Hereıs to the Memories . . .
It's
nice to offer your girls a way to keep those fun memories and keepsakes of your
scouting year. Below are a few ideas . . .
Memory Picture
Have
girls prepare a memory picture using photos from the year and write the Girl
Scout Promise around the frame. If you don't have photos, the girls could
draw a picture of their favorite memory.
Memory Booklet
Help
the girls prepare a mini-booklet with photos from the year, writing a special
memory on each page. Cover with construction paper, card stock, or even
leftover scraps from making your troop sit-upons.
School Yearbook
Insert
Use
photos from the year to create one collage on 8 1/2 x 11 paper (leave a
1/4" border as that area will not copy). Ask the girls to bring their
school yearbook to the troop meeting and surprise them each with a color copy
of the photo collage. My girls enjoyed gluing this page into the back of
their school yearbook throughout their elementary school years. The back
of the page may be used for Girl Scout autographs.
Scrapbooking
Start
a troop scrapbook and have each girl do one page on a specific theme. Or,
girls could attend a scrapbook workshop and prepare a Girl Scout page to start
their own books. ³Creative scrapbooking is all the rage these days.
Documenting events in our lives is important for future generations to
see where they came from. Plus it's fun! Like SWAPS, scrapbooking can be
simple or elaborate inexpensive or very costly, quick or time-consuming.
Suit yourself and your troop. The girls absolutely love looking at the
pictures - so do the adults!² (Peggy Chambers).
Check
the Council
Shop or the GSUSA
Online Shop for Girl Scout scrapbook supplies. JoAnnıs
Craft store also carries a variety of GSUSA licensed products.
Plan
a scrapbook workshop for your girls with the help of a local craft store such
as JoAnnıs or Michaelıs.
Individual scrapbook
consultants can arrange workshops at your troop meeting.
A
GS
Scrapbooking patch are available. Girls who wish to learn more about the
hobby of scrapbooking might be interested in the below council-own programs.
(Please contact the council listed for permission and ordering information.):
·
Memory
Cropper badge from GS of Central &
Southern NJ
·
Scrapbooking IPA (scroll
to Councilıs Own section) from GS Central Maryland
Treasure Box
The
girls could decorate
(scroll down for technique ideas) toddler-size shoeboxes or oatmeal canisters
with photos and decorations symbolizing memories from your Girl Scout year.
This treasure
box could then be used to store mementos, such as: a film canister of
campfire ashes, a special nametag, a necklace made at camp, swaps, etc.
Shadow Box
If
done properly, a shadow box can keep Girl Scout keepsakes safe for years to
come. To give you an idea of how you might arrange the display, Iıve uploaded a
photo of a Brownie
shadowbox that was prepared by Mary
Louise Feterik of Glassport, Pennsylvania.
Keepsake Quilts
Make
a T-Shirt Quilt
out of all those old t-shirts from Girl Scouts, Church Youth Group, sports, and
school clubs. Or, transfer photos onto material and make a Memory
Quilt for your daughter. Sylvia from Maryland shows how she made a Blue
Jean Quilt to display her Girl Scout patches.
A Quilt-It try-it,
badge, and IPA was developed by Tuscan Quilters for Shhuaro GSC in
Arizona. (Contact the council for permission and ordering information if
interested.)
Vest Pillow
Make
a t-shirt pillow to ³wear² your old Girl Scout vest and keep it on display.
Directions for Scout
Vest Pillows is provided by Making Friends.
Techno-Savvy?
Develop
a slide show for your Court of Awards (COA) based on pictures through the
scouting years -- start with the girls as Daisies and go through the current
level pictures. You could
make a video tape recording of the slide show in advance and give a copy to
each girl. You could scan your pictures into the computer and then take the
disk to a camera shop and have them make slides, a video, or a DVD. (suggested
by Kathy in Oklahoma)
Another
idea is to scan your photos into your computer and put them into a Power Point
presentation. You can add music on
a cassette tape. It can be saved on a CD for the girls (suggested by Elizabeth)
Decorative
Ideas and Clipart
The
below ideas and links are compiled to offer resources that girls might use to
enhance the above projects:
·
Check the Council Shop
for Girl Scout themed stickers and borders.
·
Scrapbooking stores have
girl club stickers by Bo Bunny
Press that are similar to Girl Scouting.
·
The GS Catalog and old
Leadersı magazines can be used for cut-outs
·
Making Friends scout
paperdolls
·
Junior
Badges & Signs clipart
·
Cadette/Senior GS Interest Project
Award clipart
·
Scouting Web
Graphics Collection
·
GSUSA Copyright
(check the site for full disclosure)
(Some of the above suggestions were shared on
internet forums and not all source/contact information was available - our
thanks to those who shared!)
Updated May 2008
