Brownie Card

Hi all.  As some of you know, one of my other jobs is leading my daughter's Girl Scout Brownie Troop.  Today I wanted to share with you a card that I made for one of our troop mom's who is moving away.  This is a combo thank you for everything card/goodbye card.  I used a retired Stampin' Up! set called Girl Power for the cute Brownies. 

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Cards for the Troops

A couple of months ago, my Brownie troop participated in a program to make and send Christmas cards to active duty soldiers over seas.   I of course had to use SU! products for the girls.  I put together this card to show the girls an idea.

 

I gave the girls all the same supplies and here are their cards:

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Cards for Veterans

One of the projects that my Girl Scout Brownie troop is participating in this year, is a Cards for Veteran's project.  Handmade cards are being collected across our Girl Scout council to be given to Veterans at a special Veteran's Day Ceremony today.  Here is the card I put together for this.

Next I gave the girls all the same supplies that I used to make my card and set them loose!   Here are their creations.  I love them all!  Each girl also wrote a personal message inside to thanks the Vets for everything they have done for us and the country.

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Brownie Kaper Chart

Today I wanted to you share with you the Kaper Chart I made for my Brownie troop.  I made a similar one 2 years ago when the girls were Daisies.  Now that they are Brownies, we needed a whole new chart.  I used all Stampin' Up! products, however most of what you see here is retired (Build-a-Bear dies, ribbon).

First here is a shot of all the whole chart with all the girls name tags stuck on.  The name tags are magnetic. 

Here is a close up of one of the tags. I cut a piece of magnet sheet and aheared a piece to the back of the tag and then stuck another magnet to the underside of the card stock on the main board.  The card stock itself is adheared to cardboard.  The magnet is in between these two pieces. 

For the board title, I created a little Brownie uniform for the bear.  I am thinking that her vest needs a few patches.  I might go back and add those on.

Here is a close up of the little pocket I made to told the tags when they are not in use.  I used the Favor Die and just cut it down to the right size for a small pocket.

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Daisy Thank You's

Hi everyone.  Today I have a few cards to share with you that I made for my Daisy troop to send out at the end of the year.  These are thank you cards that we sent to other troops / individuals who helped us out.  I used a retired SU! stamp set called Girl Power for the Girl Scout images.  I had all the girls in the troop sign the cards and then we sent them off!

First, we sent this to the Brownie troop that helped us with our Bridging requirements by teaching the girls how to do a flag ceremony. 

This next one was sent to another Daisy troop that helped our with our Bridging requirements as well.

This one went to a gal at our local museum who did a special tour for our troop to help us earn one of our patches.

And last, but not least, this one went to the mom that helped us out with our cookie sale this year by housing all of our cookie inventory at her house.

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Troop Favors

We had our last Daisy meeting before summer a couple of weeks ago. I wanted to give my girls a little something so show how much I enjoyed having them in my troop this year, so I whipped these up. I used the Fancy Favor die to create the little boxes, which I filled with goodies and 5/6 year old would enjoy! :)

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Box Social Basket

For Mother's day this year, the Girl Scouts had a Box Social event for the mother's and daughters. For the event we had to pack our dinner in a decorated basket. I of course had to decorate ours with Stampin' Up supplies! Here is what I came up with.

I used my Beautiful Butterflies die to cut our various butterflies which I layered and stuck all over the basket. Then I used my Fun Flowers Die to cut out various colors of flowers, which I stuck around the sides of the basket. Then I just tied some ribbon around the handles and filled up our basket! I think it turned out super cute, don't you?

Before we ate, the girls each had to take their baskets and parade around the room for everyone to see. Here is my daughter Aimee with our basket. :)

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Today I have a project to share with you that I did with my Daisy Girl Scout troop at our last meeting. Our theme was "Use Resources Wisely", so I had them decorate dry erase boards using the So Green stamp set. The girls can now use their boards to write notes and draw pictures instead of paper!

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Daisy Investiture Invites

Today my Daisy Troop have their Investiture Ceremony. When a girl first joins Girl Scouts, they are "Invested" during the ceremony, meaning that they accept the Girl Scout law and everything it stands for. It is a quick little ceremony, but an important one. Since families are invited, at our last troop meeting we made invitations for the girls to take home. Here is pic of the sample one I made for the girls to follow:

I used Pacific Point card stock (the Daisy Girl Scout color). Next I cut out the two smallest flowers from the Flower Folds die using Whisper White card stock. I layered these and placed one of the buttons from the Sweet Stitches Big Designer Buttons pack in the center. I printed out the "You're Invited" sentiment on the computer and punched it out using the oval punch and layered it on a scallop oval punched out of Daffodil Delight card stock. The inside of the card has all the details for the ceremony.

Before our troop meeting I pre-cut all the pieces so all the girls had to do was assemble their cards. I let them pick out their own buttons so they could choose from any of the 4 colors that come in the pack. Here is Aimee's invite:

Too cute! The girls really enjoyed making them and are excited for their ceremony today!

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Daisy Christmas Gifts

Last week I held the last meeting for my Daisy troop before Christmas. I wanted to give the girls a little something for Christmas so I made up these little gift bags and filled them with goodies! These were super easy to make too. I simply decorated the Mini Lunch Sacks from the Holiday Mini Catalog, filled them with goodies, and them tied them off with some Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding!

Here is a close up of one of the bags:

At the meeting, I put all the bags in my new Christmas bucket (see yesterday's post). The girls immediately went to the bucket and started looking for their names! I made them wait until the end of the meeting to take their bags though! ;)

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Daisy Girl Scout Kaper Chart

As some of you may know, one my many jobs is being my daughter's Daisy Girl Scout troop leader. I was a Girl Scout for many years when I was younger, but this is my first stab at being a leader! One of the tools that leaders use during a troop meeting is called a Kaper Chart. The Kaper Chart has different jobs on it that girls take turns doing at each meeting. So, when I needed to make a chart for the troop, I simply pulled out my Stampin' Up! supplies and this is what I came up with! The girls loved it by the way. :)

First I used my Build-a-Bear dies to cut a full bear for the top of the chart. I cut her dress out of Pacific Point card stock and let me tell you, it looks just like a Daisy tunic! I covered a piece of card board with Very Vanilla Textured card stock and used my Big Shot to cut out the letters. I used my Rough Type stamp set (retired) to stamp each Kaper (or job). Since my girls are still young, I only made them 4 Kapers. :)

I next cut out just the heads of the bear to create tags with each girls name on it. On the back I adhered a piece of magnet sheet.

Prior to adhering the Very Vanilla card stock to the card board base, I adhered a piece of magnet strip to the back where I wanted to be able to stick the name tag. I also cut out a portion of the Fancy Favor box with my big shot and trimmed it so that I could create a little pocket out of it to hold all the tags. I cut out another bear head for attach to the pocket. I finished it off by adding the Pacific Point ribbon so that we could hang it up at each meeting.

This is what our finished Kaper Chart looks like! This is a lot of fun to use at every meeting!

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First Daisy Meeting Projects

I recently volunteered to be my daughter Aimee's Daisy Girl Scout troop leader. This week was our first troop meeting. Since all the girls are not only new to scouting, they were also meeting each other, and me, for the first time, I thought that one of the first things that I should do with them was have them make name tags so that we could all get to know each other. I pre-cut some scallop squares out of Pacific Point card stock (the perfect Daisy blue!) using the new Scallop Squares Duo die from the Holiday Mini Catalog. I pre-cut a small piece of Whisper White, Butterflies, and some daisies. Once the girls arrived I had them write their names on the piece of white and then decorate their name tags. I used some retired Pacific Point ribbon that I had on hand to finish off the tags so they could wear them around their necks. Here is a picture of mine and Aimee's tags.

I meant to take a picture of the girls as they were making their tags, but got so busy helping them that I totally forgot!

One of the first things girls learn in Girl Scouting is how to recite the Girl Scout Promise. To help my girls learn it, I printed out a bookmark with the promise printed on it on Whisper White card stock. I then mounted that on a piece of Pacific Point card stock. I then had the girls color their bookmarks with crayons and had them take them home so that they could practice saying the promise. Here is a picture of Aimee's bookmark.

I am looking forward to being able to do lots of fun crafts with my troop. I have a great bunch of girls I think it is going to be a fun year. Next up - to think of a fun Thanksgiving project we can do at our next meeting. :)

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