How to Earn the Spring Green Daisy Petal-Considerate and Caring and Do a Mother's Day Craft

Updated October 2019

Mother’s Day is around the corner, and who is more considerate and caring than a mom?  Here is an opportunity for you to earn a petal and get an important holiday project completed.
  

Before launching into any craft, have a brief discussion with the girls about what it means to be considerate and caring.  Have them give examples of how their mothers act that way towards them.

Then ask them how they can do the same for their moms.  One way is to make a special craft/gift and card that is just for her.

You may want to break this meeting into stations and ask for additional volunteers.  One station is for making the card, one is for doing the craft, and the other is for wrapping the gift.  That way you can focus in one on activity and keep the girls in small, more manageable groups.

Before your meeting, make a test craft to iron out the kinks and to see how long it might take the girls to make it.  Keep it simple and doable so that the girls are enjoying themselves and are not easily frustrated.

Also, make sure that you gather the materials and place them all in one bag before your meeting.  

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Here is a list of blog posts for Mother's Day crafts you can do with your troop.

Free Kids Crafts

Easy Mother's Day Crafts from DLTK Kids

About.com has many ideas that are simple and easy to do

Let me know what ideas worked for you!

Cheap and Easy Daisy Crafts Using Muffin/Cupcake Liners

This blog post was inspired by a great find.  At the Michael's 80% off post-Valentine's Day craft sale, I scored a basket full of muffin liners for 39 cents a piece. I bake a lot and I do not care what my liners look like-it what it holds that counts!

That got me to thinking about my Daisy Girl Scout leader days, when a walk into the craft store led me to the children's crafting department.  Now that my girls are fifth grade Juniors, I do not often think about easy crafts for Daisy Scouts.  

But my muffin liner stash had the wheels in my head turning.

Photo credit: cohdra from morguefile.com

Saint Patrick's Day is around the corner, and there will be clearance liners for that, too. You can also use a coupon to buy a package of plain white liners. These crafts would make great Mother's Day projects or even a community service project to help earn the yellow Friendly and Helpful  or the spring green Daisy petal Considerate and Caring.

Crafts do not have to be complicated or expensive.  A little bit of savvy shopping and some ideas go a long way!

Here are some muffin liner craft ideas for you to use with your troop!