Brownie badges

*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…

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Updated April 2025 The world of science is a fascinating one. There is so much to explore and uncover, yet study after study has shown t...

What’s spookier than the sights and sounds of Halloween? Here are 5 great ways (plus a few bonus ideas) on how your Brownies can earn their Senses badge and celebrate Halloween.

This month we are sharing with you the Daisy Promise Center and the Brownie Girl Scout Way badge! Daisy Promise Center When earning the Promise Center, girls will learn about […]…Continue Reading

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2023 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…

I think traditionally you start your first year of Brownies doing the My Cookie Customers badge, but all of our badges so far had been trian...

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2025 As girls get older, they become more self-conscious as to what others think of them. There can be many sources for this, but as a Girl Scout leader, you have the power to make a difference in the lives of your girls. Your meetings are a safe place for your troop to express themselves and to learn how to get along with others. Earning the Girl Scout Brownie Being Your Best Self badge will help the girls to see the positives within…

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2025 As a child growing up in the electronics free, non-overscheduled era of the 1970...

The National Program Portfolio has two main parts – the National Leadership Journeys and the all new The Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting. Complemented by the Girl Scout Cookie program, Girl Sco…

Brownie Awards Log and Badge Chart. Click the link for a printable chart.

Ways for Brownies to earn their Bugs badge

Meeting at a Glance Goal : To learn about my family and be able to share their stories Toward the Award: My Family Story Skill...

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…

If you are a Brownie leader interested in ideas for the senses badge you have come to the right place. In this post, I am going to share some exciting and interactive ideas to help your Brownie troop earn this fascinating badge.The Brownie Senses Badge is all about exploring our five senses and understanding how they enhance our experiences in the world. We'll dive into activities that will engage all of the senses, from sparking creativity through art and music to discovering the wonders of…

If your looking for ideas to make your meeting more fun while exploring what it means to be patriotic, you have come to the right place. Using some of these activities below to help girls find out what makes our communities special and what we do to celebrate all the people in them. Below are a few ideas to get you started. Celebrating Community Activity Booklet Before jumping into some ideas, do you want to skip all the planning? If so, use this Activity Booklet with activities that are…

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2025 Have you ever heard of letterboxing before you became a Brownie Girl Scout leader? In all honesty, I had never heard of the term, but the more I read about it, the interested I became! Letterboxing, in a nutshell, is a scavenger hunt for hidden treasure…treasure that you as the leader have not planted for your girls to find. Others have done this for you. In fact, according to letterboxing.org, there are over 20,000 letterboxes in North…

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