Build-A-Bear!

Today our Daisy troop headed over to the mall and went to Build-a-Bear!

 

We decided to meet to kick off the summer and make a troop bear that we can all help build and donate to a children's hospital.  The girls got to first decide which bear to get.

 

After we decided on the white bear, it was time for every girl to get a heart and bless it to put in the bear.  

Then all the girls got to put their hearts into the bear.

 

 

Then it was time for each girl to step on the petal to help stuff the bear.

 

After that, every girl got a chance give the bear a bath and make sure it was all clean.

 

Then, because the store sells Girl Scout outfits for  the bears, we had to decide on an outfit.  

 

We decided on simple. We went with the Daisy Girl Scout vest.  We can add patches on to it later.

 

Then we got to sit at the computer and make a birth certificate and give our bear a name.

 

I think they were excited about sitting on the springy stools though too.

 

So we decided on the name "Daisy" for our troop bear. That's fitting.

 

We can't wait to give our bear to another little girl in hopes in will bring her as much joy as we had in making it.

 

After we made our troop bear, all of the girls went and made their own bears.  Now I had never been there before so I was pretty excited.  Gracie choose the Thin Mint Bear which is a Girl Scout bear.

 

She had fun stuffing her bear.

 

And bathing it too.

 

Of course we had to get the Sleeping Beauty dress for her bear but we also got the Daisy Girl Scout vest too.

 

What a beary good time we had!

Last Daisy Meeting for the Year!

We wrapped up our last Daisy meeting of the year on May 20th.  We had lots of fun things planned. The girls learned about Juliette Gordon Lowe who was the founding woman of the Girl Scouts.  We colored and put together paper dolls of Juliette to use as a Flat Stanley project for the summer.  The girls will be taking their Juliette's with them on their fun adventures this summer and then send me the pictures so that we can post them to our troop blog to see what all our Daisy friends are doing this summer!

 

We also decorated picture frames with a picture of our troop so that we can not only remember all the friends we made this year in Daisies, but all the fun memories we made too.  

 

We invited our moms and dads in at the end of the meeting to have a patch ceremony.  The girls worked hard in the few short months we had together and we wanted to make a speical presentation to acknowledge that.  The girls earned the promise center for learning the Girl Scout Promise and 3 petals too!  We can't wait until next year to earn the rest!

 

All of our girls are so special and they all received daisy seeds to plant at their homes so they can watch them bloom and grow just like our wonderful little Daisy girls!

 

Have a great summer!

Being Considerate and Caring!

(I apologize that I forgot my camera for this meeting)

 

On May 6th, we met to earn our green petal on being considerate and caring.  We did so many fun things.  First off, we read about Zinni, a flower from the daisy garden and how she was considerate and caring.  We played a game of charades where we had to guess the feelings that each girl was acting out.  Some were easy like happy, sad, mad, but some were harder too like scared, nervous, and proud.  After that, we practiced the art of listening.  The girls were partnered up and one partner went into the hall while the other one hid a special object in the room. When their partners came into the room, the othe girl had to give directions on how to find the special object.  The girls had to listen carefully to find it.  Then we switched.  We also practiced the art of sharing.  For this, the girls sat in a circle each with a piece of paper and a crayon.  They each started drawing a picture and after 30 seconds, they passed their papers to the girl next to them.  After another 30 seconds, they switched again.  This went on until the girls got their own papers back. It was neat to see how their drawings had grown as we shared them around the circle.  Finally, as a way to show we care, we made thank you cards for our teachers because it was also Teacher Appreciation week and we wanted to make them feel special too! 



Visiting Fire Station 8!

Today we took our first field trip to visit Fire Station 8! We were still talking about how to be helpful and friendly. 

 

And as soon as we got there, the firemen were off helping someone so we had to wait outside for them to come back. But when they did, we got to go inside.  We saw the room where the firemen get to sit and rest and watch TV while they are at work.

 

The girls got to peek into the room where the firemen sleep too.

 

Then we got to go into the garage where we got to see a real ambulance!

 

We even got to walk in one as Firemen Joe told us how they help people in there.

 

The girls were so good and listened so well.

 

We saw a real fire truck too!

 

And everyone got a chance to sit in it and pretend to drive it.

Here's Addison M.



 

Here's Natasha.

 

Here's Gracie.

 

Here's Emmaline.

 

Here's Kylie.

 

Here's Evelyn.

 

Here's Kaelin.

 

And Gracie again.  Whoops!

 

Here's Melanie.

 

Here's Marin.

 

Here's Allison.

 

Here's Jackie.

 

Here'sKatelyn.

 

Here's Addison H.

 

Here's Olivia.

 

Firemen Joe took us around the truck and showed us all the things that help him when he's doing his job.

 

It was a great time and the girls learned a lot.

 

They even learned that firemen can be silly too!