Junior budget maker badge

*This post contains affiliate links. Leaders with troops who are active cookie sellers need to teach them many things. This Girl Scout Junio...

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2023 It is amazing how far technology has come in the past decade. Camera phones and editing apps have certainly changed how people take and store their photographs. There are many free apps that anyone can download and use to make delightful collages that can then be printed for gifts. The old Girl Scout Junior Badge Book had the Camera Shots badge, and it is one that my girls earned when they were in fifth grade. This badge is a bit…

Shopping is fun for sure but what about when you start thinking about budgeting, deciding what you really need versus what you just want. If your girls want to start understanding the difference between their wants and needs, you have come to the right place. Using some of these activities below your girls will learn how to better understand how to save money and how to only buy the things that don’t lead them to buyers remorse. Below are a few ideas to get you started. Savvy Shopper…

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Here are the first set of activities my Junior Girl Scout troop did to earn the Stress Less badge.

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2023 When Juliette Gordon Low founded the Girl Scouts of USA in 1912, she had several goals in mind. The first was to develop the minds of girls to be open to all possibilities and to their own potential, whether they chose to be a homemaker or a community activist. At that time in history, many people were isolated in their own communities, as there was no means to go places. When young women joined the Girl Scouts, they were taken out of…

*This post contains affiliate links. *Updated April 2023 Shopping…it is an activity that most girls love! During the years your girls are Juniors, the awareness of brands and where people shop becomes more evident. The tween years are ones that advertisers heavily market to because they have many wants and Madison Avenue knows how to trigger them. Earning the Girl Scout Junior Savvy Shopper badge is one where we can help guide girls to see what they truly need and what they are convinced…

This year's new badges include a series of Art and Design badges at the Daisy, Brownie and Junior levels. I have reviewed the Daisy badge and the Brownie badge already. This post will look at the Junior badge. Requirements According to Badge Explorer, the requirements for the Junior badge are: Examine and explore different styles and elements of art and design. Discover art and design around you Make art about a subject Experiment with the elements Explore composition Design an art display…

Updated August 2024 *This post contains affiliate links. The Girl Scout Junior Inside Government badge is such an important badge to earn, as we are helping to create future leaders. If you are doing this badge during a local election year, it is even more relevant. Girl Scout Junior Inside Government Meeting Plans Available on TpT Included in the Girl Scout Junior Inside Government badge resource: All five steps One activity for Step 1 One activity for Step 2 Two activities for Step 3 One…

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2023 Have you ever wished that you could be one of this people who are great at makin...