Girl scout craft and tinker badge ideas

During the fall of 2023, GSUSA released three new "maker" badges for Daisies, Brownies and Juniors. This post will take a look at the Dais...

This is the third in a series of posts on the Craft and Tinker Badges. I previously wrote about the Daisy and Brownie plans. I did th...

In the fall of 2023, GSUSA came out with three new badges for Daises, Brownies and Juniors, all of which involved "making". Craft and Tinker is one of those badges. Requirements According to Badge Explorer, to earn this badge, girls Discover how to be a problem solver by making or crafting solutions. Explore making Learn the basics Figure out the function Discover form and fit Tinker with your craftWhen you've earned this badge, you'll know how to craft and tinker to solve a problem. Opening…

The Girl Scout Craft and Tinker badge is new for the fall 2023 scouting season. Your troop will creative all kinds of cool things with these design activities.

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2025 Mysteries have been popular with children since the days of The Hardy Boys ad Nancy Drew. Solving a mystery ties into so many real world problem solving skills for relationships and future jobs. This is a very hands on badge with lot son activity to keep the girls interested. Here is how your troop can earn the Junior Girl Scout Detective badge. Photo from Pixabay Step 1 Practice the Power of Observation With so many kids walking around…

During the fall of 2023, GSUSA released three new "maker" badges for Daisies, Brownies and Juniors. This post will take a look at the Daisy Craft and Tinker Badge. Requirements: According to Badge Explorer, Daisies find out how how to make objects and then tinker to make them better. They: Learn the basics Craft with purpose and Tinker with your craft When you've earned this badge, you'll know how to craft and tinker to make useful objects. Opening Activity As an opening activity for meeting…

The Girl Scout Craft and Tinker Badge meeting plan has everything you need to have your girls earn one of the new badges.

This year's new badges include a series of Art and Design badges at the Daisy, Brownie and Junior levels. I have reviewed the Daisy badge and the Brownie badge already. This post will look at the Junior badge. Requirements According to Badge Explorer, the requirements for the Junior badge are: Examine and explore different styles and elements of art and design. Discover art and design around you Make art about a subject Experiment with the elements Explore composition Design an art display…

Girl Scouts can shape their world and embark on an exciting journey of creativity with the new Maker badges, all made possible by Stanley Black & Decker. With these badges, Girl Scouts can discover different styles of art, learn the elements of design, and use their imaginations to make a difference. Make magic happen and unlock a new badge today!

Make custom pieces with your Girl Scouts to celebrate sisterhood. My Girl Scouts love to craft and make all the things, especially jewelry. It started out with friendship bracelets when they were

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As a troop leader, it can be tough to combine all of the different things your scouts are interested in learning and incorporate aspects of the disciplines your scouts are less excited about. A great way to handle this divide is to combine art and STEM to use activities that involve multiple types of learning in one activity. Today I wanted to share a few innovative activities that will combine art and STEM to excite both your artistic and STEM-oriented troop members that could work for any…

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The new Girl Scout Brownie Art and Design badge will have your troop creating using different kinds of mediums. Here is how your troop can earn this badge.

Have a Junior Girl Scout troop that is working towards your Playing the Past badge? We have some ideas you might enjoy! First you need to pick a theme or era/decade for Playing the Past to narrow down your ideas. We have done this badge in many of our Girl Scout badge workshops. One idea […]

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My daughter recently ran her own fashion camp for her friends. Kids came over for a few hours for three days and she led them through a variety of activities. They drew, did bleach art on t-shirts, painted jeans, decorated sunglasses, turned old t-shirts into bags and my favorite project : they made merit badges to decorate their clothes. They made badges for things they loved to do, family members and just for the joy of design. They were simple and can be adapted in so many ways. This is…

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