Activities for Girl Scouts - July
Activities for Daisy Girl Scouts
Activities for Brownie Girl Scouts
Activities for Junior Girl Scouts
Activities for Girl Scouts Ages 11-17

Activities for Girl Scouts - July

Daisy Girl Scout Song: Pancakes
Tune of Patty Cake, Patty Cake, Bakers Man
Mixin' pancakes, stirrin' pancakes,
Pop 'em in the pan;
Fryin' pancakes, flippin' pancakes
Catch 'em if you can!

Daisy Girl Scout SWAP: Sew Much Fun
Supplies: small swing needles, small
spools of thread, glue, pins, tag: It's
sew much fun being a Girl Scout.
Instructions: Weave needle through
thread on spool. Attach label & pin

Daisy Girl Scout Craft: Bug Bite (Boo-boo) Buddy
Supplies: washcloths, small rubber balls,
small rubber bands, puff paint/fabric paint
Instructions: Fold cloth in half diagonally.
Put a rubber ball inside for temporary head;
hold in place with rubber band. Paint on a face
and let dry. Knot cloth at 2 corners for arm.
Remove ball. Can be replaced with an ice cube
for pain, itch, etc. Can be kept in refrigerator
or freezer.

Daisy Girl Scout Activity: Dancing with the Wind
Supplies: streamers, wind
Instructions: On a windy day, give each girl a
paper or ribbon streamer. Allow them to go outside
and dance in the breeze and watch their streamers
dance with them. Can use music if desired.

Daisy Girl Scout Ceremony: Spark Closing
I promise to share and be a friend.
By showing we care, it's love we send.
Though the world is do wide,
With love deep inside,
It's easy to be a friend, a friend.

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Activities for Brownie Girl Scouts

Brownie Girl Scout Song: Skip the Rope
1, 2, 3!
Who will skip rope with me?
Swing it high, swing it low,
Over, under, who will go?
1, 2, 3!
Come on and skip with me!

Brownie Girl Scout SWAP: SWAPsicles
Supplies: popsicle sticks, glue, pins, pipe cleaners
(variety of colors)
Instructions: Twist pipe cleaners over and around Popsicle
sticks, leaving small area at bottom for "handle". Glue
in several places to hold. Attach pin & label.

Brownie Girl Scout Activity: Ants on the Loose
Instructions: 1 girl is "it". Divide the rest into
groups of 3 (ants have 3 body sectins). Each player
is the body part of an ant - join by holding on the waist.
"It" must chase the ants & try to attach to the end of one.
If she catches someone then the "head" of that ant becomes
the new "it". If someone becomes unattached from her ant,
that ant is "dead" and has to sit down. They may rejoin
the game when there is a new "it".

Brownie Girl Scout Ceremony: Softly Falls
Softly falld the light of day
As our campfire fades away.
Silently each Brownie asks:
Have I done my daily task?
Have I kept my honor bright?
Can I guiltless sleep tonight?
Have I done and do I stand
Ever here to lend a hand?

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Junior Girl Scout Activites

Junior Girl Scout Song: The Sparrow
Chirpy fellow! Cheerful fellow!
Skipping down the garden green;
Saucy fellow, naughty fellow!
Picking cherries while they're green.
Tweet! Tweet! Gay and sweet!
Hopping on your nimble feet;
Stay! Stay! Let us play
In the garden all the day.

Junior Girl Scout SWAP: Etch-a-Sketch
Supplies: craft foam (red, white, black), scissors, glue,
permanent marker, aluminum foil, pins.
Instructions: Cut black rectangle, small round white
knobs, and red frame from foam. Cut rectangle from aluminum
foil. Glue foil to black, red over foil, and white knobs
on red. Write message on foil with permanent marker.
Attach pin.

Junior Girl Scout Craft: Flower Crown
Supplies: light green pipe cleaners (4 each), other colors
of pipe cleaner (2 each), silk flowers, ribbon, glue, scissors
Instructions: Twist 4 light green pipe cleaners together to
make one long strip. Shape into a double layer ring to fit
head and twist ends to secure. Twist 2 different colors
around ring. Repeat with another color, overlapping at an
angle to criss-cross. Tie/glue silk flowers to back and tie
on lenghts of curled ribbon.

Junior Girl Scout Activity: Hot Potato
Instructions: Girls stand in a circle and, to music, pass
an object (not necessarily a potato). When the music stops,
whoever is holding the potato is out. Continue until only
1 girl is left.

Junior Girl Scout Ceremony: Fall Out
Everyone stands in a circle. Pick someone to start. The
first person says "Girl", the second says "Scout", the
third says "Fall" and the fourth says "Out" and falls out.
It then continues on going round the circle until everyone
has fallen out.

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Activities for Girl Scouts Ages 11-17

Girl Scout Ages 11 to 17 Song: Scouting's Bare Necessities
Tune of "Bare Necessities"
We like those bare necessities, those SCOUTING bare
necessities;
That keep a Scout's life busy and full of fun.
We've got those bare necessities, the simple things to rest
at ease;
While the rest of folks have campers with TV's.
I'm talkin' about cooking on an open fire; with only a tin
can and part of a tire.
The food may smell a bit too strong;
But the aftertaste does not stay lng.
And I know that you'll surely agree,
It sticks to your ribs and fill your tummy, Now sing along
with me!
The bare necessities of life is Scouting's way,
We're sure today,
It's the Best Way!

Girl Scout Ages 11 to 17 SWAP: Mini Fireworks
Supplies: metalic pipe cleaners, pins, glue, metalic
streamers, small plastic bottles
Instructions: Cut pipe cleaners to fit bottle, sticking
out slightly. Glue inside. Glue streamers inside, hanging
over top. Attach pin & label.

Girl Scout Ages 11 to 17 Craft: Milk Carton Bird Feeder
Supplies: scissors/knife, dowel, ribbon/string, stapler,
bird seed, 1/2 gallon milk cartons/jugs
Instructions: Cut a large opening in 2 opposite sides of a
well rinsed & dried 1/2 gallon milk carton/jug-about 2/3 from the bottom.
Punch holes below each opening and insert dowel for perch.
If using a carton staple the top shut; punch 2 small holes
at top of jug/carton. Loop string/ribon through to hang.
Fill bottom of opening with seed.

Girl Scout Ages 11 to 17 Activity: Jig-A-Low
Instructions: Sing & do motions.
Everyone: Jig A-Low, Jig Jig A-Low
Jig A-Low, Jig Jig A-Low
Leader: Hey (Leader inserts Girl's Name)!
Girl: Hey What?
Leader: Hey (Leader inserts Girl'sName)!
Girl: Hew What?
Everyone: Are you ready?
Girl: To What?
Everyone: To Jig!
Girl: Jig What?
Everyone: A-Low!
Girl: Oh!
Girl Only: My hands up high (raises hands)
My feet down low (hangs hands to feet)
This is the way I "Jig A-Low" (Girl does a brief dance)
Everyone repeats:
Her hands up high (raises hands),
Her feet down low (hangs hands to feet),
This is the way she "Jig A-Lows" (copy girl's dance).
Start all over calling on another girl!

Girl Scout Ages 11 to 17 Ceremony: World Hunger Grace
For food in a world where many walk in hunger,
For faith in a world where many walk in fear,
For firends in a world where many walk alone,
We give you humble thanks, oh Lord.

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