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Back at Brownies for the final sprint (stagger?) before the summer holidays.
Last week we had planned to have making a prom dress with bin liners (pedal bin size). Only it was very hot and we suspected encasing the girls in plastic bags would only serve to cook them. Sparkly Owl was on holiday, so we needed something easy to do. Games in a hot hall were also out, as we'd have them flaking all over the place. So Brown Owl had a brainwave - we'd make paper fans. So easy, decorate your piece of paper on both sides and fold (here, let me show you). Then attach thin ribbon to decorate the handle. For such a simple activity, it was surprisingly popular. We suspect the Brownies were happy to sit quietly (quiet - well, chatting loudly) and do something easy. And those who finished first got to make a poster saying why they like Brownies to be put up for this week's enrollment.
This week was cooller and considerably wetter, but since we hadn't planned an outdoor activity, (Sparkly Owl is still away and we do not try anything complicated with only two of us!) this didn't matter. We therefore put the Brownies in pairs and got them to construct outfits. We've done this before and it's worked quite well, but this time it felt like hard work. Some pairs worked really well together, but others didn't seem to understand the idea of working with someone and not doing it all yourself.
It might work better if friends were paired up, but whereas in some packs the girls all go to the same one or two schools, out of our 20 girls, 8 go to the school round the corner from the Community Centre where we meet and the remaining 12 go in ones or twos to a further 8 schools. They all mix in well together, but it does mean they don't know each other as well.
We finished with an enrollment when our two newest Brownies made their promise. The younger one seemed a little ill-prepared (especially since the two at the previous enrollment had been really good), but the older had clearly worked at learning her promise and rushed through it as fast as possible to make sure she didn't forget it.
Next week is Pirate Night!
Last week we had planned to have making a prom dress with bin liners (pedal bin size). Only it was very hot and we suspected encasing the girls in plastic bags would only serve to cook them. Sparkly Owl was on holiday, so we needed something easy to do. Games in a hot hall were also out, as we'd have them flaking all over the place. So Brown Owl had a brainwave - we'd make paper fans. So easy, decorate your piece of paper on both sides and fold (here, let me show you). Then attach thin ribbon to decorate the handle. For such a simple activity, it was surprisingly popular. We suspect the Brownies were happy to sit quietly (quiet - well, chatting loudly) and do something easy. And those who finished first got to make a poster saying why they like Brownies to be put up for this week's enrollment.
This week was cooller and considerably wetter, but since we hadn't planned an outdoor activity, (Sparkly Owl is still away and we do not try anything complicated with only two of us!) this didn't matter. We therefore put the Brownies in pairs and got them to construct outfits. We've done this before and it's worked quite well, but this time it felt like hard work. Some pairs worked really well together, but others didn't seem to understand the idea of working with someone and not doing it all yourself.
It might work better if friends were paired up, but whereas in some packs the girls all go to the same one or two schools, out of our 20 girls, 8 go to the school round the corner from the Community Centre where we meet and the remaining 12 go in ones or twos to a further 8 schools. They all mix in well together, but it does mean they don't know each other as well.
We finished with an enrollment when our two newest Brownies made their promise. The younger one seemed a little ill-prepared (especially since the two at the previous enrollment had been really good), but the older had clearly worked at learning her promise and rushed through it as fast as possible to make sure she didn't forget it.
Next week is Pirate Night!
