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How to Earn the Violet Daisy Scout Petal Be A Sister to Every Girl Scout

mommymommymommy | Jan 19, 2010 |

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Leading a Daisy troop of kindergarten and first grade girls presents an opportunity for you as the leader, to create and environment of friendship and acceptance. The violet petal, "Be a Sister to Every Girl Scout", can be earned easily and with a lot of fun by being "secret sisters".

For this activity, you will have to go to the post office and buy two postal cards for each girl in your troop. At home, put your address label on each card, so if for some reason it does not get delivered to the daisy scout, it will be returned to you. You will also need to print a troop address list for each girl.

Prior to your meeting, send out an email to the parents explaining that the girls will be earning the violet petal. Explain to them that at the meeting, the girls will draw a name from a bag and that girl will be the "secret sister".

Each girl will go home with an address list and two postal cards. Once a week for two weeks, the girl will write a note on the post card to her secret sister. The note should tell some positive attributes about the sister scout, and maybe give a clue about who her secret sister might be.

For the meeting where the girls "reveal" themselves, each girl is to bring a small wrapped gift for their secret sister. It is to cost no more than five dollars.

In your email, you will need to advise parents that the gift should be generic in nature, like a craft kit, stationary item, or small toy like a jump rope and chalk. Characters are not a good idea. Some girls may love Disney Channel's China Ann McClain's Chyna Parks, while other girls may prefer Nickelodeon' s Miranda Cosgrove's iCarly.

At the meeting, remind the girls to be gracious when opening their gift, even when it may not be what they wanted. Good manners and being mindful of others' feelings is important! To start the meeting, you can read a book about friendship. Then have the girls reveal one by one who their secret sister is. Let them open their gifts and enjoy them! Earning the violet petal, "Be a Sister to Every Girl Scout" is fun for scouts of all ages!