Junior girl scout badges

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Here are the first set of activities my Junior Girl Scout troop did to earn the Stress Less badge.

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Adventure Girls is a book full of crafts and activities for girls. This is a book for creative, curious, and courageous girls.

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2023 The Girls Scouts is an organization that is steeped in tradition. There are things that we do simply because we are part of the movement, and if we encounter a sister scout from another part of the country or even the world, we can instantly connect with her. This badge is really easy to earn and is perfect for one of your first meetings of the year. New girls can learn about the traditions of scouting and experienced scouts can help…

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2023 When Juliette Gordon Low founded the Girl Scouts of USA in 1912, she had several goals in mind. The first was to develop the minds of girls to be open to all possibilities and to their own potential, whether they chose to be a homemaker or a community activist. At that time in history, many people were isolated in their own communities, as there was no means to go places. When young women joined the Girl Scouts, they were taken out of…

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New badges this year (2021) include a series of Math in Nature badges sponsored by Johnson & Johnson. This post is taking a look at the activities for the Junior version with the idea of giving leaders a quick resource they can review to decide whether to do the badge. If you decide to do the badge I highly recommend that you review the VTK plans as the given talking points are what connect the activities and math. Requirements According to Badge Explorer: Juniors explore patterns found in…

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This is the third in a series of posts on the Craft and Tinker Badges. I previously wrote about the Daisy and Brownie plans. I did th...