Choose a recycling activity to earn the green petal.
Daisy Scouts are girls just beginning the scouting program, usually in kindergarten or first grade. Part of being a Daisy Scout is earning the petals for the Daisy badge. Each petal is a different color and represents a different part of the Girl Scout code. Some activities to earn a petal can be done individually while others can be earned as a troop. Does this Spark an idea?
The Blue Center
The blue center represents "promise" and is one of the first petals Daisy Scouts earn by learning the Girl Scout Promise while holding up their middle three fingers. Parents and troop leaders can help them learn the pledge by saying it at each meeting and working on it at home.
The Light Blue Petal
The light blue petal represents "honest and fair." To earn this petal, the Daisy Scout needs to understand the concepts of truth and fairness. One activity is to give every girl, but one, a piece of candy. See how the girls react and ask them why it isn't fair for one girl to be left out. For honesty, read the story of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" and then lead a discussion about why what the boy did was wrong. Ask the girls to share times they had trouble being honest.
The Yellow Petal
The yellow petal represents "friendly and helpful." For friendly, meet with another troop and pair each girl with a girl she doesn't know in the other troop. Have them work together on an activity, such as writing a poem or doing a puzzle. For helpful, assign each girl to help with setting up and cleaning up at a meeting or ask the girls to do an extra chore at home for a week.
The Spring Green Petal
The spring green petal represents "considerate and caring." For this petal consider working together as a troop to make cards for a local senior citizens' center or nursing home. Bake cookies to go with the cards, deliver them in person to the senior citizens and spend some time with them.
The Red Petal
The red petal represents "courageous and strong." For courageous, encourage each girl to try something new, whether it's a new food, a new hair style or standing up and singing in front of the troop. For strong, explain the importance of exercise and ask each girl to give up television or computer time to exercise each day. Visit a local gym and have a personal trainer talk to the girls about the importance of exercise to keep their bodies strong.
The Orange Petal
The orange petal represents "responsible for what I say and do." Ask each girl to make a promise to do something for one week, such as doing an extra chore around the house, doing homework without a fuss or not fighting with a sibling. Have them make a certificate that states their promise and then give it to their parents. If the girl completes the task, the parent signs off on the certificate.
The Magenta and Purple Petals
The magenta petal represents "respect authority," and the purple petal represents "respect myself and others." For respecting authority, take the children on a tour of a police station or have a police officer come to your meeting to discuss the importance of respecting authority. For respecting myself and others, have a discussion with the girls about respecting their own bodies and belongings as well as those of others. Incorporate respecting other's feelings as well.
The Green Petal
The green petal represents "use resources wisely." Ask the girls to collect things from home that would otherwise be trash, such as paper towel rolls, game pieces from a game that no longer has all the parts, water bottles or cereal boxes. Have the girls bring the items to the next meeting and make sculptures out of their collections.
The Rose Petal
The rose petal represents "make the world a better place." Arrange for the troop to do something in the community. Some ideas include planting flowers at a church, community center or municipal building or picking up trash in a park. Coordinate your activities on Earth Day or your meeting day closest to Earth Day, which is April 22.
The Violet Petal
The violet petal represents "be a sister to every Girl Scout." To earn this petal, you can find another Daisy troop in a distant location and pair up the girls to be pen-pals. Make swaps -- Special Whatchamacallits Affectionately Pinned Somewhere -- for another troop. Consider incorporating the color violet in the swaps to reflect the violet petal they are earning.
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