Another Badge Earned

[smallhobbit]

Last week was World Book Day, and since most of the Brownies had worn costumes to school they were allowed to continue wearing them to Brownies.  Several from Harry Potter, various Alice in Wonderlands etc, even a Golden Ticket from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.  They played a book quiz: Which came first the book or the film?  And made bookmarks.

We finished with an enrolment for four new Brownies.  One of the girls was so upset, because she thought she wouldn't remember the promise, despite our reassurances that the whole pack would say it with her, that Flamingo and I had to take her hands to lead her round.  She managed to say her promise very quietly as we all said it.  I'm delighted with the other girls because, although there were a few curious looks, none of them made any comments, they're a very supportive group.

This week we did the final explore skills builder - talking about a visit to a city.  And then we made some cardboard snow goggles, which were theoretically quite easy, but required careful cutting and tying knots in wool ... 

Ten girls who had completed all five skills builders were then presented with their badge.  We always run a 'catch up' week for those who've missed something.

Comments

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Wonderful to hear what the Brownies are up to!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you!

[romanajo123]

Awesome!! Go Brownies! :yay:

( was a Girl Scout till I graduated high school)

[smallhobbit]

They enjoyed themselves - and they're always so delighted when they're awarded a badge.

Hooray for another member of the Girlguiding/Girl Scout family!

[kingstoken]

Costumes for World Book Day is such a great idea!

[smallhobbit]

They do enjoy dressing up.

[corvidology]

The costumes sound great!

[smallhobbit]

They looked very impressive!

[luthienberen]

Awww a adorable update on the Brownies, the girls are inspiringly supportive!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much. They are indeed!

[003_5]

that's great! I used to love dressing up for world book day!

[smallhobbit]

It continues to be very popular - the Brownies certainly enjoyed it.

[rusty_armour]

I'm impressed by the variety of costumes that the Brownies wore for World Book Day. I think the World Book Day activities were really good too.

As someone who has anxiety issues, I really feel for the girl who was upset during her enrollment. It's wonderful that the whole pack was so supportive.

That final explore skills builder sounds really cool. It's great that ten girls earned their badges after completing all five skills builders. :-)

[smallhobbit]

I'm glad we were able to help an anxious Brownie. In the past I think there was a much more 'Get over it, you can do it' attitude, but our way is to say 'we can see there's a problem, let us help you with it' and the other girls learn that we can all support each other.

[debriswoman]

Good to hear how things are going:-)

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much.

[moth2fic]

Lovely, as always, to hear about the Brownies.

World Book Day dressing up is a bit of a sore point with my daughter and some of her friends - thinking of costumes for WBD and also for Halloween can be quite a problem for many parents, especially if they have more than one child (and especially for one who is a secondary teacher and runs out of time as well as patience). I'm glad you let them wear the outfits for Brownies - at least that extended their use! And it obviously fed into the activity on book/film order, which by the way, is a really interesting one. I wonder how many got it all right?

[smallhobbit]

Thank you :)

Yes - not to mention the cost for people now, because most costumes are bought. At least when mine were of that age it was a case of finding what we had available. And my son had a red and black Dennis the Menace striped jumper I'd knitted for him (because he wanted one anyway) which he wore for three successive years, and then went down to his sister for Minnie the Minx!