Outdoor Art Creator
10/20 Meeting Agenda
As girls arrive, we’ll have an Outdoor Art Creator word search. Girls can also decorate a cardboard tube with stickers and markers, we’ll use the tube as a nature viewer during our outdoor nature walk.
Once all girls arrive, we’ll say the pledge of allegiance and the girl scout promise. Then, we’ll break the girls up into groups (number of groups will depend on number of adult volunteers.)
Each groups will get one nature detective checklist and head outside. The goal is to check off 4-5 things from the list by looking through our nature viewers. We’ll spend 15 minutes outside, then meet back inside for our craft.
Rules: Stay with your group. Stay on church grounds, not in the parking lot
Craft: Leaf Rubbings
Have you ever really looked at a leaf? Look closely. What do you see? It has veins, a stern, and it’s own unique shape. It’s like nature made it’s own work of art.
To prepare for this activity we will ask girls to gather a few whole leaves they find in their yard before the meeting.
We will pass out sheets of paper and crayons.
We’ll demonstrate how to make a leaf rubbing by laying a leaf on a peace of paper, laying another piece of paper on top, then gently rubbing a crayon over the paper until the leaf’s features appear.
Ask brownies: What art could you make with your leaf rubbings?
Make a Wind Chime
If there is time for another craft, or if some girls finish the leaf rubbing activity early…
Materials: dowels, twine, bells, beads
Instructions to come
We’ll end the meeting by cleaning up, passing out Outdoor Art Creator badge, and the Brownie friendship circle.