Top meeting ideas

ALL AGES:

• Peace Corps volunteer and a woman from India came to speak. We baked and ate breads from around the world.

DAISIES:

· Arts and crafts projects like finger-painting murals and making colorful barrettes and paper-bag puppets

· Planting a community garden

· Earning patches for activities like reading fun books or helping their community

BROWNIES:

· Manners with a sit down tea party complete with the girls coming dressed up.

· Mad Science

· Sewing a pillow

· Making a sit-upon with a no sew tie fleece square

· Johnson Co Sheriff & a search dog

· Miss Manners badge

· No sew fleece sit upon

· Lots of crafts & play learning

· Encourage “Try-it” as the theme for the year – you have to try-it at least once

· Share-it times: each member of the troop has 5 min to share something about themselves. Show & tell so to speak.

JUNIORS:

· Photography and Architecture by taking a trip around our downtown area and visiting: Soldiers & Sailors monument, Scottish Rite, WW Memorial, the canal, driving through Lockerbee. Each girl turned in her favorite photo and we had parents judge the photos for a winner. Our troop bought disposable cameras for each girl.

· Beauty consultant comes to the meeting and goes over skin care/hygiene/make-up/colors, etc.

· Each girl leads a meeting with their mom given suggestions from the badge. They have to plan it, set it up, and lead it. Great for leadership skills early on and they see what you’ve been doing throughout the years. If someone is really shy, they can plan a field trip that covers their badge but they need to introduce the speaker, etc.

· Sewing with machines: can even have a fashion show

· IRT / Civic theatre workshop

OLDER GIRLS (CADETTES, SENIORS, AMBASSADORS)

· Cooking basics – we taught the basics in how to prepare a meal from beginning to end. We then prepared a troop cookbook.

· Theme nights – Mexican, etc. for pitch ins

· Greenwood Police Station or Johnson Co. Sheriff

ARTS & CRAFTS:

• Tie dye shirts – you can also get them embroidered with your troop number as a gift for Christmas
• Fancy flip flops
• Fleece tied blankets or pillows
• Canvas bag painting then use to carry their items on field trips or to meetings
• Bracelets / jewelry
• Troop flag
• Knit a scarf
• Glass painting
• Metal work
• Leather craft
• Mini looms for rugs
• SWAPS – google it for ideas
• Card making then donate them
• Decorate a nursing home
• Stamping
• Making pots with flowers for gifts

MISC SUGGESTIONS:

• Theme meetings:
• PJ party
• Halloween party with pumpkin carving
• Wear red on Valentine’s Day
• Your favorite Christmas Shirt
• Dad’s meeting: dancing lessons, science experiences, etc.
• Thinking day – spend a full day (e.g, MLK day) and have a Toga party for Greece, carnival, Italian fest, etc. Eat – cook – make SWAPS – prompts, learn – etc.
• The girls most memorable meetings were the ones where they tried something new & had fun learning
• Have awards for perfect attendance (e.g. regular meetings, all field trips, etc.) Brownies – Hershey’s chocolate, Juniors – Jr Mints, etc.