Posted by Trish | Posted in Crafts, Meeting Activities | Posted on 26-05-2010
This is a great project for Brownie and Junior girls. It’s a great project for the girls to create small bouquets to give to their mothers, sisters, or anyone special to them. The colors of paint suggested make a nice light palette, but feel free to use different colors to coordinate with the holiday or season nearest to when you decide to do this project. It can be a bit messy, but can also easily be completed in a 30 minute troop meeting.
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Materials Needed:
- Cardboard egg carton
- FolkArt® Acrylic Paint – Lemon Custard
- FolkArt® Acrylic Paint – Baby Pink
- FolkArt® Acrylic Paint – Parisian Pink
- FolkArt® Acrylic Paint – Jamaican Sea
- FolkArt® Acrylic Paint – Lilac Love
- FolkArt® Acrylic Paint – Bright Green
- Chenille stems, kelly green
- Pom poms, ¾”assorted colors
- Scissors
- Paintbrush
- All-purpose glue
- Paper towels
- Paper plates
- Antibacterial spray
- Clothespins
Directions:
- Cut egg cartons apart, giving you individual “egg cups” to craft with.
- Use scissors to shape flowers, cut slits and create leaves.
- Using the clothespin to hold your flower and leaves, paint as desired. Turn some of the egg cups upside down and glue to the center of another cup to create different sizes and looks.
- Combine colors and shapes. Layer flowers with 2 or more cups.
- Have an adult poke small holes in the bottom of the cups and insert the chenille stems through the hole for the stem. Twist end of stems inside the cup to hold; add glue if needed.
- Glue pom poms to center of flower.
- Glue leaf shapes to chenille stem. Let dry completely before handling.
Safety Tips!
- Spray the egg cartons with antibacterial spray before using to ward off any harmful bacteria.
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Posted by Trish | Posted in Crafts, Meeting Activities | Posted on 19-05-2010
This is a great introductory craft project for Daisy scouts, and can be completed in a 30 minute meeting. It can be messy, so make sure the girls have old t-shirts that are okay to get paint on or smocks. You can also use a permanent marker to write messages on the craft sticks, like names or holiday messages.
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Materials Needed:
- Kids’ paint
- Wooden frame
- Jumbo craft sticks
- Scissors
- Pencil
- Paintbrush
- All-purpose glue
Directions:
- Paint the pre-made wooden frame and craft sticks the same color of choice; let dry.
- Glue craft sticks to frame, two on each side.
- Choose the picture to insert. Use framing backing as template to draw around picture and then cut out.
- Place picture in frame.
Safety Tips!
- Be sure to use non-toxic paint.
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Posted by Trish | Posted in Crafts, Meeting Activities | Posted on 29-11-2009
This is a fun holiday project shared by my friend Jen Goode of JGoodeDesigns! Her passion is penguins, and she’s designed a fun gift tag project featuring penguins as the star! This project will require color copies of the PDF she’s designed, which can be downloaded here. Here’s the finished product!
Materials Needed:
- Printed PDFs (on a thicker card stock paper)
- Scissors
- Glue
- Hole Punch
- Ribbon
Directions:
- Use a thick paper like card stock or construction paper to print the PDF out. Either print enough copies for all the girls in your troop (plus extras in case of mistakes), or have color copies run on thick paper at a local copy shop.
- Use decorative scissors to add a fun edge to the tags, or be creative with regular scissors.
- Cut out the penguin squares.
- Glue onto snowflake paper pattern.
- Cut squares again, leaving a fun border.
- Punch a hole in the corner.
- Add ribbon.
- Write To: and From: on the back.
Safety Tips!
- Use non-toxic glue.
- Depending on the age of your girls, be sure to supervise their use of the scissors and hole punch.
This is a perfect gift for the girls to make several and take home. Or, if you are planning a holiday gift exchange within the troop, the girls can make these tags just for those gifts. You can pair this project with making your own wrapping paper, as well!
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Posted by Trish | Posted in Crafts, Meeting Activities | Posted on 30-09-2009
This is a great project for Daisies, Brownies, and even Junior Girl Scouts, but the project can take up to an hour, so if your meetings are only half an hour long, you might want to do the painting during one meeting and the sand embellishing during the next. This is a messy project with the sand, so be sure to have smocks or old adult shirts ready to minimize the chance of stains on the girls’ clothes. You will also want to have old newspapers down on the tables to make clean up of the excess sand easier.
This is an easy project to theme. Standard unfinished wooden shapes can be bought in multi-packs but you can also go to craft stores to get larger unique shapes one at a time, such as horseshoes, flowers, animals, etc. For example, if the girls are in the process of learning about insects for a badge, you can easily get bees or ladybug shaped wood piece to paint. Using a theme will also help limit how much paint and sand you buy to keep to the colors of the theme and project – for instance you don’t need purple if all the girls are making bees or ladybugs.
Materials Needed:
- Unfinished wood shapes
- Acrylic paint
- Craft sand
- Craft magnets
- Foam brush
- Paint brush
- All-Purpose glue
Directions:
- Use the foam brush to paint the shapes in the desired colors. Let the paint dry.
- Use the paint brushes to paint lines of glue onto the painted shapes where you want the sand to adhere to.
- Sprinkle the sand onto the wet glue and shake the excess sand off onto a newspaper or scrap paper to catch the sand.
- Repeat steps 2 & 3 for each color sand you use. It works best to use one color of sand at a time to avoid mixing the sands together. Start with the darkest and end with the lightest.
- Once the glue is completely dry, attach magnets to the back of each and let dry before using. You can glue individual craft magnets onto the wood pieces or use magnetic strips with adhesive backing. Usually the strips come in a roll that can be cut into pieces the right size.
Safety Tips!
- Make sure to use glue that is kid-safe. Not only does it work the best, but you don’t want to use a toxic glue.
- For added stability in the magnets, an adult can use a hot glue gun to attach the magnets.
- Look at the packaging for the acrylic paint and make sure you’re using a non-toxic, kid friendly paint. If you cannot find kid-friendly acrylic paint, ask someone at your local craft store for a recommendation on a non-toxic paint that will work for this project.
Consider how thick the wood pieces are before deciding what kind of magnet to use. You want to make sure that the magnet won’t fail when stuck to a refrigerator – nothing is worse than a girl bringing home her wonderful creation only to put it on the fridge and have it fall to the floor and break 
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Posted by Trish | Posted in Meeting Activities | Posted on 16-09-2009
This is a super simple craft that younger girls can have a blast with. It can get messy, so be sure to keep craft clothes or smocks on hand. Old adult button down long sleeve shirts work well to protect little girls clothes from the mess.
Materials Needed:
- 2 c. White glue
- Food Coloring
- 2 tsp. Borax
- 1 c. Hot Water
Directions:
- Mix all ingredients together, adding the food coloring slowly to make desired shade.
- Pour off excess water.
Safety Tips!
- An adult should add the Borax to the mixture to limit the girls’ exposure to the detergent.
A flubber kind of putty will be made from this that the girls can bounce and shape liberally. It is not ideal for sculpting as it won’t dry out and preserve the shapes. Be sure to have plastic bags on hand to send the flubber home in. This can be a fun activity to pair with a viewing of either Flubber or The Absent-Minded Professor on a rainy meeting night.
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