Daisy Petal Work

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Being a Girl Scout is something you DO, and it is an EXPERIENCE that no girl should miss!

Yall know I am always on the lookout for more resources!  I have a great set of Daisy petal resources for you all to use and enjoy:

• Daisy Promise Center

• Lupe: Honest and Fair
• Sunny: Friendly and Helpful
• Zinni: Considerate and Caring
• Tula: Courageous and Strong
• Mari: Responsible for What I Say and Do
• Gloria: Respect Myself and Others
• Gerri: Respect and Authority
• Clover: Use Resources Wisely
• Rosie: Make the World a Better Place
• Vi: Be A Sister to Every Girl Scout

Something I ALSO wanted to share with you was a resource a fellow Daisy leader recently shared with me, and has gracefully allowed me to share with you.

Audrey Anderson is a woman I met in one of my MANY girl scout groups I am a member of online, and she is a wealth of knowledge people! She is often sharing her resources, and guiding other leaders in this quest we are all on to lead our scouts to the best of our abilities!

She has her notes set up in a meeting by meeting fashion - which may be exactly what you are looking for! Everyone absorbs and learns things differently and I am really excited to share this resource with you.

You can find a link to her meeting by meeting layout here:

DAISY MEETING NOTES

Something I really enjoyed while reading these notes is that they are personalized for Audrey's troop, but she also offers suggestions and ideas to personalize them for your troop.  She has a lot of ideas and suggestions on how to tame excited little ladies, and how to go one step further to really make your year great.

Did you enjoy her tips? What ones did you find most useful?

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Displaying Badge Work

When we moved to our current city, we moved cross country in the dead of winter.  My girl and I adore girl scouts, and it has been a fantastic way to meet friends for both my girl and myself.  We knew we wanted to jump right into scouts.

Every girl scout mom knows that joining a new group comes with some financial obligation, and girl scouts is no different.  My current troop formed in the middle of the school year - right at the start of the cookie season.  My girls were AMAZING and jumped right into cookie season, and off we went.

As time went on, and the girls began to earn petals, we considered some cost effective ways to display petals.  My daughter was the only girl who had previously been a scout, so I had quite a few girls who did not have a daisy bib, and moms were reluctant to spend all that money on a daisy bib when my girls would be bridging shortly.

I reached out to my mom friends, and one of my girlfriends (Thank you Cella!) showed me the ingenious idea of getting troop shirts, and ironing/sewing the petal patches on there.  This is a great idea - it gives the girls a chance to display the badges they've earned without dipping too deeply into our parents pockets!

What creative ideas have YOU used to display badge work? I love to see comments, and posts sharing your creativity!