Brownie crafts

These easy brownie pops are fun to bake with kids. Mix and match the colorful candy coating to coordinate with any party.

Guiding with Jewels

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2025 The Brownie Snack Try it is one of the most fun badges for the girls to earn, and it is also one of the messiest and hands on for you to lead. This badge is very similar to the old Brownie program’s Make It, Eat It, Try It that my troop earned back when they were Brownies. Many children today are well aware of what constitutes healthy foods and non-healthy foods. This is not only taught in school, but is also preached to them on various…

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Girl Scouts + Camping + Earning a Badge = FUN We are all going camping for the weekend, so now what? Does anyone else ever feel like that? I know there are plenty of things to do that are a necessity at camp that would just fill up this entire page, but what about all …

For Girl Scout Brownie Investiture: Print, cut, and glue to a box of brownies. This is a JPG file that can be printed - (2) 5X8s

Brownies light box. Made from Popsicle sticks, contact paper, tissue paper, cut-outs, finger lasers and glue. Made for the Advancement party for Northshore District Girl Guides. Girl Guides of Canada, Quebec.

My daughter is having her bridging ceremony into Brownies in a few weeks and you know I had to make the girls certificates and a fun snack idea! Here are the cutest brownies for your troops snack H…

Daisy to Brownie Bridge Ceramony Gift Bag

We have quite the collection of craft supplies after years of making fun crafts. I've been cleaning out our stash and recently came across these jumbo buttons. Last week we made some Clothespin Button

In order for a girl to earn her Summit Award, she must have completed all 3 Journeys available for her troop level. In a 2-year course, we complete 2 Journeys, one for each year before she bridges …

If you like brownies as much a we do, then TODAY is the day to celebrate national brownie day by eating a brownie (or two…or three)! We are celebrating NATIONAL…

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2025 While the Girl Scout Brownie Painting badge was discontinued in the spring of 2024, I have an unofficial Painting badge in my Etsy shop. Available on Etsy Of all the badges that girls love to earn, the arts and crafts one were, by far, my troop’s favorite to do. Based on a lot of what I have read, many other troops also enjoy crafting badges and activities. Art cannot be rushed. The Brownie Painting badge is one that needs time and will…

Last year I made cute little rainbow cupcakes for my little girl’s birthday. They were a pretty big hit and my kids still talk about them from time to time. This year when we were getting ready for my big girl to bridge over from being a Daisy to a Brownie in Girl Scouts, I...Read More »

*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…

One topic making the rounds on Girl Scout leader Facebook groups is that the Brownie Painting Badge and the Junior Jeweler badges are being retired. Since these badges are generally popular with the girls, people are looking for them and not generally please to hear this. On the other hand, the badges are being replaced with a new series of Art and Design badges available on the Daisy, Brownie and Junior levels. This post will look at the Brownie badge. You can read about the Daisy badge…

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 third badge in the Math in Nature series is Design With Nature. This post takes a look at the Brownie Version. According to Badge Explorer, girl will use math to do things in the natural world, like find the age of natural objects, build a honeycomb, design a bird feeder, and go bird-watching. The five short requirements are: 1. Calculate the age of a natural object 2. Explore the shape of beehives 3. Measure and build a bird feeder 4. Use ratios to make bird food 5. Graph data about…

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The new Girl Scout Brownie Art and Design badge will have your troop creating using different kinds of mediums. Here is how your troop can earn this badge.