World Thinking Day-France

This is a really cute display for World Thinking Day.  I love how they have the Country's name displayed above the board.  Everyone gets so creative for their tables.  The Eiffel Tower adds to the table.  World Thinking Day is one of my favorite events of the year.

Luau Dance Centerpieces

These were the center pieces for the Mother Daughter Dance.  At some point during the Mother Daughter Dance the center pieces are always raffled off.  The bags were cute but a little disappointing.  Everyone wanted the bag because they thought something was inside it but they were surprised when it was empty.

Just a hint, If you want to do a center piece like this put something in the bag.  That way you won't have any disappointed little girls!

Let's Learn About Flowers

This was a project we worked on, so the girls could learn the parts of a flower.  We used a cup for the bottom and turned it over ( We probably should have used a bigger cup).  The stem was a large spoon wrapped in green tape.  The petals were just cut out of card stock. We used two different colors of pipe cleaners for the filament and style.  The anther was made by wrapping cotton to the top of the filament.  For the stigma we used yellow yarn wrapped around the style.  The parts of flower were all labeled with numbers and the bottom had a key.  I think the flower project was fun and educational.

Swaps for Polynesia

These are the swaps that we made for World Thinking Day.  First we printed out these cute hula girls.  Then we laminated them and cut them out.  We attached a pin back to it and it is complete. Very simple and they look great!  The girls each had two, one to keep and one to swap.

World Thinking Day-Polynesian Islands

This year we really wanted Australia for our country but someone else did too.  We were assigned the Polynesian Islands.  We could have done just French Polynesian but we decided to break up the girls into to groups of four and assign different countries.  The countries they picked were USA-Hawaii, New Zealand, Fiji and Tahiti.  All these islands and many more make up the Polynesian Islands.  We cut the poster boards in half and each group of girls made their own.  On our table we had the display posters, decorations from Party City and posters we received from Tahiti and New Zealand.  Hawaii and Tahiti tourism bureaus were nice enough to send us pens, magnets, brochures, and bracelets to pass out.  We also bought a box of leis to pass out.. For food we served mango salsa and chips.  This is usually one of the best events of the years.  Our table looked great!!

Sew, Sew, Sew

At one of our meeting the girls learned how to use a sewing machine.  We made tote bags out of girl scouts shirts that we bought at the girl scout store.  We also made jean pocket purses.  Most of the girls had never used a sewing machine before.  This was a great experience for them.  When I was young we had sewing in Junior High School.  They don't have anything like this anymore in our middle schools.  It's fun to learn new things!

Check Out Girl Scout Properties

Our troop wanted to go to a different campground.  In northeast Illinois we are lucky to have a  lot of girl scout properties.  When we signed up for the Journey in a weekend, it didn't specify where we were going to stay.  We had a address and that was about it.  Well, this is the building we stayed at.  The girls had the whole second floor.  The windows on top pushed out and there were cubbies that the girls could sit in.  The property was amazing and it was only forty five minutes from our homes.  There were trails, cabins and outdoor areas to pitch tents. The girls wanted to come back and go to one of the cabins.  I think we just might do this in the fall.
 
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