Illustrator Jen Goode of JGoode Designs, has put out another great color page for the upcoming holiday!  Halloween is Monday and before it’s time to trick or treat, you can color!  As well, a lot of meetings are on the weekend, so this can be a great last-minute activity for your meetings this weekend!

Download the coloring page here.

Illustrator Jen Goode of JGoode Designs, has put out another great color page for the upcoming holiday!  Her St. Patrick’s Day page is adorable and features a charming little leprechaun lad!  This is a great activity for younger girls to celebrate.

Download the coloring page here.

Of course, while mentioning St. Patrick’s Day, you should work some history into the activity.  Saint Patrick’s Day (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig) colloquially St. Paddy’s Day or simply Paddy’s Day, is an annual feast day that celebrates Saint Patrick (circa AD 385–461), the most commonly recognized of the patron saints of Ireland, and is generally celebrated on March 17th.

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:

1. 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.
2. Use decorative scissors to add a fun edge to the tags, or be creative with regular scissors.
3. Cut out the penguin squares.
4. Glue onto snowflake paper pattern.
5. Cut squares again, leaving a fun border.
6. Punch a hole in the corner.
7. Add ribbon.
8. Write To: and From: on the back.

Safety Tips!

1. Use non-toxic glue.
2. 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!

Quick Shopping for This Project

• Zig Zagz Decorative Scissors
• Elmer’s Washable School Glue – 4oz
• 1/16″ Hole Punch
• Doodlebug Boutique 1 yard Trims-7PK/Blue Jean
• 8-1/2”x11” Cardstock Packs-60PK/White

A friend of mine, illustrator Jen Goode of JGoode Designs, is hosting a great coloring contest!  It’s open to anyone, so a great filler meeting activity would be to print out the picture and let the girls color and submit them!

Download the coloring page here.

The directions to submit your colored page to the contest are very simple.

1. Scan your finished page or take a digital photo.
2. Upload the photo to Facebook or Flickr.
3. Tag the image “jgoode halloween coloring contest 2009″
4. Visit the Halloween coloring page at JGoode.com and leave a comment with the location (web address) of your finished masterpiece.

The contest ends on Halloween, October 31, 2009.  Winners will be announced November 6, 2009.  Print out the pages and enter today!