Free Printable Girl Scout Cookie Thank You Notes

Updated November 2019 

If you are knee deep in cookie sales, please visit this blog post from last year's cookie selling season to get your hands on some free printable Girl Scout cookie thank you notes. 

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There are several different resources for you to use.

World Thinking Day Meeting Ideas for Daisy Scouts-A 5 Step Plan

Updated December 2020

If you are still trying to figure out what to do for World Thinking Day, here is a quick and easy lesson plan for you to follow.

Image from Pixabay and altered by the author in Canva

Step 1-Pick a Country

Since this is Daisy Scouts, it does not have to be "girl led"- select a place that is easy for you! At the Making Friends website, they have plenty of ideas for several different countries. 

Once you have selected a country, run off a free printable passport for each girl to make. If you do not want to use your own ink, go to a store to run them off and save the receipt for reimbursement. 

Step 2-Get Pictures

Back in the pre-internet days when I first started my teaching career, I had to use books to show pictures of places to my students. You can do the same. You can also go to a travel agency and get brochures and make a poster of the things you want the girls to know.

Step 3-Get Moving

Image from Pixabay

After the girls have learned a bit about the country, it is time to have them do some dancing! YouTube is a fantastic resource for you. When I did the Junior Girl Scout Dance badge with my troop, I learned how to do the Mexican Hat Dance and relearned how to do the Israeli Mayim (water) Dance to teach the girls. Don't be shy...little girls can only sit for so long and if you want the next part of the meeting to go well, they need to get the wiggles out.

Step 4-Craft Time

Make a craft or Swap that represents the country. Again, the Making Friends website makes this a no-brainer to plan.

Step 5-Let's Eat!

To end your meeting, have prepared a treat from this country. You can make it at home or if it is no-bake, be adventurous and have the girls make it at the meeting. If the girls do not want to eat it, then that is their choice.

There you have it...a quick and easy World Thinking Day lesson plan!

Valentine Day Craft Supplies for an Easy Meeting

Updated November 2019

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Photo from Pixabay

Cookie season is in full swing and you are probably knee deep in booth sales, walkabouts and other cookie related activities. Why not take a break from Girl Scout cookies and plan a Valentine's Day party with your troop?

With easy to use Valentine's Day craft kits and party supplies, you can plan your meeting in a short amount of time. Here are a few items for your troop to use.

Here is a Valentine's Day craft kit from Amazon that contains 915 pieces! Included are :

• 108 Foam Shapes, 25 Sticky Back Gems
• 708 Foam Stickers, 72 Pom Poms
• .17 oz (5 g) Spangles

Use this to create cards, decorate bags, make magnets...the choices are limitless. With so many items, this can easily be used for Mother's Day and Father's Day as well.

If you do not need this many craft items, here is a wonderful Valentine's craft kit for Daisy Girl Scouts that is easy to assemble.

The craft kit in the picture above comes with enough for 12 girls and includes:

• Design It Yourself Foam Valentine Craft Kit 
• 24 foam hearts / 832 foam stickers
• Hearts (5" - 6") ~ sticker (1/2" - 1 1/4")
• Stickers include shapes and letters

You can find it on Amazon.

I love this set of 6 nesting heart cookie cutters. You can bake cookies at home in heart shapes for the girls to decorate as a gift and craft. You can also bake a pan of brownies and have the girls cut out the heart shape to decorate and wrap up...or just eat it at your meeting!

This 6 piece set is an investment for a small price. The hearts can be used as tracers for crafts over the years, and it can be used for other holidays as well. Find this and other heart shaped cookie and cake decorating items on Amazon.

How can you use this package of red buttons for a craft? Cut out a heart shape onto cardstock of cardboard. Have the girls write a message on the inside and glue the buttons on the perimeter of the heart. The girls can write something like "I love you sew much!"

You do not have to overthink the Valentine's Day holiday. Just get some fun crafts together, some candy treats, and enjoy!