This is a badge that I was not looking forward too. More so than scribe. I don't know why, but it just seems like something that is a buzz word badge. I am all for the girls learning to be healthy, but we just did all of this during the council's Healthy Promise campaign. I feel like I am beating a dead horse. And I think that the girls have turned me off and I sound like the Charlie Brown teacher to them.
So how do we take a badge that no one wants to do and make it fun?
I purchased a few different foods; pop tarts, apples with yogurt dip, pineapple and a few different candies. I also brought in a bag of sugar and my digital scale. We looked at the amount of sugar that was in each of these products. We compared natural sugar vs processed sugars. The girls seemed really interested in it, and I think seeing the sugar in real life made an impact on them.
We then did some yoga and stretching. I came up with the idea of having the girls do some double dutch jump roping. Wow, did I not think this through. I bought 2 jump ropes, 7 foot long each and I thought that this would be big enough. I was trying to remember from my childhood. But this was clearly the case of things looking so much bigger when you were a child than when you are an adult. 7 ft long jump ropes is not big enough for double dutch. In the end we tied it together and the girls gave it a shot. The girls giggled but they could not figure it out. Unfortunately we were right at the end of the meeting and we planned on picking it up the next time.
*** Update on our Halloween Parades. The girl participated in 3 parades and they won Judges Choice at one parade and 3rd place in the groups category in another parade. The judges said that they were touched by how the girls were able to take a somber subject like breast cancer and bring awareness to it by having a fun presentation. The girls won money at both parades that we are going to use to help lower the cost of our winter camp.
Showing posts with label costumes. Show all posts
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Thursday, November 6, 2014
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Skill Builder/ Scribe 2/ Halloween prep
I can not believe that it is almost Halloween time! Around here there is a huge high school football game happening on Halloween so everyone has moved up their parades and activities a week, which means I am running out of time!
This year the girls wanted to be super heros, but we just couldn't get a good idea beyond that. Then I was looking over my finances and the calendar and I haven't even done my kids costumes yet, let alone make a second costume.
What could be do??? Well it is Breast Cancer Awareness month. JGL did die from breast cancer. What if we did a pink out?
The girls went nuts! They love pink! Plus it is something they all have in their drawers.
Ok so we are going to all wear pink....What if we are Breast Cancer Awareness super heros? We can make pink capes!
I thought that we could purchase either pink felt or pink fleece relatively cheaply. Boy was I wrong. Felt was 3$ a yard and fleece was 6$! But before I turned down the fabric aisle, I saw fleece blankets for 3$. There would be enough fabric to do 4 capes.
They all have a basic fleece (no sewing) cape that they have to decorate this week.
A mom asked at the hospital for some of those paper ribbon cards. The ones they ask you for a dollar for at the grocery store and then you right someone's name on it. I split them up and handed them out to the girls. They all have different ideas on that they want to do with them. I just told them that it needs to be done by Tuesday.
I can not wait to see what they come up with.
They have a little skit planned out and they are going to recite the promise this year. Think that voice in the old school super hero comic shows. "Meanwhile back at the Hall of Justice". They are going to do it all powerful like that.
SCRIBE BADGE- PART 2
After we got Halloween out of the way, we worked on our scribe badge. The girls had interviewed 3 troops but they did not get a chance to do our troop. Four girls, Four Troops, perfect. Our one girl who was not able to ask the interview questions at the nut rally interviewed our troop. And let me tell you, 4 girls means 4 different ideas and opinions. It took longer than I thought for them to get everything down and we are going to have to finish up the newsletter next week. I gave them the option of finishing up at home or at the meeting and they chose the meeting.
This year the girls wanted to be super heros, but we just couldn't get a good idea beyond that. Then I was looking over my finances and the calendar and I haven't even done my kids costumes yet, let alone make a second costume.
What could be do??? Well it is Breast Cancer Awareness month. JGL did die from breast cancer. What if we did a pink out?
The girls went nuts! They love pink! Plus it is something they all have in their drawers.
Ok so we are going to all wear pink....What if we are Breast Cancer Awareness super heros? We can make pink capes!
I thought that we could purchase either pink felt or pink fleece relatively cheaply. Boy was I wrong. Felt was 3$ a yard and fleece was 6$! But before I turned down the fabric aisle, I saw fleece blankets for 3$. There would be enough fabric to do 4 capes.
They all have a basic fleece (no sewing) cape that they have to decorate this week.
A mom asked at the hospital for some of those paper ribbon cards. The ones they ask you for a dollar for at the grocery store and then you right someone's name on it. I split them up and handed them out to the girls. They all have different ideas on that they want to do with them. I just told them that it needs to be done by Tuesday.
I can not wait to see what they come up with.
They have a little skit planned out and they are going to recite the promise this year. Think that voice in the old school super hero comic shows. "Meanwhile back at the Hall of Justice". They are going to do it all powerful like that.
SCRIBE BADGE- PART 2
After we got Halloween out of the way, we worked on our scribe badge. The girls had interviewed 3 troops but they did not get a chance to do our troop. Four girls, Four Troops, perfect. Our one girl who was not able to ask the interview questions at the nut rally interviewed our troop. And let me tell you, 4 girls means 4 different ideas and opinions. It took longer than I thought for them to get everything down and we are going to have to finish up the newsletter next week. I gave them the option of finishing up at home or at the meeting and they chose the meeting.
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Halloween Parade
We participated in two Halloween Parades this year and the costumes came out wonderfully. I had to do a bit of the work myself because I canceled a meeting due to family issues. Each box had a picture of the girls doing something at a Girl Scout function.
The first parade was at night, and I don't have any pictures of them! We bought 30 dollars in candy and would you believe that they threw out all that candy in about 2 blocks. And we had about 10 blocks left to walk.
A little girls brother and my son held the banner. I love when the brothers help out.
And the girls walked great. It was a bit chilly and it was a bit of walking, but there was not a complaint among them. I just love these girls!
We did not win or place in this parade, but that was OK as long as they had a good time.
Then we did a parade in our home town on Saturday morning. The weather was fabulous and the girls were in such a good mood. They stayed together and walked so well.
At the end of the parade, they stood before the judges and rocked the Promise in sign language.
We ended up winning first place inn the group category!
We are hoping that they won enough to help them go to a reptile zoo.
The first parade was at night, and I don't have any pictures of them! We bought 30 dollars in candy and would you believe that they threw out all that candy in about 2 blocks. And we had about 10 blocks left to walk.
A little girls brother and my son held the banner. I love when the brothers help out.
And the girls walked great. It was a bit chilly and it was a bit of walking, but there was not a complaint among them. I just love these girls!
We did not win or place in this parade, but that was OK as long as they had a good time.
Then we did a parade in our home town on Saturday morning. The weather was fabulous and the girls were in such a good mood. They stayed together and walked so well.
At the end of the parade, they stood before the judges and rocked the Promise in sign language.
We ended up winning first place inn the group category!
We are hoping that they won enough to help them go to a reptile zoo.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Halloween Prep
The last two year we have been in the local Halloween parade. For us it is a way to celebrate scouting and JGL at the same time. When we started scouting there was no real presence in the community. It has since grown to several different troops for the same age group and a definitely a bigger presence.
The first year the girls were still Daisies and we went as the Flowers from the journey. Each girl made a face mask and we marched behind the Brownie troop.
Last year we wanted to do something a bit more. My co-leader of the time and myself came up with the idea that the girls would dress up as something the represents the badges they were working on. They would then make a sign to carry that has their badge on it. We won second place in the group category.
My daughter as Billy the Exterminator for the bugs badge.
This year we wanted to do something better. We had originally thought of doing a float, but that is a big no-no and a lot of work!
We settled on the girls being boxes of cookies and when they are in front of the judges, they will do the Promise in ASL.
Last night we started on the costumes. We have 6 girls now in the troop. (Yay, we added one officially last night. She tagged along for the hike.) We are going with these cookies, Samoa, Tagalongs, Thin Mints, Dosidos, Savannah Smiles and Trefoils.
Did you know that trefoils are nut free and produced on equipment that is nut free. Making it perfect for those with nut allergies. I have a little girl in the troop with an allergy and we are making her the Trefoil. Plus as a mom of a kid with food allergies, it is so nice that there is something that an allergy kid can have without worry.
The colors of these boxes are pretty straight forward. Purple, red, green, orange, yellow and blue. I bought the big bottle of acrylic paints for the girls to use and sponge brushes.
We only meet for an hour, which translates to about 30 minutes of work time. Some of the girls got 2 coats of paint on their boxes, and some girls used a whole bottle of paint and only did one coat. But that is what you have with young girls.
After they painted the girls had to wash their brushes out and clean up. This is where stress for me and my co-leader, Miss B, came in. There was no way that I could put 6 wet freshly painted boxes in my car and neither could she. We needed a place to store them at our church. She found a spot, kind of out of the way, and we layer garbage bags down and then proceeded to transfer wet boxes to the bags. Needless to say that we got covered in paint. I get stressed out at the end of scout meetings because I have to leave right away. My husband works third shift and we have one car right now. I need to be back in time for him to leave. As I am seeing the mess, I am starting to worry about getting out of there in time.
But then, like always, I get shown how my girls are truly amazing. Two cleaned the kitchen, where they were washing brushes, two scrubbed the tables clean, one gathered the garbage and then they worked together to clean the floor. I was so happy that these girls took the initiative to "leave a place better than we found it". I did not have to ask them to do it. They knew that we were done with the project and it was time to clean.
That is what scouting is all about.
Today my co-leader is meeting with our council rep to have her adult training done. Here is the problem with that statement.
1. She has been a volunteer for 2 full years.
2. She has been in some form of leadership for those 2 years.
3. It was done before.
So I guess my problem or complaint is two fold. First, if it wasn't done before this point then someone wasn't doing their job for 2 years. Her back ground check was done, so her training should have been done then. And Second, I know it was done because the rep before this came to our meeting (2nd year Daisy) and did the training for all the volunteer parents. Why wasn't it put into the system?
We have been working with this rep for over a year. She has never once been at a meeting. She doesn't come to our mini service unit meetings. We have no support at recruitment events unless the council sets them up. When we have our sign up nights, they are not there. We have no support at all from this woman. It is so frustrating.
I am hoping her meeting goes well. My co-leader is a bit more outspoken than I am, and has no problem speaking her mind. It will be interesting to hear how it goes.
The first year the girls were still Daisies and we went as the Flowers from the journey. Each girl made a face mask and we marched behind the Brownie troop.
Last year we wanted to do something a bit more. My co-leader of the time and myself came up with the idea that the girls would dress up as something the represents the badges they were working on. They would then make a sign to carry that has their badge on it. We won second place in the group category.
This year we wanted to do something better. We had originally thought of doing a float, but that is a big no-no and a lot of work!
We settled on the girls being boxes of cookies and when they are in front of the judges, they will do the Promise in ASL.
Last night we started on the costumes. We have 6 girls now in the troop. (Yay, we added one officially last night. She tagged along for the hike.) We are going with these cookies, Samoa, Tagalongs, Thin Mints, Dosidos, Savannah Smiles and Trefoils.
Did you know that trefoils are nut free and produced on equipment that is nut free. Making it perfect for those with nut allergies. I have a little girl in the troop with an allergy and we are making her the Trefoil. Plus as a mom of a kid with food allergies, it is so nice that there is something that an allergy kid can have without worry.
The colors of these boxes are pretty straight forward. Purple, red, green, orange, yellow and blue. I bought the big bottle of acrylic paints for the girls to use and sponge brushes.
We only meet for an hour, which translates to about 30 minutes of work time. Some of the girls got 2 coats of paint on their boxes, and some girls used a whole bottle of paint and only did one coat. But that is what you have with young girls.
After they painted the girls had to wash their brushes out and clean up. This is where stress for me and my co-leader, Miss B, came in. There was no way that I could put 6 wet freshly painted boxes in my car and neither could she. We needed a place to store them at our church. She found a spot, kind of out of the way, and we layer garbage bags down and then proceeded to transfer wet boxes to the bags. Needless to say that we got covered in paint. I get stressed out at the end of scout meetings because I have to leave right away. My husband works third shift and we have one car right now. I need to be back in time for him to leave. As I am seeing the mess, I am starting to worry about getting out of there in time.
But then, like always, I get shown how my girls are truly amazing. Two cleaned the kitchen, where they were washing brushes, two scrubbed the tables clean, one gathered the garbage and then they worked together to clean the floor. I was so happy that these girls took the initiative to "leave a place better than we found it". I did not have to ask them to do it. They knew that we were done with the project and it was time to clean.
That is what scouting is all about.
Today my co-leader is meeting with our council rep to have her adult training done. Here is the problem with that statement.
1. She has been a volunteer for 2 full years.
2. She has been in some form of leadership for those 2 years.
3. It was done before.
So I guess my problem or complaint is two fold. First, if it wasn't done before this point then someone wasn't doing their job for 2 years. Her back ground check was done, so her training should have been done then. And Second, I know it was done because the rep before this came to our meeting (2nd year Daisy) and did the training for all the volunteer parents. Why wasn't it put into the system?
We have been working with this rep for over a year. She has never once been at a meeting. She doesn't come to our mini service unit meetings. We have no support at recruitment events unless the council sets them up. When we have our sign up nights, they are not there. We have no support at all from this woman. It is so frustrating.
I am hoping her meeting goes well. My co-leader is a bit more outspoken than I am, and has no problem speaking her mind. It will be interesting to hear how it goes.
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