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Last week I led Brownies for the final time.  One of the things I've always enjoyed doing is running a challenge evening, when the Brownies move round different stations in their sixes, completing a simple challenge at each station, and I had the opportunity of doing that.

It was set in a haunted house, with the challenges in different rooms (or reality different tables in the hall we meet in).  Not quite your usual haunted house, but still.  In one room the skeleton had fallen apart and needed putting back together - paper bones to stick on a piece of cardboard, nothing complicated.  In another room the bats wanted to fly - basic origami bats to make and decorate.  In the third room the ghosts were tired of being white and wanted to be bright colours - a wet wipe tie dyed using felt tips and then opened out, a face drawn in the middle, and with a peg to hold the ghost up.  Successful completion of each challenge was rewarded with a token.

Once they had completed all three challenges I handed out a board to stick the tokens on in the right places.  If the board was correct then that meant they could open the safe, which they all did.  They then each received a prize of lip gloss.  The Brownies definitely enjoyed the evening because this week they were telling Doodles all about it, as she'd not been present at the time.

This week they made paper rockets which were fired from plastic bottles with a bit of hose attached.  They enjoyed that too, and had a competition to see whose rocket went the furthest.

I've recently done some fundraising for the Brownies.  I applied for a grant to the South-West guiding region (along with a large number of other units) and got £100.  Then I wrote to our local city councillor to see if he would allocate some of his charity fund money to us, and we'll receive £250.  So good news.

Other good news is that when I leave my current Brownie unit I shall become a District Guider, which means I can help out with any of the local units if they are short-handed, for example on a trip.

Date: 2022-07-02 05:48 pm (UTC)
stonepicnicking_okapi: okapi (hearts)
From: [personal profile] stonepicnicking_okapi
Nice to end on a several very positive notes!

Date: 2022-07-02 05:53 pm (UTC)
angelofthenorth: Two puffins in love (Default)
From: [personal profile] angelofthenorth
Oh that sounds excellent - both the district guiding and the haunted House idea :)

Date: 2022-07-03 12:28 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] adafrog
Good news.

Date: 2022-07-03 01:14 am (UTC)
apachefirecat: Made by Apache (Default)
From: [personal profile] apachefirecat
I love the fact that y'all did a haunted house this time of the year!

Date: 2022-07-03 06:42 pm (UTC)
rusty_armour: (margot_kidder_lane)
From: [personal profile] rusty_armour
Both of those activities sound amazing! I would have absolutely loved the haunted house as a kid. Hell, I'd probably enjoy it now.

It's excellent that you were able to get grants from both the South-West guiding region and your local city councillor. That really is great news!

As [personal profile] stonepicnicking_okapi said, it would seem that your last week at your Brownie unit ended on a number of high notes. I hope you enjoy being a District Guider. I suspect that it will better suit your interests and schedule. :-)

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