Investiture Ceremony

Upon arrival girls colored the first picture in a series. I found the picture at Makingfriends.com, which has a lot of great resources. 

When everyone arrived we went to the carpet area where I had set up a small table. I had set 3 candles up and told the girls when we have a ceremony it is to be completely silent. We dimmed the lights, and began our ceremony.

I read the story of Juliette Low. After the story, I called each girl by name and they came forward and received their smocks. I had taken the time to sew on all the troop numbers, council patch, american flag, and pinned on their insignia tab then shook their hands. After everyone had their smocks on we lit the candles and recited the girl scout promise while holding up the girl scout sign. 

Next we went to the table and we made bracelets. Each girl took one color of beads, there were 8 girls so each girl had 8 beads. We then went in a circle and said something about ourselves and handed a bead to each girl and then put it on a string. After everyone had a turn, we tied the two ends together and voila! Bracelets! 

We had snack while I read the Promise Center booklet from the Daisy Guide to Girl Scouting.

Our second craft was making bags to bring for girl scouts. I purchased canvas bags from Hobby Lobby. The girls got to use oil pastels and create a scene and write their name on their bag then my co-leader used wax paper, waxy side down, and ironed the top over. This transfers the wax onto the bag, essentially "sealing" it. 

At the end of the meeting we went back to the carpet, talked about our outing, which was scheduled for the next week, handed out books, and then each girl received their award card with the Blue Daisy Center patch and the Investiture patch.

I found this award card on Girlscoutdaisymom.blogspot.com. They also have some great ideas! I simply printed this on card stock and cut it out then stapled the promise center on and wrote their names, signed it, and added the date.