This week we had the fun of Brownie Takeover evening. Three of my oldest Brownies had planned the activities, and they did very well. There was a treasure hunt, with clues – and Easter eggs as prizes. There was also a game involving a ball that was going on but I’m hazy on what the rules were because I was in the other room while … Continue reading Brownie Takeover & Build a Board
Last week* we tried out an activity about water. Take some muddy water and a variety of miscellaneous items, and try to get clean water. Harder than it sounds, but quite good fun. *Actually, ages ago. I just found this post in my drafts. Never mind! Continue reading Guide Activities
My Guides wanted to “celebrate” Halloween by dying in horrible ways. I may be exaggerating. But we did make fake wounds! I have to admit, it didn’t go entirely to plan, as half way through I discovered some of them using the resources to make it look like they had chicken pox. But we had fun, and that’s important. I won’t claim that the wounds … Continue reading Halloween
My, it’s been a while. Where does the time go? I’ve been busily Guiding away since I last posted, getting stuck in to the new programme. Generally I’m enjoying it. The Brownie activities seem to be almost universal hits. We’re working on Be Well – Feel Good Stage 2. We’ve played balloon races and figured out how to get more sleep, and next week we’re … Continue reading Autumn Term Catch Up
Along with the new programme for all members of Girlguiding, there are a whole new selection of interest badges for the girls to achieve. Today I’m going to talk about the range of topics, the syllabuses, and the style of the badges. Topics Each badge has been assigned to one of the six themes – Know Myself, Express Myself, Be Well, Have Adventures, Take Action … Continue reading New Girlguiding Resources: Interest Badges
At Brownies this week we mostly relaxed. We did some yoga (alas, no photos of that!), and made some face masks out of edible ingredients. Finally we did some mindful colouring in. We also said goodbye to a couple of Brownies (although not for long, because one of them is going to Guides). It’s always sad to see them go, but at the same time … Continue reading End of Term Relaxation
I love summer. All the beautiful weather, it’s perfect for campfires. And campfires means s’mores. My Brownies went to a local campsite for some outdoor fun this week. In fact, all of our Wednesday units were there – separate but overlapping. We like to do that when we have space – Rainbows overlap with Brownies, Brownies with Guides and Guides with Rangers. It gets them … Continue reading Fun with Fire
I like getting outside. Which is convenient, since my Guides do too. We went out this week looking for bugs, but we found all sorts of other things too. We also went on a penny hike – using coin tosses to decide our route – with the intention that they would be asked to figure out how to get back to the meeting place at … Continue reading Into the woods
Last weekend I went on Guide camp. It was a reasonably large camp – around 100 Guides – and it was an excellent holiday. We learned that Guides can put up tents with basically no help at all, which bodes well for our summer camp. It was definitely a camp of all weathers. I used both full waterproofs (to protect me from a thunderstorm with … Continue reading Snowflake is a witch
This week I had a brief panic at the start of Brownies. You see, one of them wanted to tell me about how excited she was that this year she was taking part in Ramadan. Our evening plan involved quite a lot of food based activities. It hadn’t even occurred to me that she might be fasting, because she’s quite young still – fasting is … Continue reading Food is Fun
The 57th Snowflake 