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Hurrah For Reading
Write On
My Hobby
Share Your Talent for
Dance
Artist At Work
Super Crafts
I Can Be
Share Your Talent for
Music
Puppet Play
Tell It
All About Art
Special Interest Badge
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Read a combination of six different books, magazines, articles, or short stories on any of these topics: science, animals, adventure, fantasy, nature, children in other lands, poetry or Guiding.
Tell your Brownie unit about your favourite book. Why did you like it? Did you learn anything new?
Draw a poster advertising your favourite book.
Draw a cover of your own for the book.
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Write down the names of the books/magazine/article/story you read, and the topic.
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What is your favourite book?
Why do you like it? Did you learn anything from it?
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Remember to….
□ Bring in the poster advertising your favourite book to share with your Brownie friends.
□ Bring in the new cover for favourite book to share with your Brownie friends.
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Make up a list of questions to ask an artist.
Visit a local art studio or store.
Watch an artist at work.
Try two different kinds of art.
What store or studio did you visit? What kind of art do they do?
What two different kids of art did you try? What did you make?
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What type of artist will you be visiting?
What are some questions you would like to ask?
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Remember to….
□ Bring in the art you made to share with your Brownie friends.
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Write a poem about flowers, trees, or your favourite animal.
Write a short story about being a Brownie.
Write an advertisement, jingle, or rap about an upcoming Brownie event.
E-mail or write a letter to a friend or pen pal in another city, province or country.
Who did you write to? Where do they live? Did you e-mail or write a letter? Did they write back to you?
Remember to….
□ Bring in your poem to share with your Brownie friends.
□ Bring in your short story to share with your Brownie friends.
□ Bring in your advertisement, jingle or rap to share with your Brownie friends.
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Do three of the following:
Knit, sew, quilt, or sculpt something out of clay and make a gift for family or friends.
Make an Aboriginal craft.
Make a craft using recycled materials.
Make a paper craft, such as origami, strip-weaving, wrapping paper, or three-dimensional cards.
Make a toy out of wood, boxes or cartons and donate it to a children’s hospital or shelter.
Make a kite and fly it.
Learn calligraphy and make signs and cards.
Remember to….
□ Bring in your crafts to share with your Brownie friends.
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Which three did you choose?
Tell your Brownie unit about your hobby.
Bring in pictures or examples of your hobby and share them with your unit.
Find out about one hobby you’d like to try and share it with your unit.
Remember to….
□ Bring in your pictures or examples of your hobby to share with your Brownie friends.
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What is your hobby? Write about it.
What other hobby did you learn about?
Imagine you’re a character in your favourite book or television show. Describe who that would be.
If you could be an animal, which animal would you be? Why? Act out being that animal and have the girls in your unit guess what animal you are.
Use mime to describe an activity or situation. Ask your friends to guess what you’re acting out.
Remember to….
□ Come to the meeting ready to act out your animal and activity/situation.
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Imagine you’re a character in your favourite book or television show. Describe who that would be.
What animal would you be? How will you act?
What activity or situation will you act out?
Learn how to warm up and cool down before and after dancing.
Perform a short ballet, jazz, modern or folk dance.
Learn a new dance. Teach a dance to a friend.
Wear a costume when you dance.
Remember to….
□ Come prepared to perform part of your dance.
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Why is it important to warm up and cool down before and after physical activity?
Who did you teach a dance to? What kind of dance was it?
What costume did you wear? Bring it, if you like.
Learn a Canadian folk song.
Play or sing two different types of music.
Make up your own song, play or sing it.
Make a musical instrument, such as a drum, cymbal, or flute out of recycled material.
Remember to….
□ Come prepared to perform your song, or show the words / music.
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What folk song did you learn?
What two types of music did you play or sing?
What type of musical instrument did you make? What did you make it from?
Make a puppet out of a sock or paper bag.
Make a marionette.
Create a short puppet play about a holiday celebration in a WAGGGS country.
Make a stage and paint scenery for your play.
Remember to….
□ Bring in your puppet to share with your Brownie friends.
□ Bring in your marionette to share with your Brownie friends.
□ If possible, perform all or part of your puppet show for your Brownie friends. If not, bring in your stage and scenery to share with your Brownie friends and tell them about your puppet show.
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Which country did you choose, and which holiday?
Do three of the following:
Interview a local artist.
Learn your primary and secondary colours.
Visit an art gallery.
Draw or paint on fabric or an unusual kind of paper, such as tissue paper.
Make a whacky sculpture out of wire, pipe cleaners, or wood scraps.
Draw a cartoon strip to illustrate your favourite book.
Scan or download photographs into a computer and make a collage.
Write about the three things you choose to do OR bring in examples of your art.
Remember to….
□ Bring in your drawing, painting, sculpture, cartoon strip or collage to share with your Brownie friends.
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Present a two-minute speech for your unit on a topic of interest to you.
Retell a short fairy tale, folk tale, fable, or joke to your unit.
Debate or discuss an issue that is important to you.
What is the topic of your speech?
Remember to….
□ Talk to your Brownie Guiders to arrange a time to complete this badge.
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What is the title or topic of your fairy tale, folk tale, fable, or joke?
What issue will you debate or discuss?
Create your own badge to show what makes you special.
What badge did you decide to create? What is it about?
What did you do to earn your badge?
Remember to….
□ Bring in your badge work to share with your Brownie friends.
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