Brownie troop meeting ideas

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.

Whether you’re new to leading a troop or you’re looking for inspiration, this list of suggested seasonal activities, holidays to celebrate, and other meeting ideas for throughout the year will make yearly planning easy as pie.

*All posts have been updated in April 2023 to ensure that all of the links are still viable for leaders to use. I have been my younger daughter’s Girl Scout leader since 2008, when I started my troop of six little Daisy Scouts. Like many leaders, I felt a bit overwhelmed when I first started, even though I had been an elementary school and preschool teacher since 1987. My leadership training was practically non-existent, and the internet did not have many resources available. Every time I…

Getting Started with Girl Scouts Daisies and Brownies

Girl Scout Leader is a blog devoted to sharing activities for earning Daisy petals, Brownie Try Its and badges, Junior badges and more.

After earning all their Daisy petals (and two financial literacy leaves) in one year, this troop of newly-minted Brownies set their sights on the 7 Brownie badges in the Legacy tier—and earned them all!Here’s how they did it so your troop can get there too!

Whether you fell into being a Leader, or have been dreaming about it for years, check out these tips from someone who just finished her first year.

Girl Scout service project ideas: Collect Birthday Kits for the local food bank - especially great for Brownies!

I mentioned Guider Janice’s idea for a beaded friendship bracelet in the first night crafts post. It is a great getting to know you activity. Janice’s Beaded Friendship Bracelet You nee…

Here is an easy plan for Your First Girl Scout Brownie meeting of the year.