We started out by decorating trefoils for our new troop banner and introducing our new Kaper Chart which will give our meetings a little more structure. Each girl has a job to do for each meeting, and the jobs will rotate from meeting to meeting so each girl will have a chance to do each job.
They had fun looking at their Popsicle Stick People and did a great job of figuring out who was who without even looking at the names! Can you?
Mckayla led us through the Girl Scout Promise and the Girl Scout Law, and then since this meeting was all about preparing for our upcoming campout, we read a couple of books about camping.
Then we had a snack of popcorn and S'mores cookies before we got down to business!
Our two main tasks for the meeting were to select a skit for our troop to perform for the campout, and to make some SWAPS to trade with other girls while we are camping. We gave the girls three skit ideas to choose from, and with some discussion they settled on "Two Voices in a Tent at Night" by Kristine O'Connell George. We rehearsed it a couple of times, and put together a list of props that we could use to make it more fun! Our Executive Assistant for the day, Elizabeth, wrote them all down in our meeting notes.
After that, we spent time making some SWAPS, or "Special Whatchamacallits Affectionately Pinned Somewhere", to share with our new scouting friends next weekend. SWAPS are a great way to break the ice when meeting new people, and give the girls a collection inexpensive and thoughtful souvenirs. We made several together, but if the girls want to make some more on their own it would be great, because there will be an awful lot of potential new friends to meet at the campout!
We finished up with a Friendship Squeeze led by Mia, and Photo Journalist Allyson took some photos of the group
and I took some too, so all the girls could be included!
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