Key to Brownies: Enrollment Prep

This is our fourth meeting of the year and Enrollment is next week.  This year we are doing a joint enrollment with the Sparks so we’re working closely with them.  But our standard Brownie enrollment can be found here – we like tradition and don’t go too far off our favourite one with stepping stones.  [...]

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Brownie Enrollment Ceremony

This ceremony is one we’ve tweaked through the years – but it started from something I found on the internet somewhere (if you find something similar – please let me know where I should give credit) and it is based on the Toadstool Story in the Brownie Book. Enrollment ceremony schedule: 6:30 Arrival game for [...]

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Thinking Day: Wear Uniforms to School?

At Tuesday’s meeting we discussed Thinking Day and one of the girls asked about wearing her Brownie uniform to school on Feb 22.   I’ve always said yes…but I can’t find anything online about it and there doesn’t seem to be anything about it on the GGC site.  Do your Brownies (or other Guiding/Scouting types) have the [...]

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Ottawa Guide House Tour Review – Five Stars!

When you book a tour of a museum, you wonder a couple of things… Will the tour guides be able to keep the attention of twelve wiggly Brownies ? And Will the girls pay attention and give the respect to our hosts that is deserved? The answer to both of these questions (when related to a [...]

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