GS Ideas with Miss Heather

Junior Troop 548 hosted a meeting about Earth Day. This video teaches younger Girl Scouts about how you can help the earth. We challenge you to use less, waste less, and recycle! During the event, Destiny shared ways to make art from recycled materials, like this beautiful Daisy made from a GS cookie box. What recycled art can you create?

Thanks to Junior GS, Joy, for creating this fantastic video about Earth Day.  Troop 548 is focusing on conservation for our Bronze Award project and Joy did a great job highlighting this important issue.  We are using this video for an Earth Day event for Daisies and Brownies.

This video, created by Cadette Sylvia Langston, tells the story of the Case of the Cracked Sidewalk (aka The Case of the Broken Sidewalk) from the Brownie Quest journey. Through storytelling, Brownies can learn about how kids their age reacted when they discovered a problem in their community.  Brownie leaders, you can use this video to empower your troop for helping them understand ways they can take action in their community. Thanks to Sylvia for creating this fun video!!

During Halloween weekend, Girl Scouts from GSEP's Friendship Hollow (520) service unit will gather together for a virtual camporee.  We will have a variety of fun sessions with lots of time for crafting and singing.  During our Friday night crafting clinic, the girls will see live demos for these 2 crafts: God's Eye - materials: yarn, popsicle sticks, glue optional   Caterpillar SWAPS* - materials: pipe cleaner, glue, googly eyes, safety pin, 3 small pom-poms *SWAPS = small whatchamacallit affectionately pinned somewhere

Amber recently participated in Project Squirrel  via Girl Scouts of USA's partnership with  SciStarter  to earn her Citizen Scientist badges.  She was inspired by the board game that Chloe and Kyra created to promote pollinator protection.  So, Amber designed "Save Gonzo the Squirrel," a game in which players select characters and practice wildlife conservation as they journey to the center of a park to help rescue an injured squirrel. Of course, in real life, do not attempt to touch an injured animal - find an adult to help!

Chloe and Kyra recently participated in the Great Sunflower Project via Girl Scouts of USA's partnership with SciStarter  to earn their Citizen Scientist badges.  They decided to collaborate on a take action project that would allow them to both educate others while also completing their Journey Award as Citizen Scientists.  Check out this awesome game they created!

Did you know that a Girl Scout invented s’mores? It’s true!  In 1927, a recipe for "Some More" was published in  Tramping and Trailing with the Girl Scouts . Celebrate your Girl Scout spirit on Monday, August 11, 2020 - it’s National S’Mores Day!! How will you celebrate? If you have a fire pit, you could roast marshmallows and make s’mores by adding a piece of chocolate and sandwiching your chocolate and marshmallow between two graham crackers.  You could also try making them in the oven (just a few seconds under the broiler as an open face sandwich... add the top cracker when it comes out). You could experiment with making s’mores dip ! Maybe you would like to try some s’mores crafts! S'mores SWAPS SWAPS stands for "small or special whatchamacalit affectionately pinned somewhere" and Girl Scouts love to make and trade them. To make these adorable s'mores SWAPS, all you need is some light brown foam or cardstock, some of a darker brown, a cotton ball, a safe...