Recycled Cardboard Bookmarks Collage Art

DIY Cereal Box Bookmark Craft

Create darling recycled cardboard bookmarks with cereal boxes and magazines. This is a fun craft that creates a usable bookmark from recycled items. It is a great way to use stickers, washi tape, scrapbook paper and other fun goodies from your craft stash. I love using recycled magazines and catalogs for this project. Materials and Supplies Needed Here is the supply list to make these collage bookmarks from recycled cracker …

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DIY Glass Magnets from Recycled Magazines and Catalogs

DIY Glass Magnets Craft

Use catalogs and magazines to create these darling DIY glass magnets. This is a great way to repurpose and use recycled magazines and catalogs to make fantastic magnets. Magnets are a great way to decorate your fridge and all metal surfaces in your home, office and classroom. The absolute bonus is that they are useful for hanging important and inspiring documents/photos too! Materials an Supplies Needed Directions to Make Glass …

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DIY Taylor Swift Inspired Girl Scout Craft

Make Clay Beads Like Taylor Swift Friendship Bracelets for Decor

Create any size of flat round clay beads to make darling beads to spell out words from the Girl Scout Promise and Law There are so many great words in the Girl Scout promise and the law. Use the free printables below for ideas and support when doing this crafty project! Materials and Supplies to Make Beads Directions to Make Taylor Swift Friendship Beads NOTE – If you want the …

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Girl Scout Meeting Craft Friendship Sticks

Back to School Girl Scout Craft Friendship Sticks

Use these FREE paint stir sticks to create friendships and structure at your meetings. I love a super inexpensive craft that gives girls the chance to express their personalities, favorites and character traits. These paint stir sticks are FREE from the hardware store and work great in so many ways for adding structure to meetings. Read more to find out how. LOADS MORE GIRL SCOUT CRAFT IDEAS!!!! How to Use …

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Girl Scout Sign Free Printable for the Girl Scout Promise

Use this free printable to help girls understand the meaning of the three parts to the Girl Scout Promise. About the Three Finger Salute Girl Scouts make the Girl Scout sign by raising three fingers of the right hand with the thumb holding down the pinky. Each finger represents one of the three parts of the promise. NOTE that the word “God” can be substituted to meet the needs of any and all religious beliefs. …

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Hand Made Clay Beads to Build Character

Kid Craft Clay Beads for Character

This is a great way for kids to create a bead that represents something great about themselves. These hand made clay beads necklaces are a great way to help kids think about what makes them special and is important enough to share.  When given the task to create enough of the same bead so that everyone in the group (Girl Scout troop, team or in the class) gets one and …

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How To Build A Campfire with Candy – Log Cabin Style

Laura Kelly Candy Campfire Craft How to Build a Campfire

Teaching kids to make a fire can be so much fun using candy! We went on a camping trip with our Girl Scout Troop to Sky High Ranch and it was so much fun.  We learned so much about the outdoors and camping, including how to build a fire to make our own s’mores.  The awesome staff used candy to teach the concepts and the girls loved it so much. …

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Rainbow Watercolor Glue Resist

Watercolor Rainbow Glue Resist Kid Art Project

Create colorful rainbow fun with this fantastic glue resist watercolor kid craft. Glue resist crafts are so much fun because of the way the watercolor paints react to the dried material. Whether mixing colors or keeping them separate, this art activity is bound to be fun for kids of all ages – young to old. Materials and Supplies Needed for Glue Resist Watercolor Directions NOTE – Step One has to …

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Heart Shaped Clay Tokens

Air Dry Clay Heart Tokens for Girl Scout Crafts

Create heart shaped clay tokens (SWAPS) to celebrate friendships or use for pocket hugs. These are perfect for Girl Scouts and using as an awesome SWAPS project. They can be made while camping, dry overnight and be painted the next day. They could also be started one week at a meeting then finished the next. It is fun to make them at each stage of scouting and collect through the …

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