Daisy democracy badge ideas

During the fall of 2023, GSUSA released three new "maker" badges for Daisies, Brownies and Juniors. This post will take a look at the Dais...

If you are looking to combine a Thanksgiving themed meeting with earning a badge, here are ready made resources to host a Girl Scout Friendsgiving.

GSUSA released new "Art and Design" badges for Daisies, Brownies and Juniors as part of the new program material for the 2023-2024 year. This is the first in a series of posts looing at the badge for each level, using the VTK plans as my source. I have not seen the new badge inserts published by GSUSA and have no intention of buying them. If you have them, I'd love to hear your comments. I wrote this post on-the-fly as I was reviewing the material, so what you are getting is my initial…

A free, downloadable foldable activity for Daisies and up to help earn the Safety Pin and First Aid Badge. Free resource you can use as needed!

Here are some ideas for the Take Action Outdoors Journey badge. If you have completed these outdoor badges: Outdoor Art Maker Outdoor Buddy Camper then you may want to do the Take Action Project that goes along with completing a Journey. Here are some ideas for your troop to do: 1. Promote native plants in your area. Look to see what a local gardening club can do to assist you with this project. 2. Make seed bombs with native seeds. There are many different ways to make these with kids. 3…

The Daisy Good Neighbor Badge will help girls find out how they can help their communities by being a good neighbor. You will teach them more about the communities they belong to—and how the people in their communities work together to be good neighbors to each other.

Updated August 2024 *This post contains affiliate links. The Girl Scout Junior Inside Government badge is such an important badge to earn, as we are helping to create future leaders. If you are doing this badge during a local election year, it is even more relevant. Girl Scout Junior Inside Government Meeting Plans Available on TpT Included in the Girl Scout Junior Inside Government badge resource: All five steps One activity for Step 1 One activity for Step 2 Two activities for Step 3 One…

The Daisy Eco Learner Badge is another opportunity to take your troop into the great outdoors. Here is how to plan it. *This post contains affiliate links. Image created by the author on Canva Juliette Gordon Low would be thrilled with all of the new outdoor badges that are available for younger scout to earn. Respecting nature and the great outdoors is directly in line with what she wanted girls to learn. The Daisy Eco Learner badge is easy to do with your troop. Note: You may want to do…

If your looking for ideas to make your meeting more fun while exploring what it means to be patriotic, you have come to the right place. Using some of these activities below to help girls find out what makes our communities special and what we do to celebrate all the people in them. Below are a few ideas to get you started. Celebrating Community Activity Booklet Before jumping into some ideas, do you want to skip all the planning? If so, use this Activity Booklet with activities that are…

This year's new badges include a series of three "Coding for Good" badges for Daisies, Brownies and Juniors. The basic requirements are available on GSUSA's Badge Explorer and meeting plans are in Volunteer Toolkit, to which most leaders have access. While GSUSA has published a badge pamphlet for this set, it, like the sets for Cybersecurity and Robotics, is for background information only. It is not in the format of three requirements and three options for each requirement. One issue people…