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Part of preparing for your camping trip is identifying the responsibilities for each of your girl scouts.  Below are responsibilities broken out by cooking, hosting, and cleaning.

Looking for the graces to say before your meals with the Girl Scouts.  Here are some graces your troop can say before each meal:

Setting the rules and your expectations ahead of your camping trip will help you keep some semblance of order.  Review these beforehand so each scout knows what is expected of them, and what can happen if the rules are broken.

Here are the rules you'll want to review with each Girl Scout before campouts so each scout knows what is expected of them, and what can happen if the rules are broken.  It's broken down by Camp Rules and Tent Rules.

Going on your first camping trip with your Girl Scout Troop?  Get your troop organized by making a camping poster board that can be posted at the campsite.  Having a board posted with these roles, responsibilities, consequences and more will go a long way towards maintaining your sanity, and teaching your Girl Scouts about responsibility:

Need a swap for your camping adventure? Make an easy marshmallow pin using twigs found at your campsite and pony beads.

The Crazy Moose Song is a kid favorite at group events for Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, Y-Guides, Y-Princess groups, and more.

This two-part skit needs about six kids, who form a circle around an invisible blanket, with a small invisible guy (Bruce) who sits in the middle of the invisible blanket and gets tossed in the air.  It's an easy to remember skit for kids of all ages.

The Candy Shop Skit is good for groups of 4 or more kids, and is real easy for young kids to remember.  Like many skits, the punchline targets the 2 volunteers from the audience.

The Bus Driver Skit is a fun and easy skit, and is good for a big group of kids.

Taking place in a waiting room at a hospital, you'll need 4 people for this skit.  This is an easy skit to remember for younger children.

This is a short, but funny skit for boys and girls of all ages.  You'll need 6-7 kids for this airplane skit.

The Invisible Bench Skit is an easy to remember skit for young children.  You need at least 4 children for this one.

One of the most challenging aspects of leading a kid's group (whether it's Y-Princess or Guides, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, or others) is having to come up with a skit for an event such as a talent show, a camping trip, or a kid's camp.  Read on for some tips on helping the kids plan and develop their skit.

This Australian Kookaburra song is a popular camp song for youth groups such as Girls Scouts, Y-Princess and more.

These are some Girl Scout songs that we sing at meetings and events.  Five songs are included: Make New Friends, Brownie Smile, All Girl Scouts, Crazy Moose, and Forty Years on an Iceberg.

Making a compass to find magnetic north or south (depending on where you live) can be fun and educational for your kids.  It's great for girl scouts, cub scouts, or y-princess or guides, and really gets them thinking about the different items that can be used to make a compass.

 

Each year we've made scrapbooks for the girls in our Brownie Troop to remember all the fun things we have done.   We started with the traditional scrapbooking method using a scrapbook kit.  But it was completely overwhelming, especially since we had to make a dozen of them.  Then, we came up with this easy scrapbook project.

Craft foam stickers are the best invention ever!  You can stick these on anything and everything!  They come in an assortment of sizes, shapes, and themes!

Having fun with your friends is what Girl Scouts is all about. Here are some fun activities you can do with your troop. You may even be able to work in a requirement for earning a badge!

Community service is an important part of being a Girl Scout. Here are some field trip ideas where the girls can also participate in helping their community.

Taking your Girl Scout troop on educational field trips around town is a fun way to get to know your neighborhood, learn new and interesting things, and earn Girl Scout badges.

If you're thinking of becoming a Girl Scout leader, or are a new leader looking for a little help, below are some tips and ideas to make the Girl Scout experience a little easier on you.

It's About the Experience

Leading a troop can be overwhelming in the beginning, but once you learn about your Girl Scout program level (Daisy, Brownie, Junior, etc.) and about the events happening in your service unit or association, it gets a lot easier.  Remember, you're in control of your troop so you decide how complicated or not-so-complicated things can get.  As you get to know the girls better, it's hard not to want to make this the best after school activity they're involved with.  But, most of all, it's about giving your daughter the Girl Scout experience, watching her learn and grow, and spending some special times with her.