My little girl was excited to join Girl Scouts with her friend from school several summers ago. We started in a small group of 5. That ended up disbanding leaving just her due to families moving away. We found a leader willing to get us back to being a group again with 5 other girls and the troop grew from there to 40+ girls! It is a wonderful group of girls, leaders and volunteers and she loves being a part of it. Due to her getting older and wanting to do more activities, we decided to Juliette but still be a part of the troop for larger activities. So we will attend a meeting occasionally but she and I are working on her patches at home. The first patch she wants to earn is the Girl Scout Way patch that will teach her the history of girl scouting and what it means to be a girl scout. We will be learning things about the beginning of Girl Scouts, it's founder Juliette Low, and patches the girls earned in the past. We will also be making swaps and learning songs. We will also participate in a volunteer project in the community. I am including in this post a pdf file, 8 Facts about Girl Scouts You Didn't Know, as well as some other printables for you to use while earning this patch. I found the article below (girl_scout_facts.pdf) from www.bustle.com and there are other sites I found some of the other info on as well as google images. The Swaps page below, I found the images on google and added instructions based on how I have done those crafts in the past.
The songs page (below) has two songs on it that I found on another site, the site is listed at the bottom of the page and has many more song lyrics for you to choose from. There is also a crossword puzzle about Juliette Low that you can print. Here is the LINK for the crossword. That Making Friends website is a great source for scouting materials. Some are free, others are available to purchase but the prices are inexpensive and the quality is great.
Below are some more useful images for earning the Junior Girl Scout Way Patch. You should be able to save and print all of these images just by using your right click button. Remember, above all Girl Scouts are friendly and helpful so be sure to do something helpful in your community!! Comment below about your GS adventures!! I love to hear from all my friends.
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Hello again, I know everyone has seen a lot about plastic waste and it's dangers to our environment. I have been trying to think of ways to be cut our waste, I know my family has a lot of waste. I use baggies for the kids lunches not only for school but when I send them to their grandparents house in the summer as well and I thought that would be a great place to start. Not only am I cutting down on plastic waste, since baggies really are only good once, I'm saving money too!
In this post I'll go over how to make some easy baggies yourself and include pictures as well as a pdf pattern. Feel free to comment as well as ask questions. I'm not the worlds best seamstress but I do ok for us and I know you will too. Step one, download and print the pattern (see above), cut it out and tape it together where shown. Cut one out of lining (Rip Stop Nylon Material) and one out of your choice of patterned cotton for the outer cover. Sew together with right sides facing (wrong sides out) leaving a small gap in seam to turn right side out, snip corners as shown in picture. Turn right side out. *Note: Remove any pins used before turning it right side out....OUCH! Press with iron, making sure that the gap has it’s hem ironed inside. Fold on fold lines and press. Sew together starting at fold and all around the curved top ending at the folded edge. If you want to add extra detail you can use double fold bias tape around the edges. Make sure you put the bias tape on the flat edge before you sew up the fold. Once the fold is sewn then iron the bias tape in the shape of the bag, and sew along edge of the bag. See photos for example. Use snap or velcro as closure. If you are good at button holes that would work too, I'm not an ace at those myself so I used velcro. Enjoy! |
Hello!I'm Michelle, a wife, mom and full time graphic designer. I have been working in graphic design for over 20 years. I like to share things about my everyday life and projects I'm working on. Hopefully some of what I share can be valuable to you as well. You can learn more about me here. Archives
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