CALLING ALL GIRL SCOUTS…….
Juliet Gordon Low’s 151st Birthday & 100th Anniversary of Girl Scouts
An evening of celebrating Juliet Gordon Low with fun games and activities!
Learn more about Juliet Gordon Low; play games that Juliet may have played;
make crafts representing important events in Girl Scouting.
We will have a special Pearl Activity….
Please bring some loose change to drop in for the Juliet Gordon Low Fund…
Friday, October 21st
6:30pm to 8:30pm at GIS
Attendance must be in Safety Wise
R.S.V.P to [email protected]
By Friday October 15th with Troop #, Leader Name and # of Girls Attending
ADMISSION $3.00 & a Food Pantry Item to benefit the Goshen Food Pantry
Silver Award Project: Juliette Gordon Low Birthday Celebration
Opening
1.
Hi everyone! Thanks for coming tonight. I hope you have fun and you learn a lot
about Girl Scouts and Juliette Low. I’ll see you later throughout the event.
2.
Girl Scout Promise
3.
Please listen for my announcement to switch activities.
You will be going to the next counting table number.
For example
Table #1 move to Table #2
Table #2 to #3
And so on…..
Table #10 to #1
You will be rotating to all the activities, until completing all 10 activities.
Pancake toss relay:
At the start of the rotation, explain that the pancake toss relay was a game played by girls
back in Juliette's time. Girls ran with iron skillets, tossing a pancake into the air as she ran.
This game was usually played as part of Pancake Day, a day still celebrated in some cities in
England today. Pancake day falls 47 days before Easter
How to Play:
Divide girls into two teams. This game is played in relay fashion. In the pancake toss, each
team gets a sturdy paper or plastic plate. On the plate is an oversized pancake. One girl
from each team begins by holding their team's pancake on the plate. On start, the two girls
race down the playing area, tossing her pancake in the air and catching it on her plate. At
the end of the playing area, she turns and runs back to her team, still tossing and catching
her pancake.
Tips for this game:
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Younger girls may simply run without tossing her pancake in the air. You might want
to have, as a rule, each girl toss and catch her pancake at least three times each way.
Explain this rule ahead of time.
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It helps to use really stale, tough pancakes. Not the kind made from pancake mix.You
could also use store-bought crumpets or English muffins.
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Have many extra pancakes. They tend to fall apart.
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Tell the girls not to eat the pancakes.
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At the end of the game, the girls should help clean up any broken bits of pancake that
may have ended up on the ground. This enforces the "Girl Scouts leave a place cleaner
than they found it" rule.
(prokidwriter.hubpages.com)
Juliette Low had many pets throughout her life and was particularly fond of
exotic birds, Georgia mocking birds and dogs.
Learn a Girl Scout Law – “To Protect and improve the world around you.”
Discuss what this means and have the girls share their ideas
Bird Feeder Activity:
1. Make a simple bird feeder by rolling pine cones covered with Crisco
shortening in bird seed.
2. Place a bird feeder in a sandwich bag to carry home.
3. Have parents or girls hang “feeder” from a tree limb.
(e-how.com)
Hoop roll:
At the start of the rotation, explain that hoop rolling was a game
played mostly by girls and young women in England and the
United States as part of May Day celebrations during the 18th and
19th centuries. Hoop rolling was also called "hoop and stick"
because the hoop was pushed along by a wooden stick. Girls
back in the "olden" times liked this game because it was an active
game, yet could still be played while wearing a dress. Meaning,
girls could not be left out of the fun.
How to Play:
Divide girls into two teams. This game is played in relay fashion.
Each team gets a hula hoop. One girl from each team rolls her
hula-hoop down the playing field. At the ending point, she must
turn around and roll the hula-hoop back to her team.
Tips for this game:
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Stress that the girls must control their hula hoop!
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Play on a flat surface, even a slight slope is frustrating for
young girls
(prokidwriter.hubpages.com)
Service Project Poppers
“ At the start of the rotation, explain that Juliette Low believed in service to
the community. She wanted all Girl Scouts and Girl Guides to set good
examples and to be good citizens. “
How To:
Since Juliette Low's birthday falls on Halloween, we are making Englishstyle "poppers" ("crackers") filled with candy. They will be donated to the
Goshen Food Pantry.
The "poppers" are constructed out of toilet paper tubes.
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2.
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4.
One end of the tube is taped.
The tube is filled with candy.
other end is taped.
The entire tube is wrapped with wrapping paper, ends taped.
(prokidwriter.hubpages.com)
Juliette Low’s Game:
In this game an item is presented to represent each part of the story. At the end of the story,
you hide all the items and see how many the girls can remember. Associating an item with each
part of the story helps the girls to remember the story of Juliette Low.
Juliette Low was the founder of Girl Scouting. I'd like to tell you a little about her life:
■Juliette was born on Oct 31, 1860 - Halloween (Hold up a pumpkin)
■Her uncle took one look at her and said, "She looks like a Daisy" - this nickname stuck with her
for the rest of her life (Hold up silk Daisy)
■Juliette always loved animals, especially horses. (Show toy horse)
■She also loved to draw and paint pictures - so much, that she created children's magazine with
all of the articles and pictures done by children (Show crayons, colored pencils or paint brushes)
■Juliette married Willie Gordon Low in 1886. (Hold up wedding ring)
■Some of the rice thrown at their wedding became lodged in Juliette's left ear, causing her to
become deaf in this ear (Show baggie of rice)
■Juliette and Willie both loved adventure, so together they decided to move to England (Hold
up sailboat)
■Once in England, Juliette met Lord & Lady Baden-Powell. She very much enjoyed what they
had done with the Boy Scout movement (Hold up picture of a boy)
■Willie passed away while they lived in England, Juliette returned to Georgia and made the
famous phone call which was heard around the United States, "Come on over to my house
tonight, we are going to hold the first Girl Scout meeting!" (Hold up telephone)
■As with all Girl Scout troops, money was needed to keep the program running, so Juliette sold
the pearl necklace Willie had given her for a wedding present. (Show strand of pearls)
■ Girl Scouting in the USA was born on March 12, 1912 and continues today with over 3 1/2
million members. (Hold up GS pin)
(www.scoutingweb.com)
Juliette Low Mad Lib #1: (Thanks to Katie Baron)
Once upon a time there was a ____________ girl named _______________________
(adjective)
(name of person in room)
who lived in __________________ and loved to ride __________________.
( place)
( plural noun)
After she grew up she went to ___________________ where she met Lord
(place)
____________________________ who founded the __________________Scouts. So
( last name of person in room)
(noun)
________________________ formed a group of ___________
( name of person in room)
( adjective )
______________,
( plural noun)
who liked to ride ________________ and go _____________________, into a troop of
( plural noun)
( present verb)
______________ Scouts. And now there are _______________
( noun )
(adjective)
troops all over _________________.
( place)
www.rockfordgs.com/activities/juliette_low/game3.doc
________________Scout
( noun)
Silver Award Project-Bryana McCartney
Mad Lib Words
Adjectives
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Pretty
Smart
Kind
Friendly
Place
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House
Castle
School
Store
Plural Noun
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Boys
Horses
Shirts
Papers
Noun
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Boy
Party
Boots
Necklace
Present Verb
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Running
Jumping
Hopping
Walking
JULIETTE LOW MAD LIB #1 (Thanks to Katie Baron)
On March 12, 1912 ______________ started the first _________ Scout
name of person in room noun
_________ in her ____________ town of Savannah, Georgia. This first
noun
adjective
little _________ of ________ _________ was the first Girl Scout troop
noun
number
plural noun
in _______________.
place
This first Girl Scout ________ was so successful that ______________
noun
name of person in room
wanted to see __________ troops all over the ____________.
adjective
noun
She knew that Girl Scouting would help _________ all over _________
plural noun
place
become __________ and to help build world _________. Girl Scouting
plural noun
noun
grew and _____________ until now you are not only a member of your
past tense verb
own ____________ troop, but also a member of the Girl Scouts of
adjective
_______________ and the World Association of _________________.
place
www.rockfordgs.com/activities/juliette_low/game3.doc
plural noun
The Juliette Low Story #2 –Daisy and Brownies
(Divide the group into eight group; these will be Juliette Low, Georgia, Horses,
London, Lord Baden-Powell, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts)
Sound Effects- (when they hear their names they stand up and make their sound. It's
even cuter when they have to do an action as well)
Little Girls - Stand and giggle
Juliette Low - Curtsy and say, "Be my friend"
Georgia- Wave and say, "Hi, y'all!"
Horses- Stamp your feet and say, "Neighhhhhhh."
Lord Baden-Powell- Bow formally and say, "How d'ya do?"
London- Sing, "London Bridge is Falling Down"
Boy Scouts- Make Scout sign and say "Be prepared."
Girl Scouts- Make Scout sign and say “On My Honor”
StoryOnce upon a time there was a little girl named Juliette Low who lived in Georgia
and loved to ride horses. After she grew up she went to London where she met Lord
Baden-Powell who founded the Boy Scouts. She was fascinated by the work he was
doing. She studied with him awhile and decided to found a troop of Girl Scouts for
the little girls who liked to ride horses in Georgia. So Juliette Low said good-bye to
the Boy Scouts in London and came home with the ideas that Lord Baden-Powell
gave her. She formed a group of little girls, who liked to ride horses and be
together, into a troop of Girl Scouts. And they loved it so much that the idea spread
and now there are Girl Scout troops all over the world.
Aren't we glad that a little girl named Juliette Low, from Georgia who liked horses
went to London and met Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of the Boy Scouts, and
came to start the wonderful world of Girl Scouts!
Boy Scouts- Make Scout sign and say "Be prepared.”
London- Sing, "London Bridge is Falling Down"
Lord Baden-Powell- Bow formally and say, "How d'ya do?"
Georgia- Wave and say, "Hi, y'all!"
Horses- Stamp your feet and say, "Neighhhhhhh."
Juliette Low - Curtsy and say, "Be my friend"
Little Girls - Stand and giggle
Girl Scouts- Make Scout sign and say "On My Honor"
(girl scout activity book)
The Story of Juliette’s Pearls
Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of Girl
Scouts of the USA, was born on October 31, 1860,
in Savannah, Georgia. Her family and friends
called her Daisy. After meeting Sir Robert
Baden-Powell, founder of Boy Scouts and Girl
Guides, she became interested in starting a new
youth movement in the USA. She wanted girls
from all backgrounds to have the opportunity to
learn about nature and develop courage, confidence
and character. She encouraged girls to
plan for careers in the arts, sciences and business.
Juliette Low, herself deaf, made special efforts to
encourage girls with disabilities to participate in activities.
In 1914, Juliette sold her pearls to fund the cost of
expanding the Girl Scout movement across the
United States.
(girlscouts.org)
PICTURE OF PEARLS
OLD TIME CRAFT: Explain---Young Daisy Gordon developed what was
to become a lifetime interest in the arts. She wrote poems;
sketched, wrote and acted in plays; and later became a skilled
painter and sculptor.
Juliette enjoyed many craft making of her times such as
embroidering a bookmark, making paper dolls, creating tinsel
pictures and her ironwork collections.
Girl Scout Bookmark
1. Thread the ribbon through the hole.
2. Place the beads on the ribbon, 2 green and 2 white.
3. Make a tight knot or two to secure the beads.
4. Paste the Happy Birthday Girl Scout clip art.
5. Enjoy using your bookmark as you read away.
(ehow.com)
PICTURE OF BOOK MARK
Book Mark Templates
Girl Scout Daisy:
Share about what a Daisy Girl Scout is.
Make a bouquet of tissue paper daisies using white and yellow tissue paper.
Directions:
1. Stack 3 white and 3 yellow pieces of tissue paper.
2. Trim the edges more deeply before you open up the flower so that the
petals separate better.
3. Trim the top of the yellow center if you wish.
Needed:
White Tissue Paper
Yellow Tissue Paper
Chenille Pipe Cleaner
Scissors
Ruler, if wanted
Directions:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Stack pieces of white paper on table.
Place yellow pieces of tissue paper on top of white paper.
Accordion pleat the tissue paper working from the longer side.
With one end of the chenille pipe cleaner wrap around the middle of the
pleated tissue papers.
5. Gently separate each layer pulling upwards toward the middle of the
flower.
(scouting-web.com; e-how.com)
To: Girl Scout Troop Leaders
Thank you for attending the October 2011 JGL Birthday Party! This was a very fun
and exciting Silver Award Project for me. I am hoping that other troops might be
interested in continuing this exciting event. I am asking troop leaders that attend
to answer the questionnaire. I would ask that you respond via email. Please
email me at my mom’s email address: [email protected]
Thank you for attending and your help,
Bryana McCartney
Troop #16
Silver Award Project, Bryana McCartney
Juliette Gordon Low Birthday Celebration Questionnaire
1. Did the girls enjoy the Juliette Low birthday party? (If No, why)
2. If there anything that you wish that was done differently at the event (if so
what is it)?
3. What were the activities you would enjoy doing again, for example Juliette
Gordon Low Pearls, Pancake Toss, Hoop Roll Relay, GS Bookmarker etc.?
4. Would this be something that the girls would like to go to yearly (if so
why)?
5. Would you be interested in hosting this event in the future (explain why)?