GENERAL INFORMATION
Introduction To Try-Its and Patches
Try-It Affidavit

OTHER HELPFUL WEB PAGES
Complete List of Try-It Requirements
Brownie Try-It Packets & Worksheets

Bridging Award

1. Met with Juniors
2. Junior handbook/badge book scavenger hunt
3. Earned the Girl Scouting in the USA badge
4. Taught Daisies some things learned from Juniors
5. Planned the fly-up ceremony
6. Planned a summer activity

Girl Scouting in the USA
(Junior Badge)

1. Tried making a bedroll and playing drums and bugles
2. Made good deed catchers
3. Learned about our troop and town's places in our Council
4. Watched The Golden Eaglet
5. Learned about vintage uniforms
6. Practiced the Girl Scout sign, quiet sign, etc.

That's Entertainment
A Council's Own Try-It from Virginia Skyline Council

1. Visited a TV studio
2. Watched or participated in a play, concert, or recital
3. Watched a movie and discussed it
4. Made a healthy snack (granola) to eat during the movie

Caring and Sharing

1. Made friendship pins and had secret pals
2. Made troop friends scrapbooks
3. Talked about our favorite things
4. Acted out scenarios of being a good friend

Senses

1. Scent guessing game
2. Optical illusions
3. Touch guessing game
4. Finger spelling and sign language activity

Math Fun

1. Numbers about me
2. Guessing and estimation game
3. Alphabet code
4. Troop budget

Making Music
An older girl troop helped us with this one during a camping trip

1. Move to the music
2. Singing in rounds
3. Action songs
4. Music around the world

Girl Sports
An older girl troop helped us with this one during a camping trip

1. Throwing skills
2. Catching practice
3. Kicking fun
4. Volleying

Earth and Sky
Field trip to Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary

1. Soil sampling and forest layers
2. Made a fossil
3. Creatures of the air games
4. Erosion game and earth cycles game

Make It, Eat It
(in progress)

1. Made baked apples
2. Created a troop recipe book
3. Planted parsley
4. Made sloppy joes

Science Wizardry
A Council's Own Try-It from Virginia Skyline Council

1. Turmeric acid-base indicator
2. Cabbage juice acid-base indicator
3. Experimented with salt and melting ice
4. Made "candle extinguishers" with baking soda and vinegar

Indian Lore
A Council's Own Try-It from Virginia Skyline Council

1. Made up and illustrated Native American names
2. Created and played a vine-and-stick game
3. Practiced weaving
4. Made dreamcatchers

Oceanography
Our own Council's Try-It

1. Learned about the oceans
2. Played a game about ocean sounds
3. Made waves and learned how a baleen whale eats
4. Visited the Aquarium and dissected squid

Brownie Girl Scouts Through The Years

1. Made fondue
2. Played frisbee and Twister
3. Sang folk music and played tambourines
4. Learned slang from the 60s/70s

Butterfly Fun
A Council's Own Try-It from Virginia Skyline Council

1. Butterfly life cycle
2. Parts of a butterfly
3. Fun butterfly facts
4. Visited The Buttefly Place

Outdoor Adventurer

1. Dress for the weather relay/drawings
2. Touch, smell, and listen hunt
3. Made sundials
4. Planned and went on camping trip

Numbers and Shapes

1. Mobius strips
2. Tangrams
3. Cat origami
4. Nature shapes hunt

Point, Click, and Go
We went to a workshop at the Computer Learning Center in Waltham. While there, we worked on mouse skills, used a computer drawing program while working together, and played some other learning games.

Space Explorer
(badgeinabag.com kit)

1. Talked about the moon
2. Made star projectors
3. Made sundials
4. Read sky charts and made constellation magnets
5. Drew the solar system to play Mission to Mars

Science in Action

1. Made coffee filter watercolor butterflies
2. Made magnetic boxes
3. Inflated balloons with baking soda and vinegar
4. Explored light with flashlights and balloons
5. Had a science and technology hunt

The Great Olympics
From Virginia Skyline Council

1. Played Olympic charades
2. Designed an Olympic uniform
3. Learned about and colored the Olympic rings
4. Learned about the ancient Olympics

Art To Wear

1. We decorated t-shirts with crayon-on-sandpaper designs.
2. We sewed beads onto gloves.
3. We did face painting.
4. We decorated masks.

Penny Power

1. We visited a bank.
2. We talked about the troop budget and set cookie goals.
3. We learned about counterfeit money.
4. We set up a pretend store.

Ready, Set, Go Camping

1. We learned about knots
2. We played a game called Storm Warning.
3. We did a roll-a-bag relay race.
4. We learned different ways to use a bandanna.

Smart Cookie

1. We made cookie portfolios.
2. We played cookie concentration and ran a pretend cookie booth.
3. We wrote cookie stories.
4. We learned ways to make change for $1.

Sounds of Music

1. We made rainsticks.
2. We made rhythm sticks.
3. We played "Sliding Air" with water-filled bottles and straws.
4. We made wind chimes.

Stitch it Together
(badgeinabag.com kit)

1. Made plastic canvas bracelets
2. Made dues pouches
3. Made animal sewing cards
4. Made yarn-bound books

Puppets, Dolls, & Plays
(badgeinabag.com kit)

1. We made finger puppets with foamies and pipe cleaners.
2. We made yarn puppets.
3. We made "marionettes" out of pipe cleaners, pom-pom beads, and foamies.
4. We made paper bag puppets and plan to use them for a puppet show!

Playing Around the World

1. United Kingdom: played Cat and Mouse, a circle game, and ate scones.
2. India: played a simplified (indoor) version of Kabadi, a popular game that is a little like tag, and ate puppadums and mango chutney.
3. Mexico: played Circle of San Miguel, a circle/skipping game, and ate sopaipillas.
4. Ghana: played Obwisana, a stone-passing game, and ate plantain chips.

Safety Sense

1. Learned about First Aid for cuts, and made a personal First Aid kit.
2. We made a list of safety rules for our meetings.
3. We took a trip to the Maynard fire/police station.
4. We found all the ways to exit our meeting place in case of a fire.

My Body

1. Learned what a pulse is and how to take it on ourselves and others. (Still need more practice, though!)
2. We started to play Body Volley with balloons and will make it more challenging as we have time.
3. We made fitness spinners, small ones for each girl plus a big one for the troop. We will use the troop spinner when we need an active game during meetings and outings.
4. We talked about "brain power" and trying to use different muscles at the same time (i.e. writing while moving your foot in a circle on the floor).

Friends are Fun
(badgeinabag.com kit)

1. Made paper chrysanthemums, the floral symbol of friendship.
2. Made friendship bracelets for ourselves and a friend.
3. Decorated notecards and filled out letters that we glued to the inside to introduce ourselves to the members of a possibly penpal troop.
4. Created secret codes, made up a coded message, and had someone decode it.

Cookies Count

1. Brainstormed things we could do with the money and came up with a goal.
2. Practiced adding to figure out how much 1 box, 2 boxes, etc., cost, and practiced subtracting to see how much change a person would get depending on how much they paid with.
3. Practiced what to say when selling cookies, to each other and to different parents in the troop.
4. We plan to write thank you notes when the cookies are delivered, and write a thank you note to the manager of the store where we had our cookie booths.

Science Wonders

1. Made bubbles with different "blowers". Also tried to see how many drops of water fit on a penny.
2. Made recycled paper.
3. Learned about static electricity and how lightning works.
4. Made slime with cornstarch, water, and food coloring.

Animals

1. Played a game to identify what animals make good pets
2. Talked about animal safety and identified how to act near dogs and other animals
3. Played Creature Moves and tried to mimic the way different animals move
4. Played sound match-ups - everyone is assigned an animal sound, and you have to find others making the same sound!

Girl Scout Ways

1. Each girl drew a picture about one line of the Girl Scout Law, and the girls presented them (in order!) at Investiture.
2. We learned and practiced the Girl Scout sign, handshake, quiet sign, friendship circle, and friendship squeeze. Our returning girls helped teach the new girls.
3. We made s'mores.
4. We made sit-upons.