Brownie craft and tinker badge ideas

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2025 As girls get older, they become more self-conscious as to what others think of them. There can be many sources for this, but as a Girl Scout leader, you have the power to make a difference in the lives of your girls. Your meetings are a safe place for your troop to express themselves and to learn how to get along with others. Earning the Girl Scout Brownie Being Your Best Self badge will help the girls to see the positives within…

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2025 One of the reasons Juliette Gordon Low founded the Girl Scouts is to give girls ...

In the fall of 2023, GSUSA came out with three new badges for Daises, Brownies and Juniors, all of which involved "making". Craft and Tinker is one of those badges. Requirements According to Badge Explorer, to earn this badge, girls Discover how to be a problem solver by making or crafting solutions. Explore making Learn the basics Figure out the function Discover form and fit Tinker with your craftWhen you've earned this badge, you'll know how to craft and tinker to solve a problem. Opening…

The new badges have arrived! Here is how your troop can earn the Girl Scout Brownie Craft and Tinker badge. If you have a multi-level Daisy and Brownie troop, your Daisy Scouts can earn or relearn three different Daisy petals.

5 Fun Activities To Earn the Brownie Outdoor Art Creator Badge. If your looking for ideas to make your meeting more fun while discovering the great outdoors and getting creative, you have come to the right place. Using some of these activities below to get outdoors and creating some amazing art masterpieces with your girls. Here are a few ideas to get you started.

Updated April 2025 The world of science is a fascinating one. There is so much to explore and uncover, yet study after study has shown that girls lose interest in this school subject. While there are many reasons for this gender gap, we as Girl Scout leaders do not have to encourage it. The Home Scientist badge will get your girls to see that science is not just something that takes place in school or in a laboratory…it is all around them! After deciding which experiments you wish to do with…

*All posts have been updated in April 2025 to ensure that all of the links are still viable for leaders to use. I have been my younger daughter’s Girl Scout leader since 2008, when I started my troop of six little Daisy Scouts. Like many leaders, I felt a bit overwhelmed when I first started, even though I had been an elementary school and preschool teacher since 1987. My leadership training was practically non-existent, and the internet did not have many resources available. Every time I…

During the fall of 2023, GSUSA released three new "maker" badges for Daisies, Brownies and Juniors. This post will take a look at the Dais...

Last year, my 3rd grade Girl Scout troop did a variety of art projects. One of the badges we earned was the Outdoor Art Creator Badge. Here are some of the activities we did to earn the badge. I thought I would share with you, because these are some fun projects you could do with a group of kids, maybe in an after school, day camp or scout program. Here is a link to the PDF guide for the badge, … Read more... →

This is the third in a series of posts on the Craft and Tinker Badges. I previously wrote about the Daisy and Brownie plans. I did this review by reading the VTK plans. I do not have the badge brochure, and as I do not have Juniors, have no intention of buying it. If you have it, I'd love it if you'd leave a comment about how it is different from VTK. Badge StepsLearn how to make something with care, skill, and imagination and then improve it. Explore crafting and tinkering Tinker with a…

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This is the third in a series of posts on the Craft and Tinker Badges. I previously wrote about the Daisy and Brownie plans. I did th...

If you are a Brownie leader interested in ideas for the senses badge you have come to the right place. In this post, I am going to share some exciting and interactive ideas to help your Brownie troop earn this fascinating badge.The Brownie Senses Badge is all about exploring our five senses and understanding how they enhance our experiences in the world. We'll dive into activities that will engage all of the senses, from sparking creativity through art and music to discovering the wonders of…

*All posts have been updated in April 2025 to ensure that all of the links are still viable for leaders to use. I have been my younger da...

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Ways for Brownies to earn their Bugs badge

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Knowing we'd have a few free days at home during Spring Break, my daughters asked if they could invite some friends over for a party. We bumped around Pinterest and brainstormed together, coming up with a Tinker Bell-inspired plan that was sure to be a hit. The guest list included nine kids, ranging from second to sixth grade. Here's how we spent our time together. Paint a flower pot. When allowing a large group of kids to paint, squirt paint on one or two paper plates per table and assign…

Because other troops have enjoyed it and because our troop did not do it during their Daisy years, I started my "Brownies only" meetings this year with the Bugs badge. According to Badge Explorer, there are the requirements: Explore the world of bugs and learn more about these little creatures that do so much. Draw a bug poster Try a bug craft See bugs in action Explore bug homes Take a bug field trip When you've earned this badge, you'll know all about bugs. Draw a Bug Poster I went to the…

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