Girl Scout Toilet Paper Swap

So the most hated kaper (chore) at Girl Scout camp is cleaning the latrines. Really, the girls don't have it so bad because they really just have to wipe down the seat with gloves on and a Clorox wipe and look for any garbage around the area. So the swap we created for this was the Toilet Paper Roll Swap!

Can you tell what we used to make this? It's a Wooden Spool and White Felt! I cut the felt a little smaller than the width of the spool and it's about 3-4" long. Enough to wrap around the spool once and leave a bit hanging off like TP. I used hot glue for this one to make it a fast project. To finish it off I just added a pin through the felt on top of the roll and it was done!

Girl Scout Bandana Swap

Today I'm sharing another fun swap from Girl Scout Camp. To see the definition of SWAPS, check out my previous post! We used this swap to commemorate our "Clean Up" job kaper (chore) at camp.

I simply cut up bandanas into 3x3" squares, folded them in half to make a triangle and then threaded on a bead to the two ends together. The bead is just a plastic pony bead. Then I added a safety pin and they were done! So easy and quick.

Girl Scout Camp Swaps - Band Aid Nurse Swap

Today I want to share one of my favorite things - Girl Scout SWAPS! What is a swap exactly? It stands for Special Whatchamacallit Affectionately Pinned Somewhere. So basically, it's some thing small that you can pin to your uniform or SWAPS banner (we have something each year at camp for the girls to save their swaps on).

Today I'm going to share the Nurse Band Aid Swap. This one was super easy. I simply cut beige felt into strips about 3/4" wide by about 2 1/2" long. For camp I usually make about 125 swaps for the girls and adults so you want something very simple. Next, I rounded all the corners to look more band aid like. Next I cut white felt into 3/4" squares. Finally I cut heart shaped felt for the center. I actually used multiple colors here to coordinate with their unit. So the hearts were a rainbow of colors. I glued everything together with Aileen's Tacky Glue. Seriously the BEST for this type of project. It's thicker glue so the felt doesn't absorb it as much. To finish it off, I added a safety pin to attach it!

Girl Scout Troop Canvas

So today we are at the Girl Scout Cookie Kick Off Rally, attempting to break a World Record for the most people dunking a cookie in one place, with Girl Scout Cookies! So I thought it was entirely appropriate to share one of my Girl Scout craft projects!

Last Spring when I took my Girl Scout troop camping at one of our local camps, in a cabin we noticed that other troops had created artwork and left it behind. Since my troop was painting their own canvases, I decided that we should make a piece of art too. I used my Cricut and cut the words from Cricut Vinyl and stuck them directly to the white canvas. Next we coated the whole thing in a thin layer of Mod Podge to seal the letters so the paint wouldn't bleed under. Then we used varying shades of green paint to create our design. My troop loves all the sparkly things too, so we added a layer of glitter paint too. Then we peeled off the vinyl once it was mostly dry to reveal the words underneath.

After I took this photo all of the girls and I signed it and we are looking forward to returning in the future to see if our art is still there! Cross your fingers that we break that record today too!