Whose is that Coat of Arms?

A Coat of Arms is usually a design on a shield that stands for you family, school or business.  When you make your own shield you can create your own personal Coat of Arms.

Once everyone has finished have a display of the coats of arms.

See if you can work out who each one belongs too.

My Coat of Arms

Equipment :

• paper
• textas
• pencils
• crayons

Instructions

1. Draw a shield outline.
2. Divide the shield into 6 spaces.
3. Number the spaces.
4. In the spaces draw pictures to show the following things about yourself.
• The most important event in you're life
• The happiest moment in your life.
• Something you would like to be good at.
• Something you are good at.
• What you would like to be.
• Three positive words to describe you.

The "Me" Bag

Equipment:

• Old magazines
• Scissors,
• Glue,
• Paper,
• Bags (one per person).

Method

1. Each person is given a paper bag.
2. Look through magazines and cut out pictures that show the YOU that everyone else sees.
1. Stick those pictures on the outside of your paper bag.
3. Cut out pictures that show the you that you know - your feelings, ambitions, hopes, etc. 
1. Place these pictures inside your paper bag.
4. In pairs or threes, tell each other about your bags - you choose whether or not you'd like to share the pictures inside your bag.

• Some of the things you might choose to talk about are:
• Why did you choose the pictures on and in your bag?
• Are the pictures on the inside of your bags similar to the ones on the utside?
• Why?
• Why not?
• How?
• Are many of our true feelings and hopes kept inside?
• Do we show a different picture of ourselves to others?
• Only to certain people?

Long life formula bubble mix

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup commercial bubble solution (the stuff that comes with a wand)
• 1/3 cup water
• 1/3 cup glycerine

Directions

1. In a bowl mix all the ingredients.
2. Leave over night.

New formula Bubble mix

Ingredients

• 1 cup Ultra Ivory Blue
• 12 cups water
• 3/4 Tablespoon glycerine

Directions

1. Gently stir the ingredients together.
2. Leave the solution in an open container overnight. 

Best Bubble Solution

Ingredients

• 1 c Water
• 2 Tablespoon Light Karo syrup OR 2 Tablespoons Glycerin
• 4 Tablespoon Dishwashing liquid

Method

1. Mix together.
2. Allow to sit overnight.

More Bubbles

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup Water
• 1/2 cup Liquid Detergent
• 1 Tablespoon Cooking Oil

Method.

1. Mix together.
2. Allow to sit overnight.

Beluga Bubbles

Ingredients

• 1 cup Warm Water
• 1/4 cup Blue Dishwashing Liquid
• 1 teaspoon Salt

Directions

1. Combine all ingredients.
2.  Mix well until salt dissolves.
3.  Allow to sit overnight.

make your own bubbles.

These recipes give us all the chance to make our own homemade bubbles. Some type of wand also works well.

• The longer you let each of the mixtures set, the more stable it becomes, thus the larger the bubbles are, and the longer they seem to last. 

• Most solutions contain a few simple ingredients which can be found at home or in your local supermarket or pharmacy. You will need liquid dish washing detergent or very liquidly pre soaked soap gratings. The more  expensive the dish washing detergent is the better the bubbles seem to work. 

• Mix with water then add either light corn syrup or glycerine. Glycerine is preferable because it makes stronger bubbles and doesn't attract flying insects like the sweet syrup will. The majority of solutions will include these three ingredients in varying amounts.

Hopscotch

How to play hopscotch?

All around the world there are many ways to play the game of hopscotch. Hopscotch is a game derived by drawing grids on a surface. These grids are numerically ordered and can come in any shape or size. Children then hop from the first box all the way up to the last one. Once they reach the end, turn around and hop back to the beginning. 

Example of a Grid



How to play hopscotch?

1. The First player start on the first box in the grid


2. They then hop from box to box going up in numerical order


3. Once the player reaches the end, they have to turn around and make it to the beginning


4. However, a player cannot step on a line in the grid or else they lose

They arrived with a...

C.F.A Come on down to Guides.

When planning 2009 Tuesday program the girls decided to invite the CFA people to Guides. Little knowing that every one here would be so affected by the near by fires over the last two weeks.

Here are some of the pictures of the CFA ladies who came to our Girl Guide meeting today. We did not scare them off…. so they are coming back too.

Made sandcastles.

When we arrived at the beach it took a couple of parents to off load the 'making a sand castle' equipment.

• A free standing open tent.
• Sun screen 
• Drink bottles
• Buckets
• Spades.
• Spray bottles
• Pre-made shapes

After using lots of sunscreen every participant went for a long walk.  The challenge was to gather stones, seaweed, shells, rubbish like straws,twigs, and plastics utensils  to fill the bucket every one had with them.

When we arrived back everyone

• could choose one thing to show everyone else.
• This was their special decoration for them to place on the finished sandcastle.
• emptied the rest of their bucket into one share pile.

The area chose was flattened out further. and water from the buckets [to be gathered] would further flatten the sand castle floor. 

Now was the time to go to the sea and fill the bucket up with water in preparation for the water that would be needed to dampen the sand used to build our sandcastle.  For the adults and older Guides this water collection was on on going activity... ALL DAY.

A wave wall between the sea and the proposed sandcastle was made.    What we noticed was that as the sandcastle got bigger the wall got larger in size.  The wave wall also made a perimeter that the Guides were able to co-work together once there own sandcastle was made.

Another thing we noticed was that many adults had forgotten how to make sandcastles.  Watching the younger Guides go for it brought many things back.  And then we found this video when we got back!

References  The Wilderness Society - Sandcastles for Sanctuaries

Kookaburra Sits on the old..

Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree,

Merry merry king of the bush is he.
Laugh, Kookaburra, laugh, Kookaburra,
Gay your life must be!

Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree,
Eating all the gum drops he can see.
Stop Kookaburra, stop Kookaburra
Save some there for me!

Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree,
Counting all the monkeys he can see.
Laugh Kookaburra, laugh Kookaburra
That's not a monkey, that's me!

Alternative verses

Kookaburra sits on the electric wire,
Jumping up and down, with his pants on fire.
Ouch, Kookaburra, ouch! Kookaburra,
Hot your tail must be!

Kookaburra sits on a rusty nail,
Gets a boo-boo in his tail.
Cry, Kookaburra, cry, Kookaburra,
Oh how life can be!

Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree,
Eating all the gum drops he can see.
Laugh Kookaburra, laugh Kookaburra
Gay your life must be!

Reference:  All Down Under.com

If were not a Girl Guide

If I Were Not A Girl Guide
This is a very complicated song, but it's really realy funny to watch! The whole group (usually about 6-10 people) stand in a straight line, very prim and proper. In an opera-like voice, they sing the chorus. Then the first girl at the end of the line (the Archer, see below) steps in front of the line and says her lines. Follow the course of the song and you'll understand what's happening! The key is to make the verses as silly as possible, and the chorus as serious as possible... although this is very difficult after the third or fourth verse joins in!


Chorus:

If I were not a Girl Guide, something else I'd like to be (clap, stamp!)

If I were not a Girl Guide...

Verses:

Archer:

An Archer I would be!

Shoot the bow, the mighty mighty bow I said,

Shoot, the bow, the mighty mighty bow!

(Everyone sings chorus again)

Birdwatcher:

A Birdwatcher I would be!

There's a lark and there's a lark and there's another lark (UGH!)

There's a lark and there's a lark and there's another lark (UGH!)

(or, alternatively,)

Hark! A lark! Flying through the park! (UGH!)

Hark! A lark! Flying through the park! (UGH!)

(Once the Birdwatcher has said her line twice, the Archer joins in. Therefore the Birdwatcher says her line four times, and the Archer says her line twice. Then everyone sings the chorus again)

Farmer:

A farmer I would be!

Sow the seed, and fertilize the weeds!

Sow the seed, and fertilize the weeds!

(Once the Farmer has said her line twice, the Birdwatcher joins in... after the Birdwatcher has said her line twice, the Archer joins in... get the picture? This continues with each verse until you have seven or eight people all saying/singing different things at the same time!) (Everyone sings the chorus again)

Hippie:A hippie I would be!

Hey man, cool man, far out, WOW!

Hey man, cool man, far out, WOW!

(Farmer joins in, then Birdwatcher, then Archer, then everyone sings the chorus)

Leader:

A Leader I would be!

Where's your socks and where's your shoes and don't forget your hat!

Where's your socks and where's your shoes and don't forget your hat!

(Hippie joins in, then Farmer, Birdwatcher and Archer, then everyone sings the chorus again)

Boy Scout:

A Boy Scout I would be!

EEW! A bug! Squish it in the rug!

EEW! A bug! Squish it in the rug!!

(Leader joins in, then Hippie, Farmer, Birdwatcher, Archer, then everyone sings the chorus one last time!!) More verses!! Thanks very much to Liz Watts, Neil and Lucia Savage, Sarah, and Kendra Kelly, all whom contributed verses for this song.

Plumber: A plumber I would be! Plunge it, flush it, look out below!

Carpenter: A carpenter I'd be! Two by four, nail it to the floor!

Cashier: A cashier I would be! Twenty nine, forty nine, here is your change, sir!

Superman: Superman I'd be! It's a bird, it's a plane, where is Lois Lane?

Washerwoman: Hanging all the washing out, Peg it on the line to dry.

Bus Conductor: Any more fares please! Any more fares please! Pass down the line. Ching. Ching.

Barrow boy: Ripe tomatoes, two bob a pound!

Vicar: Hands together, Hymn number 43.

Sergeant Major: Fall in. Fall in. Tallest on the right.

Secretary: Typing all the letters out, Sitting on the bosses knee.

Mermaid: Bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop!

Secretary: z-z-z-z get the point, z-z-z-z get the point?

Teacher: Sit down, shut up, throw away your gum!

Airline attendant: Coffee, tea, or me, sir; here's your little bag, BLEH!

Typist: Ticka, ticka, ticka, ticka, ticka, ticka, ZING!

Laundry worker: Starchy here, starchy there, starchy in your underwear!

Gym teacher: We must, we must, improve the bust!

Medic: Turn around, drop your pants, jab, jab, jab!

Doctor: Take a pill; pay my bill! I'm going golfing!

Electrician: Positive, negative; turn on the juice-ZZZT!

Fireman: Jump lady! Jump lady! Whoo-ooah! GOTCHA!

Cook: Mix it, bake it; heartburn-BURP!

Ice cream maker: Tutti-frutti, tutti-fruitti, nice ice cream!

Politician: Raise the taxes, lower the pay, vote for me on election day!

Butcher: Chop it up, grind it up, make a little patty!

Garbage collector: Lift it, dump it, sort out the goodies!

Pizza maker: 30 minute, fast delivery!

Clam digger: Dig one here, dig one there-Oh my frozen derriere!

Superman: It's a bird, it's a plane, where is Lois Lane?

Lois Lane: Get away, get away, get away, Clark Kent!

Cyclist: peddle, peddle, peddle, peddle; ring, ring, ring!

House cleaner: Ooh, a bug; squish it in the rug!

Baby: Mama, Dada, I wuv you!

Preacher: Well, well, you never can tell; you might go to heaven, or you might go to hell!

Dolly: Mama, kiss me, take me home! (kissy sound)

Truck Driver: Oh dear, can't steer, put this stupid thing in gear! (drive an imaginary car)

Typist: Type, and type, until you get it right! (pretend to type)

Star: Dahling, dahling, let's do lunch! (wave hand)

Stewardess: Here's your coffee, here's your tea, here's your plastic bag, BLAH! (pretend to serve drinks, and then throw up)

Dishwasher: Scrub, and scrub, and get out all the grub! (scrub plates)

Raver: Its 3:00 a.m., let's groove, let's get this party movin'!

One other way

Playing this game broke the ice on how to use chop sticks effectively.  There are different methods but we soon discovered that thawed peas were easier to manage than frozen or fresh ones.  That is if you are not cheating.

Not quite Chase the peas.

Since when was a chop stick a finger?  Or a finger a third chop stick?

Turn the Circle Inside Out

Turn the Circle Inside Out has been played in Girl Guiding circles since my mother was a Guide [1940s] and before as her mother was also a Guide.

• A circle is formed using all the players.
•  Everyone joins hands and faces the middle of the circle.
•  Everyone closes their eyes and tries to turn the circle inside out so that everyone is facing the opposite direction (outside of the circle) without letting go of each others' hands.

(Hint: the solution is that two players hold up their hands and everyone else follows through underneath.)

Kim's game

There are many versions of Kim's game. This is a basic Kim's game but still has the basic objective to improve each participants memory and powers of observation.. 


As the participants get older there are more objects laid out.  Typically with five to ten year old who have not had much practice with the game we start off with five to ten objects.  Each participant is given a pen and paper.  This who cannot spell may draw the picture of the objects they see.


The objects are laid out on a tray.  There is 2 minutes to look at the objects and remember them.
After two minutes the objects are covered up.
Now have each person write down what they saw.


When all is finished under the objects and see how observant each of the participants were. 
Equipment: a tray with 20 small articles (may be related by theme!), pencil and paper for each person, and a watch or timer.


If the game has been angled to individual or patrol observations then give each participant / team a score of say one point for each correct article in their list.

Chinese Whispers

Starts of with one whisper saying something to one person and then person two saying what they thought to someone else.  by the time the original person hears back the whisper has turned from a whispered confidence, to gossip then into a juicy fact and onto known history.

Throw in some diversionary whispers and see how confusing the whisper gets before it get back to the original whisper.  How many different version now need to be investigated to get back to the original source?

SINGING IN THE RAIN

We're singing in the rain, just singing in the rain.

What a glorious feeling, we're happy again.

Thumbs up! [Group echoes.]

Toot-ta-ta-da, toot-ta-ta-da, toot-DA-DA. [Group echoes.]

[Add each of the following, in turn:]

Elbows in, Knees bent, Toes together, Buns back

Chest out, Chin down, Tongue out



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FOUND A PEANUT

[Tune: Clementine]

Found a peanut, found a peanut,

Found a peanut just now. [Repeat]



[Continue in the same manner with questions:

- Where d'ya find it...

- In the ...

- What was it doing there...

etc until one team gets stuck or repeats.

Then sing "Got you beaten", "repetition" etc

 
 
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Taps: evening

Day is done,
Gone the Sun.
From the seas.
From the hills,
From the sky
All is well
Safety rest
God is neigh.

Wide game: a continuing activity

• Four World Center activity. 
• Bake and make 
• Brownslea Island
• Know your knots.
• Promise and Law game
• Compass points
•  Brownslea Island.... a find, locate and be informed activity
• Survival Game
• Make Camp Gadgets
• Best tent entrance with chosen patrol colors and name.
• if we can obtain a sari then figure out how to put it on.

Checked out the Four World Center Colors

The Four World Centers are part of the links of Unity between all the WAGGGS countries.


each world center has a different color and logo.

Samgam is Purple.              
Our Cabana is Orange.          Pictures
Pax Lodge is Green              
and Our Chalete is deep blue

The world within WAGGGS is divided into different regions.