Ideas to Tie In to "3 Cheers for Animals" -- Part III

Hello!

Hope your summers are going well. Have you started planning your first meetings yet? I'm excited to get started and to use some of the ideas I've found from Pinterest to our meetings. The last two blog posts have listed ideas to incorporate into your meetings when you start the "3 Cheers for Animals" Journey. This week, we're going to take a look to see what we can add to go along with the third story, "Bienvenido a Mexico!"

I should say that many of the activities from the Leader's Guide worked really well in our troop. And the activity pages in the girls' Journey book were awesome for pre-meeting activities and then for sharing during Circle time. But there's always room for more fun activities, so that's what I'm hoping to share with you here. Here goes!

Zinni's story is about her trip to Mexico, where she took care of a horse, had a rooster, found a baby chick, rode a burro, and ate quesadillas. She also spent a lot of time with her colorful family, who she misses when she returns. Here are some corresponding ideas:

Activity

• Make a heart map showing the things that are most dear to you. Be sure to let the girls share their maps with each other!
• Make a collaborative color wheel from cut-up magazines! I think it would be really cute to make a daisy in the colors of the Daisy petals.
• Make eyedropper volcanoes in different colors with baking soda and vinegar
• Use shaving cream painting to make colorful rainbows or animals
• Make a continent box--or in this case, a country box--where girls can explore the people, places, animals, and culture of Mexico 

Snack

• Make or serve a quesadilla 
• Eat "horse food"--apples and oats! 

Do you have any additional ideas that would go with Zinni's story? Leave a message below!