How to Earn the Purple Daisy Girl Scout Petal Respect Myself and Others

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Updated October 2019

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Earning the purple Daisy Girl Scout petal, “respect myself and others” is a real life lesson for the girls in your troop. This part of the Girl Scout Law is important because in order to get along in life, you need to get along with others. It is also healthy for people to a have healthy self-esteem.

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This petal stands for “respect”, this is an abstract concept for kindergarten and first grade girls who are between the ages of five and seven. The girls will need a concrete lesson in order to earn this part of their Daisy. Because the girls are young and unable to write, having an extra volunteer or two will help this meeting go more smoothly.

The materials you will need for this Daisy Girl Scout activity are:

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I’m Gonna Like Me by Jamie Lee Curtis

9 x 13 white construction paper

Crayons or markers

Glitter glue in assorted colors

Glittery stickers or peel and stick on rhinestones

A healthy snack

You can start off your meeting by reading the book I’m Gonna Like Me. This book tells the tale of a little girl who likes herself. Laura Cornell’s delightful illustrations really hammer the point home.

After reading the book aloud, ask the girls to think about three things they like about themselves. Talk to them about the things they can do to keep liking themselves, like being clean, exercising, and eating healthy foods.

Then have them share those things. For the craft, you can use 9 x 13 paper and have them draw a full body picture of themselves. They can then dictate to you and your volunteers the three things they like about themselves that they shared earlier.

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Once the dictation is done, have them use glittery glue to highlight their hair and glittery stickers and rhinestones to decorate their clothing.

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For the second part of the meeting, you will need to do a demonstration with your co-leader. Respecting others means protecting their feelings and being kind-acting towards them like you would want to be treated.

Have your co-leader say something to you that would not be kind. For example, she could say, “Your hair is a mess” or “I do not like the shirt you are wearing today”. In response, you act sad.

Ask the children what did your co-leader do that was disrespectful. Have a brief discussion.

Now re-enact the scene, but this time your co-leader acts kindly and says, ‘Gee, your hair look great today!” or “I love that new shirt you are wearing!” Talk with the girls about the difference between the two episodes. How would they want to be treated? You can also do another reenactment with each of you telling the other one thing they like about the person.

To close this activity, break the girls into pair or triads. Ask them to find one or two nice things to say about each other-not necessarily about their appearance, but how they like the way they tell a joke or share the craft materials. Your co-leader and you should mediate what is being said.

At the end of the meeting, hand out the healthy snack, making sure that the girls take the time to wash their hands.

Earning the purple Daisy Girl Scout petal, “Respect Myself and Others” is an important life lesson that you and your co-leader can impart to the girls.

Order Your Free Dental Health Kit to Earn the Purple Daisy Petal Respect Myself and Others

Updated November 2019

I know that you are knee deep into the holiday season, but I wanted to post this free dental health program for Girl Scout leaders. Once the New Year starts, it will be cookie season and you may not get to order this in time for your February meeting.

                          

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For those of you who do not know, February is Dental Health Month. This is the perfect time to earn the Purple Daisy Petal with this program from Colgate. Good dental health is respecting yourself because you only get one set of adult teeth. Once you lose those, there is nothing left to chew with!

The Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Future kit is no longer available. However, there are plenty of free materials on the Colgate website. You can find them here.

Earn Three Daisy Petals With a Girl Scout Tea Party

For Leaders Pressed for Time, Have a Girl Scout Tea Party and Earn Three Daisy Petals at Once

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Updated November 2021

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One of the many joys of being a Daisy Girl Scout leader is that the girls whom you lead are at such an adorable age.  Most girls love anything feminine, like dolls, crafts and dress up clothes. You can take advantage of this fun aspect of being a little girl and host a tea party with your troop!

This meeting can be a cumulation of earning Daisy petals such as:

Yellow-Friendly and Helpful
Spring Green-Considerate and Caring
Purple-Respect Myself and Others

Girls have to use their manners at a tea party, so these three petals tie in, so if you have not earned them already, you can apply them to what you do at this party.

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If you want to make this an end of year party or do this in lieu of a December holiday party, then let the parents know ahead of time so they can be sure to attend and get childcare for other siblings.

At the meeting before your tea party, the girls can make this newspaper tea party hat.  Your co-leader and you can take them home and bring them to the next meeting. And you are also earning the green Daisy petal for "Use Resources Wisely".  Buy cheap plastic flowers from the Dollar Store so girls can put two or three on a hat. Tulle is cheap to buy as well.

Your girls will be so excited for this meeting! Remember to keep it simple and not overdo it-remember the party is for them, not you or the parents! Keep them involved in as many aspects as you can.

Before the meeting, you will need to buy some simple things to make the table sparkle.  A simple pink plastic tablecloth will do, as this will not absorb any spills that might happen and the color is just right for little girls. Splurge on some thematic paper plates and napkins like this:

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Use the placemats below to set the table right and give the girls something to do while they are waiting.

 

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Food to Serve

Since this is tea party for girls, little finger foods should be on the menu. Keep in mind food allergies and where you meet, and it is probably best to forgo the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Serve tiny cookies, fruit and vegetables-finger foods that kids love to eat. Remember, keep it fun and simple so you can enjoy it as well!

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Platters should be passed around, and remind the girls to use their manners. 

A food and a craft that is fun is to have the girls decorate teapot shaped cookies that you baked ahead of time. Ice with white icing from a tub and sprinkle with pastel sugars or Daisy shaped sprinkles. 

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A Fun Tea Party Craft

After the food has been eaten, the girls can use their manners to help clean up the table if you do not have another clean area to use. Otherwise, have the craft set up in another part of the room.

Again, simplicity is best.  Here are some tea party themed craft kits that come with everything you need. These will make a wonderful souvenir from the party in addition to the Tea Party Fun Patch that you can buy at your local Council Shop.

     

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Girl Scout Daisy Tea Party Favors

This pearl necklace party favor can be handed out at the start of the meeting. There are 16 to a pack.

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Juliette Gordon Low, the founded the Girl Scouts of the USA in 1912. In the year 1915, money to run the GSUSA was running out. Juliette, a woman of means, sold her favorite pearl necklace to get the money she needed so the Girl Scout movement could continue.

Don't forget to bring your camera and take lots of pictures for your Girl Scout scrapbook.  A Daisy Girl Scout tea party is a wonderful vent for you to have as one of your fun meetings.

Spring is Around the Corner-Time to Plan an Outdoor Field Trip!

Updated October 2019

Hopefully, the weather in your area is turning warmer if you are in a cold winter climate like I am.  With visions of being outdoors dancing in my head, it was always time to plan a spring field trip!

Your troop bank account probably does not have a ton of cash in it, but that does not mean you cannot go anywhere-there is plenty that you can do for free!

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Do you have a nature or hiking trail nearby? That costs nothing!

Is there an awesome local playground where the girls can play and have a picnic?

Is there a track at a local school or a soccer field where the girls can work on their "Respect Myself and Others" petal by exercising and doing healthy activities?

Is there an outdoor clean-up effort where your girls can help?

Can you go to the fire station and get a tour outside and go inside the trucks?

Together with your co-leader,pick a date and start getting those permission slips and field trip approval number ready!

This blog post shares many free field trips for Girl Scout troops to take.

How to Earn the Purple Daisy Petal-Respect Myself and Others

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*Updated March 2019

As a parent, teacher and Girl Scout leader, I constantly find myself at odds with what I see in children's media today. Although shows aimed at preschoolers have plenty to offer in regard to respecting others, once children reach the Disney Channel/ Teen Nick stage, it all goes downhill. The banter between children and adults is oftentimes not acceptable, in my opinion.  I could not imagine ever speaking to either of my parents like they do and still be alive today to type about it!

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As leaders, we have no control over what our girls watch, but when they are with us, we are responsible for how they act with each other.

Your girls may be together for many years.  As Daisies, you are setting the groundwork on what kinds of behaviors are acceptable and unacceptable. You cannot be wishy-washy on this, or else you will be in for many problems.

To earn the purple Daisy petal, you can read any one of a number of children's books to launch the meeting. A classic tale is this one, Chrysanthemum, by Kevin Henkes.

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Chrysanthemum loves her name until she gets to school and the children tease her about it. It seems a bit odd now, with as children having unusual names is commonplace. But it is important to talk about how she is feeling and what the children are doing wrong-they are not acting the way a Girl Scout should! Once you are done reading the story, this activity is one that ties in nicely and one that I did with my Junior troop.

Materials

Markers

White computer paper

Have each girl write her name on the paper in marker any way she wants. Bubble letter, block letters, in different colors-it does not matter. When they are all done, have them crumple up the paper and gently throw them at each other like a snowball fight.

Then have the girls pick up one paper (not theirs) and try to smooth out the wrinkles.  Of course, they cannot. It is the same with words, you cannot unsay what you have said, and if you say something disrespectful, you cannot take it back.

If you have time, ask the girls some nice things to say about each other or ways to compliment someone.

You can also do this craft to extend the lesson from the book.

Materials

Heart Picture Frame 

This set comes in a five pack

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Alphabet Foam Letters

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Teacher stickers

Before the meeting, take out the letters that spell each girl's name and place it in a baggie. Separate the teacher stickers to remove the ones that refer to doing a good job or doing nice work on a paper.

Give each girl a heart frame and have her put her name on it with the stickers. She can decorate the rest of it with the teacher stickers. For more variety, you can add some flower or heart stickers as well. Tell the girls to put an image of themselves in there to remind them that they should respect themselves for just the way they are.

How has your troop earned the purple Daisy petal?