually. Here are a few to get you started. If you have a local zoo be sure to check in locally as well.– Baboons at San Diego Zoo– Elephant at Houston Zoo Paint a Kindness Rock Girls will enjoy painting a rock and leaving somewhere on their next work for someone else to find. I shared my experience with the Kindness Rock Project a few years ago. This is the perfect time to keep these gestures going. Making masks for people in your community One thing many people need right now is masks, there are many making them and selling but you could also make them and donate to people in your community. Make a “Thinking of You” card Make for people in nursing homes, senior residences, and assisted living. The card can be anything the girls want to put on them. Learn how to make a Kite “Thinking of You” card. Slime making This is a great activity you could do together as group. Make sure everyone has the supplies needed to make before hand. Or ask each girl to find a recipe for slime online and make it before meeting. Then each girl could take turns sharing how they made it, and the science behind the slime. Here is an article to get you started, there are so many recipes for slime the girls will have a blast learning about a new one. Bingo Game You can play a bingo game about any topic or theme. I have put together a number of game packs with Bingo, a card game, and 4 corner game. You can send the file to each girl or drop them off. To get you started Birthday Bingo + 2 other games Juliette Low Bingo – Join my mailing list and get it for free Halloween Bingo + 2 other games Fall Bingo + 2 other games Patriotic Bingo + 2 other games Country bingo – browse bingo games for different countries Thanksgiving Bingo + 2 other games Christmas Bingo + 2 other games Do you need a specific bingo game made and can’t find it? email me and I can custom make the game for you. Trivia Night You choose the topic. If you wanted to teach your girls more about Scouting ask questions around that, maybe everyone just watched a new movie, do trivia on that topic. If you just want to do trivia for kids check out this list – everything you need for a fun trivia night. Household Scavenger hunt You can do this individually or if you have a large group – use the zoom meeting breakout rooms where girls can work together to gather the 10 things, then come back to main room to share what they found. Here is a list to get you started. Kahoot Games There are a number of quizzes set up related to Girl Scouts you could try, set up a free account for up to 10 girls and create your own games as well. This could be a great way to have different girls lead the meeting if they wanted to create trivia to run at next meeting. learn more Scattergories This is an easy game to play over a zoom meeting. I found a site that makes it even easier just share your screen and play. Move to the next round by clicking “restart.” Here is the easy to use online version.Forget the rules? Here are the directions from the board game version, which can translated to online version above. Cake decorating Before meeting tell girls to bake a cake or cupcakes and then as a group decorate their cakes. If you are able to get supplies and drop off to each girl before meeting do that. Well everyone is decorating chat. When done share designs with each other. Talent show Give each girl about 3 to 5 minutes to share. Plan ahead at previous meeting so you know how many girls plan to participate. Ideas: Singing, instruments, karate, dance, showcasing drawing talents or if their talents are more outside like Basketball or fishing have them video tape to show at meeting. Freeze Dance or other movement dance What girls don’t like to dance? add one of these active youtube videos to your next virtual meeting. It might be a great way to end the meeting or even break it up in middle of meeting. The Dance Freeze Song Tooty Ta World Tour using Skycams Since travel is not an option right now, it doesn’t have to stop us from dreaming right? Pick some places the girls wish they could visit and take them there live using Skycams. There are a variety of live cameras all over the world to view. Summer Bucket List Print a copy of this summer time bucket list you can have the girls do the things and record and share at a virtual meeting the things they did from list. Virtual Coding Workshops – **Update: July 21, 2022 no longer offering these workshops. Invite a live coding instructor to help your girls earn a STEM badge. There are a number of options. The date and time are set by the troop, flexible for multi-level troops. Plus an option to purchase a fun patch for each girl. Learn more and sign up for a workshop now Creative Challenges We all have a lot of random things laying around our house so why not get creative. You can have them do the crafting before meeting and then share at meeting or have them gather supplies and do together and talk while crafting. Some examples to get you started you could do milk jugs, tubes (paper towel/toilet paper), Toast, egg cartoons, doll outfits out of paper. Two truths and a lie game This is a great get to know each other better game. All the girls have to do is share 2 true things about them and 1 lie in no particular order. Then everyone has to try to guess which item they listed was a lie. You could have everyone answer in comments or take turns answering. Once everyone has a chance to guess the girl shares which was a lie. Where am I? game Before the meeting gather 10 different backgrounds to change your background during meeting. Tell the girls they are going to guess where their leader is. You can take pictures of local places, do some world traveling, landmarks the girls will recognize. Then switch the background in Zoom and ask the girls…“where in the world is your leader?” The girls will love it!. Origami Creation The best way to learn how to do origami is watch someone else walk through the steps of making it. My favorite Youtube Channel that gives great step by step instructions is PPO pick one and have the girls have paper ready you can pause after each step to make sure everyone has that step done. One sentence story Start a story by saying one sentence. Once upon a time a little girl went for a walk… Then each girl takes a turn to add to the story. You could use the comments to write the additional sentences than at end read the whole story. How crazy did it get? What is unique about me? This one will take a little coordinating with parents of girls before meeting. Ask each parent to share one unique thing about their daughter. This could be anything from their hobbies or favorite toys. Then set up a quiz so at meeting you can describe one of the girls and everyone has to try to guess what girl it is. This is a great time to talk about how everyone is unique and how important it is to respect each other. Write a Meme Have the girls send you a funny picture of themselves, of their pet, of something in house, etc before meeting. Then at meeting bring up one of the pictures everyone will write in comments a funny meme that should be written for the picture. You can show them a few examples of what a Meme is like the cat one here. Then after everyone comes up with one. Have them vote what is best one. Save the winner and if you have the talent after add the title to the meme. You could use social media to add captions and save it. That way at next meeting you could show girls the finished Memes. What is Your Favorite Song? This one will take a little coordinating before meeting. Have every girl send you their favorite song. Then find the music video that goes with each song. During the meeting play part of the video. Pause it and ask girls to guess who’s favorite song it is. Continue this as you go through all the girls in troop. Or do one every time you meet. This way girls may forget what girls you already shared in past meetings. Morse Code with Flashlights This could be focus of whole meeting. First share the history of Morse Code how it started this is a great video kid friendly explanation. Then after the history give morse code a try using flashlights. Maybe do their name or another short word for others to guess. Here is a Morse Code chart for letters and numbers. Here is a morse code translator site so you could watch morse code in action when you type words in. Would you rather questions This is more for laughs and conversation. Don’t waste time coming up with them yourself this website has 100s to choose from. Drive by Bridging Event This takes you off zoom a bit but if you video tape everyone you can share the whole event on Zoom at next meeting. One idea set up a bridge at end of driveway with table of uniforms and pins. Set up a time for each girl to come to house, walk across bridge and parent puts the uniform and pin on the other side. As the leader remain further away and take video of each girl experiencing the walk across the bridge. Create comics Using Pixton website the girls could make their own avatar and create their very own comic strips. Nailed it challenge This could be any topic, but cake decorating and clay designs is the big ones people do. Have the professional design at meeting and then have everyone try to recreate it. When done put them side by side. #nailedit Family Member Show and Tell Ask parents if they would participate or another family member that would be willing to join a zoom meeting. Then they can share an interesting job or hobby. Have girls ask the guest questions to learn more about what they are sharing. No Sew Blankets If you are able to deliver supplies to each girl you can do the no sew blankets during the meeting. Lip Sync Fun This could be any song, but make sure it is something all the girls know. Then play the song and have everyone sing it, but lip sync style. Be Prepared Pillowcase Scavenger Hunt Tell the girls they have 3 minutes to fill a pillowcase with as many random things they can find around the house. Then when playing you will ask for random things, possibly colors, shapes, things that are used to do something, etc. Girls have to show item in their pillowcase that matches the items. Girl who has most matches win. Cooking Food Session Pick a recipe based on your girls age level. You may also need parents to participate a bit, get the ingredients before the meeting, help where needed during meeting. Cooking Show Everyone gets a chance to teach others how to cook something. Depending on time, limit the time for each girl. Tell them to have parts of the recipe ready to go or record it ahead of time. If you could be a superhero? Need something to spark conversation, ask each girl what superpower would you have? For example flying, being able to help people all the time, etc. Avatar Creation There are many sites and apps out there you can make your own avatars on. One that I find pretty cool that allows kids to make full group pictures of people is Bitmoji. It may be a bit hard for the younger girls to do on own but with some supervision they will have fun with it too. Read a book, write a author, earn a fun patch I have had the opportunity to speak to and write about Rachele Alpine two books where she encourages girls to write her, she has put together some great activities to go along with the books and offers a fun patch. Read more about the books she offers and contact her for possibly having her come do a virtual session with your troop. Make music instruments This is a chance for girls to get creative. Tell them we are going to make a instrument. Find things around your house to make something that makes music. Then let each girl share their creations. Minute to Win it Games You can turn anything into a minute to win it activity. You can have every girl do at same time or girls watch each other. Here are 12 I have done with my troop in past. Yoga Class or Party Here are some ideas for a yoga party, there are ideas for fun patches, how to make the yoga event have a theme. If you don’t want to lead the yoga search youtube for a short yoga session and play it during meeting. If you won a million dollars, what would you buy? Another great conversation starter, how many would help others, buy things for themselves, use the money to make the world a better place. Digital Escape Room If you are looking for fun and easy digital escape rooms, but don’t want to pay for one there are a number of free ones all over the web. Kids Activities website did the work for you, they compiled a pretty extensive list of ones to choose from. Troll Themed Meeting This is a very popular movie and could be made into a great virtual meeting theme. You could do a Netflix watch party if everyone has Netflix or have everyone watch before and then do activities during meeting. If you need ideas, Ill refer you to my favorite fun patch source, where activity worksheets are often included. This fun patch is no exception. Fun patch and activity sheet Frozen Themed Meeting What girl does not like the Frozen movie? There are a lot of ideas out there for this theme. I will refer you over to my favorite source for Fun Patches which also includes a lot of activities to go along with the patch. Frozen inspired fun patch and activity sheet. Photo Scavenger Hunt I know having a photo scavenger hunt as a troop would be fun, but since we can’t do it together give each girl the list and have them do the photo hunt with their parents then come to meeting and share the pictures they took with group. If you don’t know where to start with a photo scavenger hunt check out these ideas. Paint Party There are probably a lot of local business and painters who may be interested in offering a virtual paint workshop for you. If you don’t know where to start I talked to Painting with a Purpose owner and she is sharing easy to follow tutorial sessions live on Facebook in her group, then they are uploaded onto her youtube channel that you could use with troop if you can’t attend a live session. I hope your meetings are fun and you found some great ideas in this post. If you have more ideas that you want to share with other leaders send me a email and I can add them into my next list of ideas for virtual meetings. Enjoy every minute being a leader and continue to inspire your girls!
Use salt dough or clay to make these cute skunk sculptures. This project is a fun addition to a study of nocturnal animals.
