Over 50 Free Girl Scout Patch Programs and Printables 2022-2023

Whether you are a new troop with limited funds or an established one who is saving their cookie money for a big trip or event, you can use these over 50 free Girl Scout patch programs and printables for your next meeting.

One of the most popular features on my blog these past few years has been the Friday Freebie posts. Leaders do not need to spend money on programming, as there are plenty of free patch programs, downloadable printables, and field trips if you know where to look!

Please note…if a program no longer offers the patch, you can always substitute a fun patch in its place.

Below you will find free patch programs and printables for your troop to use year round. More will be added during the year!

For the new scouting year, I am creating an updated list of these freebies for you to use. Enjoy and please let me know if you have done any of them and how it turned out!

Free Girl Scout Meeting Planning Templates

Icebreaker Activities for Back to Troop

Founder’s Day Craft for Younger Scouts

Barilla Pasta Share the Table Activities

60 Acts of Kindness Activities for Tweens and Teens (perfect for older girls)

Free Cabot Cheese Patch Program

Free Banking Resources from TD Bank

You Throw Like a Girl Patch Program

Dental Health Program for Kids

Mental Health Awareness

Cabot Cheese (7 patch programs!)

Girl Scouts on Wheels

Groundwater Foundation

Personal Finance

Free Craft Classes at Lakeshore Learning (cancelled for now dow to Covid. Check back to see when they will be available)

JoAnn Fabrics Girl Scout Reward Program

Radio Patch

Girl Scout Founder’s Day Bingo Game

Free Halloween Printables for Girl Scout Meetings

4 Free Girl Scout Field Trips

Girl Scout Print and Go Silly Sentences

Free Official Girl Scout Songbook

Free Girl Scout Cookie Booth Checklist

Free Girl Scout Cookie Word Search

10 Free Printables for November Girl Scout Meetings

Free Girl Scout Badge Work Make Up Checklist for Daisies, Brownies and Juniors

Free Girl Scout Leader and Co-Leader Pre-Meeting Checklist

Free Girl Scout Leader Back to Troop Checklist

Cadette Silver Award Project Summer Fun Patch

Free Printable Calendar for Leaders

A Fun Time Filler Game for Virtual and in Person Girl Scout Meetings

Bucket Filler Free Compliment Flyer

 Pick a Stick Icebreaker Game

 BIC Play It Safe Fire Safety Patch Program

Free Music and Badge Downloads from the Girl Scouts of the USA

For a limited time, the Girl Scouts of the USA is offering leaders of all levels free badgework and free Girl Scout music to download.

Daisy leaders, this is a limited time offer that I did not want you to miss.

For a limited time, the Girl Scouts of the USA are offering free downloads of Girl Scout badge work and free Girl Scout songs.

Image by khamkhor from Pixabay 

Hurry on over to the Girl Scout Shop and see what they have to offer for your troop. There is one download of each item per person.

Where to Find Free Field Trips for Your Daisy Troop

Updated October 2019

There are many places to find free field trips for your Daisy troop While meetings with the girls are fun, it is a nice change of pace for everyone to get out of the building where you meet and go on a field trip. There are many free field trips for your Daisy troop to go on if you just do a little research.

Your best local resource for finding free field trips for your Daisy troop is to send an email out to your Service Unit team. In your note, ask them to send out an email to all the leaders asking them what kinds of free local field trips other troops in the area have gone on successfully. This can be compiled into a list for all leaders in your Service Unit to use. There are places in your area that you may not be aware of! I should know...this happened to me! 

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There is a nature preserve about ten minutes from where our girls live that led free nature hikes for local Girl Scout troops. I only knew about it because my co-leader had taken her older daughter's troop there years ago. The trip was arranged, the paperwork was filled out, and the girls had a blast!

Another place to find free field trips for your Daisy troop is to ask on your leader Facebook page. When I was a Daisy leader we did not have a leader page, but now we do. You may get answers there if it is an active page.

Your co-leader and you can also brainstorm a list of ideas for places to go. Find some potential dates, split the list, and start calling.

Place to Visit

Police and Fire Stations

Within your community, you can visit your local police and fire stations to earn the Magenta Daisy petal, Respect Myself and Others. You are certainly not the first scout troop to call and ask to visit. When calling, ask how long the tour will take so you can give parents a time for pick up.

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Fitness Studios

Another place for a potential free field trip for your Daisy troop is a dance, yoga, or fitness studio. Call and ask if the girls can take a free class. This is great advertising for the studio and the girls can get in some exercise and earn their fitness badges! If you know someone who is a personal trainer, she can come to a meeting and teach the girls a class at no cost. When my troop was second year Brownies, we took a free karate class because one of the parents took her children there and she asked for us. Another great trip that did not cost a penny!

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Supermarkets

Many supermarkets will give the girls a "behind the scenes" tour of where their families shop for their weekly groceries. It may amaze them as to how food is prepared-especially the fish department! Along the way, free samples are given out to the hungry girls.

Banks

As part of learning about Financial Literacy, many banks across the country offer free tours to schools, youth groups, and scouts.

Retail Stores

Retailers are another great source for free field trips. Along with asking your local mom and pop stores, there are several major retailers that offer badge earning workshops and tours for all levels of Girl Scouts. You can read about four of them here on my all level Girl Scout website.

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Planning the Trip

After you have chosen the place and the date for your free Girl Scout Daisy field trip, you need to fill out all of the necessary paperwork. Let your Council contact know when you are going and all of the details so you can get your trip approval number. The Girl Scouts are very strict with field trip rules. If you take a trip without permission and something happens, you are not covered by Girl Scout insurance.

All girls need to have their permission slips to go. When you send these home, ask for parent volunteers, especially if you have a young Daisy troop. Parents need to be background checked and a registered volunteer in order to be a driver.

Having a small budget does not mean you cannot take field trips with your troop. Doing a little bit of homework will yield great results.

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.

Free Girl Scout Program Promotes Awareness of Mental Health Issues

Updated November 2019

On my main Girl Scout blog, I shared information about a free patch program for Girl Scouts of all levels, including Daisy Scouts. Please do not fear the term "mental illness", as it covers everything from ADHD to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

The International Bipolar Foundation has a free program, with patch included, to help promote awareness of mental illness. 

You can read about the program in this article.

The updated 2019 patch program can be found here.