Make Your
Own Badge
Did you know girls can create and design their own Girl Scout badges? Girl Scouts from Brownies through Ambassadors can decide what they want to learn and develop on their own or with their Girl Scout friends, a badge that helps them build a skill. Make Your Own badges can be earned once a year.
Girls visit the Make Your Own Badge Web site which gives girls step-by-step directions in designing (and purchasing) their very own badges. Girls use an interactive design tool to select colors, background patterns, shapes, and symbols from a library of hundreds of pieces of original art. Instructions for how to earn the Make Your Own badge through the Five Steps is included in The Girl's Guide to Girl Scouting for Brownies through Ambassadors.
Place the badge you’ve made on the front of your sash or vest, as it is an official national badge. You can also share your “Learn and Earn” stories with others by creating a personalized certificate to download and print.
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Three Sisters Earn Girl Scouts Highest Awards
Three sisters from Thief River Falls, MN, have each earned their Girl Scout Higher Award this year. Each girl faced their own challenges in working on their separate projects, as the levels increased from Bronze to Silver to Gold. They were able to problem solve and work through those problems to achieve their goal.
Eleanor Brickson earned her Girl Scout Bronze Award by working with her Troop 30780 to make blankets for kids in foster care. Their project named, Wrapped Up in Love, aimed to show children in unstable situations that someone cares for them. The girls worked in groups of two and cut and tied blankets for a total of 25 hours. Eleanor hopes that the kids will see that blankets make people feel
at home and will want to do the same thing in the future for other children.
Grace Brickson earned her Girl Scout Silver Award by creating Quiet Books for Sanford Hospital. Together with her Troop 20530, Grace contacted Sanford Hospital to see if there was a need for the books. The troop then bought grommets, felt, ribbon, thread, markers and beads to sew the Quiet Books. They found that sewing took a while and that they needed help attaching the grommets to make sure the book was secure. The girls were proud of their creations; the books stayed together and looked good, and most importantly, children in the waiting rooms benefitted by having something fun to do while being quiet and calm for other patients. The only thing Grace would do differently would be to sew more pages with the use of a sewing machine.