Girl Scouts This Week

This week my Brownie Girl Scouts were working on their Money Sense badge.  One of the activities we selected for this badge required the girls to participate in setting up a shop.  To make it more fun, I asked each of the girls to bring items from home that they no longer wanted.  They each set up their own store to sell their items to the others in our troop.

Each girl made a sign for her store.

The girls used tables to set up their stores, each taking a section to set up their display.

All of the items were marked with prices by the girls who brought them.  I asked that each girl's items totaled $20.

Awww... aren't they cute!

The girls were each given an envelope with $20 in pretend bills (in fives and ones).  After selecting a couple of items, they would go to the register (troop leader) and pay for their items.

The girls had to keep track of the money they were spending and decide what they could afford as they were shopping.  They also had to count out their money to pay for their items.

Here are the girls, looking through each of the shops.

The girls all had a great time shopping, and all got to take home some new things.  Much to my surprise, it was much calmer than I had feared it might be.  Another great meeting, and a happy group of girls.

Girl Scouts This Week

At our last meeting my Brownie Girl Scouts were working on their Make It, Eat It patch.

These are the things that we did to earn our patch.

It was a fun troop meeting!

Herb Planting

I found this idea in the March Issue of Family Fun Magazine.

Using a cut, plastic pop bottle, we filled the top half with dirt, added parsley seeds, and inserted a stick with the "Parsley" written on it (and the girl scout's initials).

You fill the bottom of the container with water (covering the dirt in the bottle on top), which will allow water to seep upwards, keeping your dirt moist.

Troop Cookbooks

Each girl brought her favorite recipe to share.

The girls decorated a mini photo album cover, and filled it with the recipes.  We also included recipes for the things we would be making at our meeting (shown below).

Shirley Temples

The girls LOVED these!  So easy to make, and so yummy!

We used the recipe shared HERE

Walking Tacos

Instructions can be found HERE

We brought cooked taco meat kept warm in the slow cooker.  The girls were able to prepare their Walking Tacos buffet style, so they could make them just the way they'd like them best.

Ice Cream in a Ziploc Bag

Instructions can be found HERE

We were running short on time, so we had to send this one home with the kids.

We learned that the salt is key!  We also brought along mint extract and crushed Oreos, allowing the girls to create the ice cream flavor of their choice.

All of these activities proved to be lots of fun.

Best part is... you don't need to be a Girl Scout (or a kid, for that matter) to enjoy them!