· Changing a flat tire · Checking tire pressure and wear · Changing windshield wiper blades · Using jumper cables to restart a car with a dead battery · Checking levels and replacing fluids (brake, radiator, oil, transmission, power steering, windshield wiper) Changing air filters The national Highway Traffic Safety Administration is a great resource for gathering accident statistics and learning about features that make cars safer. Once you’ve completed your choic
GSUSA created a new Paddling badge in 2015. You may have one paddling sport in mind, but for this rst step, keep your options open and explore all three. Find out as much as you can about each sport to help you choose one to focus on and build your skills. Here’s what you’ll want to nd out about the three paddle sports: • The background of each. For example, SUP got its start in Hawaii in the 1960s but didn’t take off as a sport until the early 2000s. Canoeing and kayaking have been around for c
The Room Makeover badge is part of the “It's Your Story - Tell It!” badge set introduced in 2011. Purpose: When I’ve earned this badge, I’ll know how to do a fast, fun, and thrifty room makeover. Assess your space and get ideas for your makeover. Do you want to give the room a theme, like “the rain forest?” If not, how will your projects coordinate? Spend two hours on one of the following, and remember, these are opportunities to build your network of coaches to guide you through the steps in
GSUSA created a new Paddling badge in 2015. You may have one paddling sport in mind, but for this rst step, keep your options open and explore all three. Find out as much as you can about each sport to help you choose one to focus on and build your skills. Here’s what you’ll want to nd out about the three paddle sports: • The background of each. For example, SUP got its start in Hawaii in the 1960s but didn’t take off as a sport until the early 2000s. Canoeing and kayaking have been around for c
Looking to earn the Senior Science of Style Badge? Look no further! In this blog post, we'll explore five fun activities . From exploring fashion history to creating unique outfits, this post has got you covered.
Looking to earn the Senior Science of Style Badge? Look no further! In this blog post, we'll explore five fun activities . From exploring fashion history to creating unique outfits, this post has got you covered.
You will find as you grow up some information is completely one sided or even wrong. If you have 9th and 10th grade girls check out some of these ideas to become experts at knowing the difference while earning the Senior Truth Seeker Badge!
The Textile Artist badge is part of the “It's Your Story - Tell It!” badge set introduced in 2011. Purpose: When I’ve earned this badge, I’ll have learned the basics of a textile art – and I’ll have two fantastic projects to show for it. For the badges released in 2011, scouts must complete all of the activities listed to earn the badge.
The Cross-Training badge is part of the Legacy badge set introduced in 2011. Whether you’re a competitive athlete, new to exercise, or want to improve your skills in surfing, hiking, or even throwing a Frisbee, this badge will help you customize a cross-training fitness program that’s effective and, most important, fun! The idea of cross-training is to incorporate a variety of cardio, strength, and conditioning exercises into a routine that trains your whole body. Grab your sweatband, and create
As an older girl leader, I am often frustrated by the delays in rolling out new badges for our Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors. However, the list of badge options is growing! While on business tr…
Are you looking for a Journey in a Day for the Girl Scout Senior Mission Sisterhood Journey? Here is what I did with my troop to achieve this goal.
Senior GIRLtopia Badge Activity Set
New outdoor badges for Girl Scouts have finally arrived. I know leaders have anxiously awaited details of these new outdoor adventure badges since the Girls Choice winners were announced earlier th…
I have been getting a lot of request for more ideas for older girls. As we all know this is the age that is the hardest to keep them interested in girl programs, avoid hearing those words “I am bored”, and still learn from their Experience. Here are ideas to get your girls engaged in learning about our government. Behind the Ballot Activity Booklet Before jumping into a few ideas, do you want to skip all the planning? If so, use this Activity Booklet to do activities, games, and worksheets to allow your girls to takeover the meeting and it is generic enough that you can complete this long after a a presidential election year. In fact part of the booklet is about running your very own campaign to elect the Top Cookie of the Year. With a step by step activities, you can’t ask for a easier way to run your meeting. Before you can run your own campaign you need to understand how a presidential campaign works. In the first activity called Road to the White house the girls will learn everything from the beginning of a campaign all the way to accepting the position and entering the white house. In this activity the girls will not be reading something and filling in blanks, instead they will create a visual poster showing the steps to the white house. If the girls want to go bigger, you could buy poster board and they could create their poster on a bigger canvas instead of a 8 x 10 that comes with booklet. After the girls understand how an election works, they need to understand the rights of a voter, laws in your state, and more information around how YOU take part in picking a president. This activity can be done individually or in groups to find the answers using the internet, or if you have the access the questions can be used as interview questions to ask your local voting facility. The core of this booklet is the role playing using what they learned and the girls will run a full campaign from nominating their favorite cookies, voting for their party’s nominee, writing a speech, running a debate, making a slogan, designing an ad, writing acceptance speech. There is also additional activities included such as snack idea, Election Bingo, Bookmark craft, and activities related to elections in other countries. This booklet will have your girls excited about registering to vote when they are 18. Get yours today! Be sure to also checkout these other activities your girls will love: Design And Build Your Own Website: Web Designer Activities Let’s Get Creative: Collage Artist Activities Put Together A Performance: Troupe Performer Activities Learn What Is Behind Beauty: Science of Style Activities How To Live A Healthier Life: Women’s Health Activities Bringing People Together With Games: Game Visionary Activities Other Fun Activities To Try Do your girls know anything about the Government? Start out by playing a fun board game. A Great Game to play is Coin Hopping Washington. Bring the spirit of Washington to your Girl Scout meeting. This board game takes you and your troop on a whirlwind trip through the nation’s capital, visiting famous landmarks, monuments, art galleries and museums. The goal? Place your citizens in positions of power. Learn the concept of balance of power, Visit famous landmarks, monuments, art galleries and museums. Get your copy: Coin Hopping-Washington DC Patriotic Craft No matter how old your girls get they still will enjoy a craft break. Since this badge is all about voting, what better crafts then to do something patriotic. I debated on posting a few different suggestions, painting a american flag, making cards for our soldiers, etc. Instead I went to Pinterest and found a board that says everything I want to say. get creative with RED WHITE AND BLUE. Here is link to board If you don’t want to spend the time planning, our Activity Booklet has step-by-step instructions with activities that don’t require any planning other than gathering supplies and printing booklets. What do we do after your girls complete the activities? Well of course give them the 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. More Resources For You Beyond This Site I get asked a lot what other resources are out there on the internet for Leaders. I have done some digging over the years and have used many of the resources myself. I compiled a list of some great companies that sell patches, programs and also other bloggers offering amazing resources that may fit your needs even better than my site did. Checkout what I found.
Checklists below include badges released as of July 2024! If you'd like checklists for the retired 2001 set of badges, please scroll...
Is your girl finding applying to college exciting, but intense? The College Knowledge badge tackles applying to college one step at a time, so your girl can start her next chapter with confidence. …
Looking to earn the Senior Science of Style Badge? Look no further! In this blog post, we'll explore five fun activities . From exploring fashion history to creating unique outfits, this post has got you covered.
Here is what my Girl Scout Senior troop of ninth graders has planned for this scouting year.
Looking to earn the Senior Science of Style Badge? Look no further! In this blog post, we'll explore five fun activities . From exploring fashion history to creating unique outfits, this post has got you covered.
Senior Girl Scout Mission Sisterhood Journey in a Day Plans for busy leaders who want to accomplish one of the needed Journeys.
Hello Cyberland! I've decided to go ahead and make a chart for the current 2013 Pathfinder badges. Pathfinders is for girls age 12-14. I retrieved the badge images from the online GGC store. There are 66 Pathfinder badges in total. If you had missed my posts featuring the other GGC badges go to the individual posts for Guides, Brownies, Sparks. {It is fitting to post the Pathfinder badges since the Pathfinder branch colour is Green...and what colour is associated with St. Patrick's Day? Green of course!} Happy Belated St. Patrick's Day ! PS...if I missed anything please let me know!
