Easy brownie badges

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2025 The Brownie Snack Try it is one of the most fun badges for the girls to earn, and it is also one of the messiest and hands on for you to lead. This badge is very similar to the old Brownie program’s Make It, Eat It, Try It that my troop earned back when they were Brownies. Many children today are well aware of what constitutes healthy foods and non-healthy foods. This is not only taught in school, but is also preached to them on various…

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 post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2025 Waking up and starting the day on the right foot is important whether you are se...

*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…

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2025 There are many fun activities that your troop can do to earn the Brownie Girl Sc...

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2025 As girls get older, they become more self-conscious as to what others think of them. There can be many sources for this, but as a Girl Scout leader, you have the power to make a difference in the lives of your girls. Your meetings are a safe place for your troop to express themselves and to learn how to get along with others. Earning the Girl Scout Brownie Being Your Best Self badge will help the girls to see the positives within…

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2025 We use our five senses without even knowing it, and we can make the girls more aware of them while earning the Brownie Girl Scout Senses badge. The activities for earning this badge are a lot of fun and can easily be completed in one Brownie meeting. Once the meeting has started, ask the girls to name the five senses. List them on the board (if you have one) and ask why each one is important and how life would be different without one…

Whether you are a new troop or a seasoned one, these Girl Scout Brownie cookie badge meetings will make cookie season easier for leaders. They are all print and go and ready to use, which makes them easy for leaders to use.

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2025 As a child growing up in the electronics free, non-overscheduled era of the 1970’s, making up games to play is something my friends and I did on our own. In the playground located between the apartment buildings where we lived, all we needed was a ball, some chalk, and a jump rope. Hand games, ball games, and games we made up on the ground using chalk kept us busy and entertained for hours. In today’s world, children barely have time to…

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*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2025 Waking up and starting the day on the right foot is important whether you are seven years old or seventy. Being organized and “ready to launch” gets any person’s day off on the right start. With the right clothing set out the night before, bookbag packed and lunch in the refrigerator ready to go, it is the starting point of a great day! Earning the My Great Day Brownie badge is easy to do and can easily be done in one meeting. Image…

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My troop loves arts and crafts projects! Earning the Colors and Shapes Try It patch is one that they will love. You can either earn this in two meetings or

If you are a Brownie leader interested in ideas for the senses badge you have come to the right place. In this post, I am going to share some exciting and interactive ideas to help your Brownie troop earn this fascinating badge.The Brownie Senses Badge is all about exploring our five senses and understanding how they enhance our experiences in the world. We'll dive into activities that will engage all of the senses, from sparking creativity through art and music to discovering the wonders of…

Not only are these recipes no-bake, they are also no-stove, no-microwave, no-blender, even no-electricity for the Snacks Badge…

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In the fall of 2023, GSUSA came out with three new badges for Daises, Brownies and Juniors, all of which involved "making". Craft and Tinker is one of those badges. Requirements According to Badge Explorer, to earn this badge, girls Discover how to be a problem solver by making or crafting solutions. Explore making Learn the basics Figure out the function Discover form and fit Tinker with your craftWhen you've earned this badge, you'll know how to craft and tinker to solve a problem. Opening…