October Activities for Brownies

[Charlene Domschot]

Brownie Girl Scout Activities

Brownie Girl Scout Song - Girl Scouts Together
Girl Scouts together, That is our song
Winding the old trails, rocky and long
Learning our motto, living our creed
Girl Scouts together in every good deed

Girl Scouts together, happy are we,
Friendly to neighbors for o'er the sea
Faithful to country, loyal to home
Known as true Girl Scouts wherever we roam.

I've Got that Scouting Spirit
I've got that Scouting spirit up in my head, up in my head, up in my head.
I've got that Scouting spirit up in my head, up in my head to stay.
I've got that Scouting spirit deep in my heart... (repeat same as first verse)
I've got that Scouting spirit down in my feet...
I've got that Scouting spirit all over me...

Brownie Girl Scout SWAP - Birthday Blowers
Supplies:   colored printer paper, straws, Glue (hot or tacky), pin backs 
Instruction:  Cut straws into about 1.5 inch pieces.  Next cut strips of paper about 1 inch wide and 3 inches long.  Using a pencil, roll the paper strips tightly around the pencil.  Put one drop of tacky glue on one end of the inside of the straw.  Place the strip of paper in the straw.  It should look like a birthday blower.   Girls can write there troop number and any special note on the inside of the paper strip! 

Spider
Supplies: black pompoms, black pipe cleaner, wiggly eyes (2 each), glue, pins
Instructions: Cut the pipe stems into equal parts so that each spider has eight legs. Curl each leg end slightly.Twist the ends together and glue to bottom of pompom.
Stick on eyes and add pim to the back. 

Brownie Girl Scout Craft - Promise Fence
Supplies:  popsicle sticks, markers, alphabet noodles, white/tacky glue
Instructions:  Color the Popsicle sticks with markers.  Make a "fence" using one vertical Popsicle stick with six or seven horizontal Popsicle sticks glued on to it. Find all of the letters for the promise, and glue them on to the horizontal Popsicle sticks in order.

Girl Scout Frame
Supplies: foam/canvas picture frames (5" x 7"), craft sticks - per girl (1 large circle, 1 jumbo, 2 mini), paint (skin tone) paint brushes, black marker, scissors,
glue, alphabet stickers, ribbon, twine/yarn
Instructions: Paint craft sticks with skin tone paints. Outline the uniform on the jumbo stick. Paint the top of the mini sticks blue for sleeves. Paint the edges of the
jumbo brown at the top of the vest, middle for shorts, and near the bottom for socks. Paint the middle top of the jumbo blue for the shirt. Use the black marker to
outline the body, draw the face, and dot the buttons on the shirt. Also use the black marker to color in shoes at the bottom of the jumbo stick. Glue twine/yarn around
the face for hair. Glue white ribbon at the neck for a tie can also use the ribbon to tie a bow around the hair. Glue the head to the body, the body to the picture
frame, and the arms to the sides of the body. Put the girls' names at the top with the alphabet stickers.

Brownie Girl Scout Activity  - Birthday Cupcakes
Decorate birthday cupcakes to celebrate Juliette Gordon Lowe's birthday (the founder of Girl Scouting).  Girls can either eat the cupcakes or donate them to a local nursing home.

Creature Moves
Instruction: Move like an animal
   * Rabbit Hop - Bend your knees and jump forward.
   * Seal Slide - Pull yourself forward with your hands at your side while dragging your body and feet. Bounce a little if you can.
   * Elephant Walk - Bend forward. Extend your arms and place one hand over the other to form a trunk. Make sure that your fingers are pointing toward the ground. Move
     slowly with legs stiff and straight and your trunk swinging from side to side.
   * Crab Scuttle - Sit on the floor with your hands behind you. Lift up your body with your hands and feet. Walk on all fours. Walk forward and backward quickly.
   * Inchworm Crawl - Place both hands on the floor. Try to keep your knees stiff and legs straight, but bend your knees if you have to. Walk forward with your
     feet to your hands.
   * Frog Jump - Squat on the floor on your stomach. Keep your arms against the sides of your body. Move your body from side to side and try making an "S" shape.

Brownie Girl Scout Ceremony - Investiture Ceremony
Narrator should read the parts in bold, with girls acting out the other parts.
In Girl Scouting we have one Law with ten parts.
I will do my best to be honest and fair - Three girls enter with each holding a glass and one holding a bottle of opened pop. She pours a little into each glass making sure they are equal and says “Now let’s be as fair as we can about this”.
I will do my best to be friendly and helpful - A Brownie enters with a lop-sided cake and proudly announces that she helped her mother make this lovely cake. Next, the mother enters with flour all over her and her hair a mess and a general disheveled appearance.
I will do my best to be considerate and caring - Two girls appear in archway and take turns saying “You go first - No you go first” Repeat about four times then both crowd through archway together.
I will do my best to be courageous and strong - Two girls enter, one wielding a whip and a chair, like she is taming a lion, the other lifting a “heavy” object over her head (ballons on each eand of a gift wrap roll work well to look like a barbell).
I will do my best to be responsible for what I say and do - One or two girls enter carrying stuffed “pets”, pretending that they are real. They are feeding, watering, brushing and walking them. They also talk to them lovingly.
I will do my best to respect myself and others - Three girls enter, each holding a small hand mirror.  Looking into the mirror, they say to themselves “I respect you, I respect you, I respect you”. They then turn to each other and repeat the same thing.
I will do my best to respect authority - Three girls and an older girl scout. The girls form a straight line. The older girl gives orders such as “About face” “Left face” “Right face”.  Each girl turns in opposite direction for general confusion.
I will do my best to use resources wisely - One girl enters holding a recyling sign or trash bin.
I will do my best to make the world a better place - Some girls enter with pet rocks and potted plants. One shows others the new house she just made for her pet rock. Others talk to their plants, etc.
I will do my best to be a sister to every Girl Scout-Two girls enter wearing outfits with the sleeves and skirts sewn together.   THe girls say in unison, "Some people say sisters argue, I’m sure this you’ve heard.  But the thing that describes us best, you’ll find, inseparable is the word".
Everyone repeats the Girl Scout Promise and sings "Girl Scouts Together"

Values of Life
   * Props: Large trefoil, seven candles
   * Leader: The emblem you see before you represents the Girl Scout program. The seven candles represent the seven rays of the sun. We will now tell you what
     each of the seven rays stands for.
   * WISDOM - Wisdom does not necessarily mean superior knowledge. It means putting to the right use the knowledge one possesses.
   * COURAGE - Courage is not the quatlity that enables people to meet danger without fear; it is being able to meet danger in spite ofyour fear.
   * CHARITY - Charity is not limited to donations to the less fortunate. It is acceptance of others even when you do not understand them.
   * JUSTICE - Justice is the paractice of dealing fairly with others without prejudice or regard to race, color, or creed.
   * FAITH - Faith is the conviction that something unproved by physical evidence is true. A good example is when an eight year-old once said, "Faith is when you         turn on the light switch and you know the light will come on."
   * HOPE - Hope means to expect with confidence. Always hope for better things to come. A person without hope is of little good to herself of her community.
   * LOVE - There are many kinds of love - love of family, love of home, love of fellow man, love God, and love of country. All these loves are necessary for a full life :)