My Cart: Activities for Girl Scouts - September
Have some activities to share? Email program@bdgsc.org to share your ideas with other leaders!
activities:
Daisy Girl Scout Song: Flowers are Dying (Round)
(1) Flow'rs are (2) dying, (3) Autumn winds are (4) sighing, sighing
Daisy Girl Scout SWAP: Daisy Stones
Supplies: clear stones (decorative glass), pins, glue,
scissors, printed diasy pictures (or girls could draw their own)
Instructions: Glue picture ot bottom of stone. Cover completely.
Attach pin.
Daisy Girl Scout Craft: Butterfly Wand
Supplies: pipe cleaners, cone coffe filters, popsicle sticks,
glue, markers/crayons
Instructions: Glue pipe claner to popsicle stick. Open
coffee filter at seam. Decorate-leave a little room at seam
where it will be attached to stick. Use pipe claner to attach
to popsicle stick. Bend pipe cleaner for antenna.
Daisy Girl Scout Activity: Keep Away
Instructions: Pick 1 girl to be in the middle; the rest of the
girls form a circle around her. Someone starts by passing
the ball to another player across the circle. The girl in the
middle tries to get the ball. If she does, the person who
threw it is now in the middle. Continue until at least
everyone has had a turn throwing or being in the middle-or
everyone is tired!
Thank you for the world so sweet
Thank you for the food we eat
Thank you for the birds that sing
Thank you Lord for everything.
We're all together again; we're here, we're here!
We're all together again; we're here, we're here!
Who knows when we'll be all together again,
Singing all together again, we're here, we're here!
Supplies: clear stones (decorative glass), pins, printed brownie elves, glue
Instructions: Cut out elves and glue to bottom of stones. Cover completely. Attach pin & label.
Brownie Girl Scout Craft: Glove Puppets
Supplies: scissors, glue, yarn, red felt, cotton balls, wiggly eyes, gloves (1 per girl)
Instructions: Stuff each finger with a cotton ball and tie it closed with a piece of yarn (this makes the heads). Put two eyes on each head. Cut out red felt mouths for each head and glue in place. Use yarn for hair.
Brownie Girl Scout Activity: Simon Says
Instructions: 1 girl is picked to be teh leader first. All others stand in line/group. Leader states things/actions for girls to do, some with "simon Says..." and some
without. Those that perform the action without the "Simon Says..." are out. Take turns being leader.
For health and strength,
And daily food,
We praise thy name,
Oh Lord.
Scamper, little leaves, about
In the warm September sun.
I can here the old wind shout,
Laughing, laughing, as you run.
By and by to rest you'll go,
Weary of your lively play;
Still teh same old wind will blow,
Laughing in the same old way.
Junior Girl Scout SWAP: Mini Bouquet
Supplies: plastic thimbles-also know as communion cups, craft foam, pipe cleaners, buttons, pins, glue gun, scissors
Instructions: Cut flower tops from foam. Poke hole in middle for pipe cleaner stem. Thread top end through buttonholes and bend to hold. Cover bottom of "vase" with
hot glue & add flowers. Attach pin & label when dry.
Junior Girl Scout Craft: Starfish
Supplies: White glue, toothpick, wax paper, yarn, paper clip, sand/glitter
Instructions: Squeeze glue out in a star shape onto wax paper-adjust with toothpick if needed. Fold paper clip into a 'V' shape and put it at the end of one "arm" in the glue. Sprinkle with sand, glitter, etc & shake off excess. Let dry adn peel off wax paper. can put string through loop to hand or wear.
Instructions: Write the names of kids' books, movies, games, songs, TV shows, etc. on slips of paper and put into a bowl/hat. Pick someone to begin. Whomever guesses correctly can go next. Everyone has a turn drawing a slip and acting it out.
We all come from the spirit;
And to it we shall return,
Like a drop of rain falling to the ocean.
O come and sing a song,
Before we go our way.
If you're a Girl Scout you'll soon find out,
We'll meet another day.
Supplies: green food coloring, water, glue gun, small plastic
bottles, plastic lacing, pins, labels, green pen/marker
Instructions: Mix food coloring and water; put in bottle. Use
glue gun to stop up bottle. Tie/glue plastic lacing around
top of bottle. Add pin. On labe write "Girl Scout Transfusion"
in green ink.
Supplies: charm beads, large hole decorative beads, bangle bracelets (or could use memory wire-use pliers to twist ends to hold beads)
Instructions: Unscrew end of bangle. Thread on beads in pattern of choice. Screw end back on.
Supplies: life savers, toothpicks
Instructions: Done as a relay. Divide girls into 2 teams. Each girl gets a toothpick. Girls should stand in a line. girls hold the toothpicks in their mouths adn pass the life saver down the line using the toothpick. They should not use their hands; try to keep them behind the back if possible. If the life saver and/or toothpick is dropped that team must start over. The first team to get to the end wins.
Tune of "We Will Rock You"
Heavenly Father, Lod and King,
You provide us with everything
We've got food on our plate,
Tastin' great.
Thank you for the food we already ate.
Singing thank you Farther, Thank you!
Thank you Father, Thank you!
