Meeting 18: May

Premeeting: Instead of adding more to our animal mural (the girls seem to be getting tired of that), I had Girl Scout cootie catchers for them to make! They mostly seemed to enjoy making them and getting their fortunes told.

Opening: Our usual pledge, promise, and law.

Song: We had three options, and our song chooser picked a cheer I had taught them a few weeks ago. It goes like this:

Leader: Hey Daisys!
Daisys: Hey What!?
Leader: Hey Daisys!
Daisys: Hey What?
Leader: Show me how to get down!
Daisys: No way!
Leader: Show me how to get down!
 Daisys: OK! D-O-W-N and that's the way we get down. Huh! D-O-W-N and that's the way we get down. (Girls do actions: D/O, stick one arm then the other out in front. W/N, put one hand then the other on hip. "and that's the way we get down", swing arms side to side in front of body while moving down. "Huh," jump and turn to side.)

Leader: Hey Daisys!
Daisys: Hey What!?
Leader: Hey Daisys!
Daisys: Hey What?
Leader: Shake your booty!
Daisys: No way!
Leader: Shake your booty!
Daisys: OK! Jump, shake your booty. Jump jump, shake your booty. Jump, shake your booty. Jump jump shake your booty. (Actions are exactly what the words say!)

Circle: We had our sister Brownie troop join us, so we played a name game to introduce everyone to each other.

Activity: We made birdfeeders from oranges, Crisco, oats, and raisins. The Daisys taught the Brownies how to do it, earning their Red Robin award. They made a huge mess, but they seemed to have fun! The activity went a lot smoother than the first time we did it, and the Daisys didn't seem to mind re-doing the activity, since they were helping to show the Brownies how to do it.

Snack! Yum yum!

Game: The girls were pretty worked up by this point, and we tried to play the Game Cube we made last time. There were probably too many to do it with (18 girls, in pairs), but they still had fun. After each team got a turn, we played Tiger, Cowgirl, Princess.

Closing: After Fists of Five, we did our Friendship Squeeze. I put a twist on it this week, asking each girl to say something nice about the girl whose hand she was squeezing. It went really well!

How did you earn your Red Robin Award? Leave a message in the comments below!