Thinking Day Crafts & A Girl Scout Week Patch!

Our Service Unit hosted their World Thinking Day event on Feb 6th, but it is officially on Feb 22nd. There are lots of crafts and traditions associated with World Thinking Day and here is a site with tons of info for your reading pleasure.

This year's theme is "Connect" and since it changes every year, you can find the most current info here. I have read that you can put this patch on the front of your vest, but I have never, ever, ever seen anyone do that...

I read up some of the traditions when I was researching for our booth last year. I don't remember what site I was on, but I particularly liked the idea of placing a lit candle in the window and reflecting on Girl Scouts around the world, knowing that Girl Scouts around the world were doing the same thing and also thinking about us! My daughter and I whooped up a little craft that only cost a dollar and scavanged bits from my scrapbooking stash.

Thinking Day 2015

We just got a votive holder from the Dollar Tree and printed "This Little Light of Mine, I'm Gonna Let It Shine"  (because it was mentioned on the website I was looking at) and the WAGGS logo on vellum paper. We cut it to size and curled it around the short votive. We only had it lit for a few minutes because I didn't want to burn the house down... I am looking for ways to actually affix the image and lettering onto the glass so we can relax and enjoy it.

The Vellum sat correctly in the holder until I took it out to dust it and take pics... 

I don't want to move onto the next thing until I mention that there is also the World Thinking Day 2016 Challenge Badge that can be earned by completing an activity pack. Most of these look pretty much like many of the other team building or confidence building activities that you would normally do with your journeys. So even if you don't want the patch, the info for the activities could be useful for other things.



Now, on to the next thing! I was scrolling down through the Girl Scout Gab Facebook page and a nice lady posted the requirements for the Girl Scout Week Patch! Girl Scout Week is celebrated for 7 days each March, starting with Girl Scout Sunday and ending with Girl Scout Sabbath/Shabbat on Saturday, and it always includes the Girl Scout Birthday, March 12. This year it is March 6-12. Even if you don't have a group you can do this with you can still have fun and earn the patch. The first page is the requirements sheet that an adult must check off and the second sheet is the order form for the patch. Complete the requirements each day and send $2 along with both completed pages for this year's fun patch! You can also order this patch here for $1.75 plus shipping. (This is NOT an affiliate link)

And let's not forget this one... I believe you only have to wear your Girl Scout uniform to church on Girl Scout Sunday to earn the Girl Scout Sunday Patch. Please look up the requirements before purchasing this patch.

So hopefully everyone is on the patch train for the next few weeks! I don't know about you all, but I still haven't ironed on anything since before the Fall Festival, and I'm thinking I may need to go get out the iron!

As usual, until next time, my marvelous Juliette friends, and Happy Ironing! (I think there may even be a patch for that, lol)