Through the Looking Glass

A few Saturdays ago,  the Sparks and Brownies of the Community gathered at Camp Bryerswood for Spark Spree and Brownie Revel with the theme of Alice and Wonderland.  The girls had fun playing croquet t with flamingoes, making mad hatter hats,  playing games and singing songs. 

Magic Tree House Camp

The Windsor Brownies and the Amherstburg Brownies spent a weekend in March with Jack and Annie and went on adventures in the Magic Tree House.
They started off by making medieval Challetes to use for their surprise Medieval Feast.  

We went on many adventures as we went on a scavenger hunt all around the camp and ran from dinosaur, rode a dolphin, fought like ninjas and swam very quietly away from the crocodiles in the amazon. 

In the afternoon Jack and Annie,  along with the Brownies came across a volcano and helped fix it up with paper mache and brown tissue paper.  Later on after dinner the we watched it erupt right in front of our own eyes. (Coke and Mentos) 

Later on,  we all enjoyed a messy chicken and potato medieval feast with soup and fresh bread.

The girls had a blast and enjoyed the special activites that Jack and Annie had in store for them. 

If you would like any of the program from the camp let me know. 

Crazy Science

About a month ago, the Brownies enjoyed a guest speaker to finish their Key to Stem.  Dr. Terry Lawrence Taylor, talked to the girls about women in science and did some fun activities related to science.   For an opening activity, the girls drew pictures of what they thought a scientist looked like. Some of the pictures, were pretty crazy.

The girls learned about what it takes to be a scientist as well as some of the jobs that they could do when being a scientist.  Such as a doctor, a nurse, an engineer, or a teacher.   They learned that their finger prints are not all the same and that there is three different types:  arch, loop and whorl.  To test this theory, the girls used magic marker on their fingers and dabbed it on a piece of paper.  When all 5 fingers were done, they were able to see what their finger prints were. 

The girls had a great time learning from Dr. Terry Lawrence Taylor.   She encouraged all the girls to like science and have fun with it.   Even though this finishes up their Key to Stem, they may still work on the interest badges. The 4 below, will be in the badge challenges section of the site. 

Thinking Day Celebrations!!

It has been awhile, so it is now time to catch up on what we have done this year. Our Brownies have had a very busy couple of months with many outings, camps and activities in our meetings. 

We celebrated Thinking Day by doing a sleepover at the church with a Girl Guide Unit.  This gave the girls the opportunity to mix and mingle with other Guiding sisters. We completed the 5 region challenge from Alberta.  All of us had the opportunity to try new foods such as: Jamaican Beef Patties, won ton soup, chicken enchiladas, sauerkraut, perogies and much more.  We also tried our hand at some games from other countries and attempted the Irish Jig.  

We finished off the weekend with a flag ceremony and reciting our promise in front of the church congregation.  We were treated after with a wonderful luncheon put on by the church. 

As a unit, we celebrated Thinking Day by playing a large life size board game. The girls traveled in teams of two around the "board game" answering questions about: Brownies, the history of Girl Guides, WAGGGS, and the world centers.  

The girls throughly enjoyed the game.   If anybody would like the instructions and some questions please feel free to contact me by filling out a blog contact form. 

Sew What?

On Saturday,  a few of our girls went out to Bryerswood to learn how to Sew. We made Knotted Pillows with name tags, weaved owls that are pouched and little purses.  The girls had a great time and are looking forward to the next one.  Here are some photos of the event. 

Congratulations Emily!!!!

Emily is one eager Brownie! She completed the Brownie Be a Chef  badge.  She made rainbow chip cupcakes at home one day and took pictures of her accomplishments.  Emily said that her cupcakes were really yummy and can't wait until she makes a new batch.   The next meeting, she is going to bring her work in to present to the unit so she could get her badge.

Emily is looking forward to doing more badges out of the book.  To check out some badges that the girls could work on they could look through the Brownie book or check the page on this Brownie blog called "Badge Challenges.  Then when the badge is complete, bring it to the meeting and we will give you time to present it.   Keep up the good work! 

Happy Badge Doing!

Love Yourself Challenge

A few months ago, our girls did the International Day of the Girl challenge where they focused on why we need girls in society today. Two meetings ago, we worked on the NEDIC Love Yourself Challenge.
Girls Guides of Canada and NEDIC (National Eating Disorders Information Center) worked together to create a challenge for each branch to teach them about Self-Esteem, Body Image, and Health and Nutrition. At the Brownie level, the girls have to complete 1 activity in each section.

Our Brownies tackled this challenge by kicking off the meeting with a game of  "tag your cool" where the person that was it would tag somebody but instead of saying "tag your it" they said "tag your cool."  We then, gathered in a circle and each person mentioned something that they like about themselves, and different qualities about themselves. Some of the girls, even said what they liked about one of their friends in Brownies.  

Our craft for the night was creating door hangers.  Each girl received a foam heart where they put their name on the middle and then positive words that described them such as unique, pretty, funny, smart etc. I laid out cue cards with these words on the table so the girls knew how to spell them when they were writing it.  When they were completed, each girl chose a ribbon that they were able to thread through their heart so that they could hang it where they could see it at home.

The next activity was a partner activity. Each girl chose a partner and a piece of paper with some markers.   The girls each took a turn drawing their partner.  The Brownie that was being drawn was able to pose.  When her partner was finished drawing her, she wrote positive words around the picture of what she thought of her friend. When they were done, they switched. One drew and one posed.   The girls drawings turned out really well and they had some great describing words on their picture.

The meeting ended with some fun active songs that the girls like to sing such as: the penguin song, the animal song, and Hey Hey Bodiddley Bop! We also had some fun playing with some new inflatable balls as well for the healthy living section.  At our sleepover in a few weeks, we are anticipating to play a few active games to wrap the healthy living section up. The girls are hoping to play crab soccer.