Patch: Summer Fun

AGE LEVEL: Brownies and Juniors

PURPOSE: To extend Girl Scout activities into the summer. Troops are encouraged to have a meeting, outing or some activity two or three times in the summer. Girls may work on this patch with a troop or as individuals.

ACTIVITIES: Brownies do three activities, Juniors do four activities

Attend resident camp at St. Albans, River Ranch, or Robbinswold.
Attend day camp or a Girl Scout summer event.
Go troop camping with your troop.
Go family camping and help cook a meal, lay a trail for others to follow, build a fire or share something you learned from your Girl Scout Handbook, a Try-Its or badge.
If you are going to be a Brownie Girl Scout, do an activity from a Try-Its.
If you are going to be a Junior Girl Scout, do an activity from an outdoor badge.
Write a poem or a story about your summer activities and read it to your troop in the summer or at your next troop meeting; or, take pictures of your summer activities to share.
Meet with your troop for a troop meeting, field trip, cookout, hike or other outdoor activity.
With your troop or other friends, play a nature game or do a nature craft.
Plan a play day or carnival for younger children in your neighborhood.
Learn two new songs and teach them to your troop in the summer or at the next troop meeting.
Write a letter to a Girl Scout friend or your troop leader.
Do a service project in your neighborhood or community.
Start a new recycling project with your family.