Junior badges

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2025 Flowers are an important part of our world. They provide beauty to our homes both inside and out. What looks more beautiful than a house surrounded by bright and colorful flowers? Floral arrangements convey emotions we may not be able to express. A bouquet of roses can be one way that one person tells another that s/he has deep feelings or love for the other person. When a friend or family member dies, flowers are often sent as a way to…

Get ready to earn the Junior First Aid Badge with these 5 exciting and engaging activities! From learning basic first aid skills to creating first aid kits, these activities will teach your Juniors valuable lifesaving techniques while having fun.

Junior - Social Butterfly Badge We obtained the Social Butterfly badge in November prior to Thanksgiving and the Winter Holidays. Th...

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Ideas for earning the Junior Independence Badge, courtesy of Fandom

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…

New badges this year (2021) include a series of Math in Nature badges sponsored by Johnson & Johnson. This post is taking a look at the activities for the Junior version with the idea of giving leaders a quick resource they can review to decide whether to do the badge. If you decide to do the badge I highly recommend that you review the VTK plans as the given talking points are what connect the activities and math. Requirements According to Badge Explorer: Juniors explore patterns found in…

Junior Awards Log and Badge Chart. Click the link for a printable chart.

As with the Daisy and Brownie Trackers, I recreated the old tracker too. Looking forward to how easy these will be to update in the future, which wasn't true with the older version. The old style tracker has a new colorful header too. There are fillable pdf and non-fillable pdf versions available--the fillable version takes the place of the old Word version. I'm working on the Cadette trackers next! That batch shouldn't take me as long because I have the bare bones graphics already done. Old…

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2023 One of the most important Legacy Badges that transferred with the new Brownie ...

Girl Scout Juniors earn circle badges, typically edged in purple. Additional badges are also available through a girl scout's council. Contact your council or visit their website for more information. Some STEM badges are completed in steps. They are listed progressively and are noted as first (I), second (II), and third (III) depending on the order or level of difficulty. Animal Habitats Automotive Design (I) Automotive Engineering (II) Automotive Manufacturing (III) Coding Basics (I)…

Looking to earn the Junior Social Butterfly Badge? Check out these 5 fun and interactive activities that will help your girls become social butterflies and practice good manners in any situation. From activity booklets to board games and setting the table properly, these ideas are sure to engage and educate your troop. Get ready to have a blast while earning this badge!

Earn the Junior Detective Badge with these 5 fun activities! From fingerprint analysis to solving mysteries, these engaging activities will have your girls excited about detective work. Get started on your investigative journey today and unlock the world of clues, puzzles, and problem-solving. Don't miss out on the opportunity to develop critical thinking skills and unleash your inner detective. Embark on an adventure and earn your Junior Detective Badge with these thrilling activities!

Step 1: Practice the power of observation. We played the Tray Game at our Christmas Party this year to satisfy this badge step. I provided a detailed description of this game in my post titled Christmas Party 2014. Additionally, our Brownies were working on their Senses badge. To meet the requirements of one of their badge steps, we talked about Braille. We discussed the ways blind people can be observant even though they can't see and how those ways are similar and different from…

The third Math in Nature badge introduced this year is called "Design With Nature". Here is what Badge Explorer gives as the requirements:...

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2023 When Juliette Gordon Low founded the Girl Scouts of USA in 1912, she had several goals in mind. The first was to develop the minds of girls to be open to all possibilities and to their own potential, whether they chose to be a homemaker or a community activist. At that time in history, many people were isolated in their own communities, as there was no means to go places. When young women joined the Girl Scouts, they were taken out of…

Today my Juniors started the Flowers badge, and in developing the plans I looked at VTK as well as at the "at home" plans of several councils Requirements: According to VTK, in this badge, girls discover that there's more to flowers than just good looks. Uncover the science of one flower Look under the petals Find out how flowers help people Have fun with flowers Send a message in flower code When girls have earned this badge, they'll know all that's wonderful about flowers. Activity Choices…

Looking to earn the Junior Staying Fit badge? Check out these 6 fun activities that promote fitness and healthy habits. From active games to nutritious cooking, these activities will keep girls engaged while helping them develop a lifelong commitment to staying fit. Start earning your badge today and embrace a healthy lifestyle!

Updated April 2025 Unlike generations of the past, many of today’s youth are not in the best of shape. Years ago, children walked back and...