Brownie patches to earn

The National Program Portfolio has two main parts – the National Leadership Journeys and the all new The Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting. Complemented by the Girl Scout Cookie program, Girl Sco…

Today I want to talk about a popular activity that has taken the world by storm. It is called the Kindness Rock Project. Let me tell you about my experience. I was walking in the park with my son and was having a very bad day. My son pointed to a tree and said blue rock. I looked down and found this rock that said “All you need is love.” It truly brought a smile to my face and it was exactly what I needed on such a hard day. I went home and posted my find on our local Facebook group page…

*All posts have been updated in April 2025 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…

Brownie Snacks Badge Kit! Badge Kits are perfect for any troop meeting! With enough supplies in each bag for 12 girls to earn the badge (that’s .83 cents per girl) your meeting is sure to be a success! (Badge not included). #68841820 | $9.95

Brownie Girl Scouts 2012 Revised PDF SAMPLE - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. This is a sample of how I use my troop calendar template with my own troop. The editable Word doc version is available here on Scribd.

Ways for Brownies to earn their Bugs badge

Brownie Fair Play Badge Kit! Badge Kits are perfect for any troop meeting! With enough supplies in each bag for 12 girls to earn the badge (that’s .83 cents per girl) your meeting is sure to be a success! (Badge not included). #68841815 | $9.95

What’s spookier than the sights and sounds of Halloween? Here are 5 great ways (plus a few bonus ideas) on how your Brownies can earn their Senses badge and celebrate Halloween.

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It's our next-to-last troop meeting, and I wanted to do something fun and easy. I'd read online about the Barbie fun patch (where GSUSA partnered with Mattel), but I have some moms who aren't big Barbie fans (here's an interesting article about it -- it details the online activities which are a bit confusing in terms of leadership, empowerment, and appearance, I think. While my personal opinion is Barbie is too controversial to promote the positive goals of GS, I'm obviously not the one in…

How to Earn the Girl Scout Brownie Household Elf Badge

I recently went to a Brownie training in preparation for next year. We have a mix of Kindergarten and 1st graders in our Daisy troop. So nex...

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A troop leader shares how your girls can have fun earning the Good Neighbor Badge. Our Daisy troop is a Kindergarten troop in Maryland Heights, MO (a suburb of St. Louis). We earned the Good Neighbor Badge. We always start our meetings with an activity that the girls can start on while the other girls …