Hi everyone!
That was a pretty fun way to close out the year! Here's what we did, and what we learned:
We started with a Holiday Party--and it was delicious! Thanks to all the scouts that brought treats--we had an awesome spread.
The girls had asked to wear holiday face masks (like the invigorating/cleansing/skin care kind) so we got those on and there was a LOT of giggling! (Picture attached--I think you'l laugh too!)
We followed that up with the girl's plan to play pictionary, and eventually turned that into charades (which the girls seemed to enjoy more too.) We have a pretty good bunch of artists and actors in our group. To keep things on theme, all the answers were holiday or Girl Scout themed.
Then we got to some of our thinking parts. We took some time and each girl shared a challenge or two from their journal that they worked on in the last month. We talked about how we felt, before, during, and after we did our challenge. The girls were very open about how trying new things made them feel, but also noticed that everyone felt very good and proud after they achieved their challenges. The girls agreed to keep holding onto their challenge journals and adding challenges as they discover them, and to keep trying to challenge themselves even if they are scared, shy, uncertain or embarrassed.
We also practiced the craft we'll be teaching at CraftCon 2020 (Feb 14th, save that evening!) Clove-Orange Air Fresheners. For the girls that hadn't done this craft with the troop before, we talked about the history of clove-oranges, and why they work (natural preservatives in the cloves willl seep through the oranges and cause it to dry out without molding or rotting--that's why you can find dried 200 year old clove-oranges at Old World Wisconsin!)
Finally, we worked on one more activity from our MEdia journey guide--"Playlist Partners!" Each girl found a partner and made a playlist of 5 songs they thought would fit that girl. Then they showed each other their playlist creations and talked about how accurate they were. The challenge here was to think about how other people see you, and about how you see other people. What you THINK other people might like, might not be how they actually feel inside. The girls all brought the playlists their partners created for them home in case there were song titles they didn't know, they could listen to them on YouTube or some other streaming source, and see if their partner picked a good one.
One note before wrapping up: The Annual Greendale Cookie Kick Off Party is January 8th. Here's a sign up for the girls to help and attend. Troops from all over Greendale will be there, so this is a great chance to be a leader and have fun at the same time!
Other than that: Happy Holidays! Stay warm and keep Scouting!
Aleks Skibicki
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