Girl Scout Mall Event at Westmoreland Mall
5256 Route 30, Greensburg PA 15601
April 16, 2016
10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Girl Scouts are Stars!
Please join us for a day of fun and celebration exploring! There will be activity tables, demonstrations, a
scavenger hunt, opportunity to talk to camp staff and your membership managers, learn about GS history and
Girl Scout Awards, and so much more!
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Service Project: Dear Hero Program – Bring white t-shirts, lip balm, socks and deodorant to the mall
event. We may be adding more items to bring. Drop off the items at the service project table and make a
card. Cards and care packages will be sent overseas to our deployed military service members through
the Dear Hero Program at Penn State www.sites.psu.edu/dearheroprogram.
Scavenger Hunt: All day - Scour the mall looking for clues. Start at information table.
Girl Scout Trivia: All day - How much do you know about Girl Scouts? Stop by the awards table.
SWAPS: Noon – center court, or whenever you see a fellow GS with swaps. See the SWAPS page.
Sing-a-long: Join fellow Girl Scouts as we sing songs from camp and learn a few new songs as well.
Photo op: Bring your cameras and take fun pictures of you and your sister Girl Scouts wearing vintage
uniforms or silly props.
Face painting: All day
Food and Shopping Discounts: Be sure to wear your uniforms to receive discounts at participating mall
businesses. There will be a list at the information table of restaurants and stores offering discounts to Girl
Scouts. If you want to keep costs down, bring a bag lunch.
Girl Scout Shop: will be open during event. Troops can preorder with Wendy and product will be brought
to the mall. [email protected]
Register to participate in some of the following activities.
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Activity Table: All troops are encouraged to run a table. See the Troop Activity page.
Awards Table: Junior, Cadette, Senior and Ambassador girls interested in displaying notebooks or
scrapbooks pertaining to earning their Bronze, Silver or Gold Award. Girl and Adult awards will be
presented during the event.
Banners: (2 feet wide by 4 feet tall) Any fabric may be used with a 28” dowel rod attached to the top for
hanging. You may use the event theme or a general Girl Scout theme for your design. Please include
your troop number on the banner. Attach leader’s name, grade level and service unit name to the back of
the banner. All banners are to be delivered to the Greensburg office by: April 14th
Center Court Entertainment: Troops or Service Units can sign up for skits, dances, songs, or demos.
GS History Fashion Show: 2 PM - We have the historical outfits and need girls to show them. Age levels
have been assigned times to select which outfit they are going to wear. Daisy 9-10:30, Brownie 10:30,
Junior 11:30, older girls 12:30. Times can be adjusted.
Recycling Fashion Show: 2:30 PM - Girls can make an outfit (skirt, dress, hat, etc) out of recycled
materials. How about a GS Cookie box skirt? Or a dress or skirt made out of Dad’s old ties? Maybe a hat
made of coffee filters? Let your imaginations soar to take you any place with these outfits.
I’m a star because . . . At closing, the scout walks across star decoated stage, holding a star, stating “I’m
a star because . . .”, and if the girl wants, may talk into the microphone.
Cookie Booth: There are limited time slots available to sell cookies
Uniforms/Vests/Sashes/Girl Scout t-shirts: As with all Girl Scout events we encourage these items to be
worn to show our Girl Scout Pride.
Contact Nancy Carolan, [email protected] 724-515-5767 for more information.
This event is organized and run by volunteers. Help is still needed to turn this from a great event into a
magnificent event.
The GS Mall Event is a family friendly no cost event. Purchase is not required to participate in
activities. Products are available for preorder and a very limited supply may be available event day. Pre-order
your 2” Event Patches $1.25, Mall bags $5, and T-Shirts $10, using following order form. This year’s Mall Bag
includes Dippin’ Dots, cookie decorating participation, mall patch and more.
Troop Activity Tables
To increase the fun and learning opportunities, we would like each troop or group to run an activity table for an
hour or all day. This activity could be a word game activity, a craft, a game to play, a skill you can teach,
activities from your Journey book, something from the list of ideas below, or some other thing you’d like to
share with your sister Girl Scouts. We ask that a minimum of one adult and two to six girls be at the table for
your time slot. Larger troops can rotate adults and girls so everyone can participate in all the activities. Troops
are responsible for providing all the activity supplies.
Ideas
Finger Painting
Stained Glass Art
Knot Tying
Fortune Cookies
Customs of other
countries
Spin Art
Water Coloring
Puzzles
Decoupage
Ethnic Food
Games
Hawaiian Leis
SWAPS
Hemp Bracelets
Edible Campfire
Card Designing
Sand Art
Paper Making
Friendship Necklaces
Scrapbooking
Friendship Bracelets
Dream Catchers
Lemmi Sticks
Wind Chimes
Tissue Flowers
Are you a new troop? Not quite sure
what the mall event is all about? Attend
Kumihimo
Finger weaving
Worry Dolls
Tattoos
Stamp Art
Mosaic Art
Tissue Art
Jewelry Making
Science Projects
Glass Art
Hand/Finger Prints
Balloon Animals
Animal Prints
Gak
Trail Mix
Bandanna Art
Edible Necklaces
Bubble Art
Paper Dolls
Yarn Dolls
Iris folding
Plant/flower arranging
Homemade play dough
God’s Eyes
Swaps
Special Whatchamacallits Affectionately Pinned
as a spectator this year and get ideas for how you can Somewhere
• Swaps usually have pins to attach somewhere.
volunteer for one of the many opportunities to make
• Swaps are usually hand made crafts. (Don’t use
the event better next year. As a spectator you can
real food.) Swaps can be about where we live or
participate in the table activities. T-shirts, mall bags
what we do. They can be about the event theme.
and patches must be pre-ordered to ensure
Swaps can be a miniature of something.
availability.
• A tag should be attached with identifying info such
as, event name, date, troop #, state, or council.
Volunteer opportunities
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Swapping can occur at any time or place such as
If you want to jump right in but don’t want prep work, a
national conventions, council events, journey
few volunteer spots are ready to go with activities and
destinations, service unit or neighborhood events,
supplies and need a troop to run them for an hour or
troop meetings, and day camp.
two, or adults are needed to make events happen.
• We trade swaps to promote friendship and share
• Decorate Mall Bags – The mall bags are plain
mementos of a good time.
canvas totes. This table will have markers,
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Swaps to be traded should be kept separate from
stencils, rhinestones and other fun to decorate the
ones you want to keep. Keepers can be pinned on
mall bags.
hats, bandannas, or shirts. Swaps to trade can be
• Vintage uniforms – This table needs someone to
in a swap bag, zipper baggie, shoe box, a
make sure the uniforms are kept neat as girls try
friendship tie or pinned onto ribbon or any thing
them on.
that can be easily carried.
• I’m a Star table – needs troops to run for an hour
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It is not nice to refuse to swap with someone who
or all day. All supplies are provided. Great for a
asks. If you don’t like the item you have been
new troop.
given or already have an identical swap, accept it
• Award table – will have a GS trivia game and GS
politely, say thank you and give them one of yours.
Award information.
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Try to have a few extras to give to those who don’t
• Crowd control – Someone needs to keep the girls
have any to trade.
in line behind stage during the fashion shows.
• Swaps can be displayed on a banner, troop flag,
• Email Nancy Carolan for other ideas
curtain, scrap book, shadow box, etc.
[email protected]
• Each girl should bring a unique item to swap.
• Recommendation is to bring 100 swaps.
Girl Scouts Mall Event At Westmoreland Mall
5256 Route 30, Greensburg PA 15601
April 16, 2016
10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Leader Name _____________________________________________ Phone __________________
Troop #______________ Service Unit _________________________ Grade level _______
E-Mail (please print clearly) __________________________________________________________
T-Shirt Size
# of
shirts
X
cost
=
Total
Child
Small size is not available due to pricing : (
Medium
$10
Large
$10
Adult
Orders are due by March 10th
Orders are to be sent in by troop. Leader or other
prearranged designated adult will pick up product
for the troop. If the troop is not participating,
individual orders may be sent in. Pick up at GS
Greensburg office week before event or at mall on
event day.
The GS Mall Bag: $5 The GS Mall Bag is a 15” x 16”
cotton tote containing a custom event patch, cookie
bar coupon, Dippin’ Dots, stacking pencil, and more.
Additional Cookie Bar Coupons will be available for $1
at the mall.
Small
$10
Medium
$10
Large
$10
X Large
$10
2X Large
$10
2015 GS Mall Event T-Shirt: $10
Must be pre-ordered by deadline
3X Large
$10
T-Shirt total
Total cost of shirts =
Check activities you want to participate in.
___ Display an Award
___ Present an Award
___ Make a Banner
___ Recycling Fashion Show
___ GS History Fashion Show
___ Cookie Booth Sale
___ Closing Ceremony: I’m a Star
___ Center Court Activity
Activity is:
Total number of participants _______
We will run an activity table for
1hr
2hr
3hr
all day
(Select one)
The table activity we wish to do is:
Mall Event Patch $1.25 (included in GS Mall Bag)
$ _________
GS Mall Bag: # of scouts _____ x $ 5 ________
Patch (Free in mall bag): ____ x $1.25 _______
Total Amount of check _____________________
Mail order form and troop check
made payable to: GSWPA Norwin SU
to GS Mall Event, 297 Vista Drive, Apollo, PA 15613
DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION
to ensure patch and goodies is
Thursday, March 10, 2015
Please adhere to all GS safety ratios.
This is not a drop-off event
Registration for activities may be done through email
[email protected]
Please have GS mall event in subject line.