It's Your Planet, Love It! Journey in a day

I want to preface this post and explain my massive blonde moment.....  I started planning this wonderful journey sleepover for my area.  I had it in my head that I would do this for all ages, and I was going to keep it all within the same journey theme, thinking it would be easier on me.  So, I wrote it down, announced it at our meeting, and posted it in our unit's Facebook page.  And then, after all the plans were made, I realized, one of these journeys is not like the other!  Oops?  Well, it all worked out in the end, because the "out of place" journey ended up being one that multiple troops needed.

It's Your Planet, Love It!  Journeys:
Daisy- Between the Earth and Sky (we did 5 Flowers, 4 Stories, 3 Cheer For Animals)
Brownie- WOW
Junior- Get Moving
Cadettes- Breathe
Seniors- Sow What
Ambassadors- Justice

The above was our basic outline for our journey in a sleepover event (see the link below for my full blueprint).   Overall, it went very well!  Based on our attendance, we had 2 patrols each for the Daisies (we probably should have done 3 or 4 Daisy patrols), Brownies, and Juniors, and we lumped all of the older girls together (since most of their stuff was self guided).  We had every intention of reading passages from the books, but long story short, that didn't happen.  The older girls did their "connect project" first, and then dove into their journey work (since I did it with them, and then at the end of Friday activities, I did the connect project with the Brownies and Juniors).
The other thing we changed up, was our Take Action workshop.  I stopped to realize that our workshop is very similar to the workshop prefacing the Gold and Silver trainings.  So, instead, our older girls had a "mental health" morning, and we just kicked back and did some fun crafts (and, most of them, their Take Action project is their Silver or Gold).


Here are the links for the actual blueprints of our sleepover, which you may find useful!
Journey Sleepover Plans
Journey sleepover, shopping list
These are guides that I used to base our Take Action workshop on (I strongly recommend you read them!)
Challenge and Change, Girl Guide
Challenge and Change, Adult Guide

But, if you need some other journeys, don't worry, you can use this guide to help plan it!
How to plan a journey event

One last note- for our actual event, we charged $15 per girl and $7 per adult, and that included the journey patch or pin, a fun patch, dinner, breakfast, and 2 snacks, and we managed to come in under budget!  My one goof was we ran out of chicken nuggets (maybe that's why I was under!). 

ENJOY!

Catching up!

Hello everyone in Girl Scout land!

I want to apologize to everyone for falling (very) behind on my blog!  I blame it on the newest Girl Scout in my house (though in her defense, she's a cute little 8 month old).   Many of you have sent emails or comments in that I have not yet (still) responded to, and I am very sorry!  Eventually I will get to them all.  I am hoping this post will make up for it.  I am trying to upload everything I have that has been requested.  I've got some of the journey plans I've done and other events (as I upload them, I will update this post).

How to plan a journey
Brownie Quest
Brownie World of Girls and Daisy 5 Flowers, 4 Stories 3 Cheers for Animals
Sample Cookie sleepover
Challenge and Change- Adult Guide
Challenge and Change- Girl Guide
Challenge and Change- Girl planner

I promise I will work on getting the rest of my year blogged (that is after I came back from "maternity leave."  My little GS arrived just before Christmas!).  And, too all you leaders gearing up for the "new year,"  GOOD LUCK!

How to do a journey in a day!

Confession time- when I have blonde moments, they are pretty massive (and usually a tad embarrassing).  I will be the first to preach about how much I love Google Drive, yet this blondie forgot to use it for you all!

So, with that being said, I finally uploaded some files that many of you have emailed me about (please, keep emailing away!  I love helping you and your girls out!).

First file, my original plans from our Daisy-Brownie sleepover (not included were the pages we read during the sleepover)
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2L6gPq7RdP1b0F0X2M4aTY1LVE/edit?usp=sharing
Not listed- I took the Brownies and the Daisy and split them up in to two patrols each (so four patrols total), and we told them that once they transplant their take action, to please rinse and recycle their plastic bottles.

Second file, a little how-to guide that you may find useful
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2L6gPq7RdP1X0QxWkVVZEJiNEE/edit?usp=sharing
Not listed- sample kaper chart (for those who don't know what a kaper chart is, it's like assigned "chores" during GS events.  We used in ours things like help set up for breakfast, clean up after snack, clean bathrooms, mop).

In addition, check what resources your council may have.  For example, I found on my council's website a handy form that can help you budget for any event and a helpful checklist to help you keep track of needs (mainly GS required things, ie: adult to girl ratio, extra insurance for specific activities, and more).  And of course, Google!  I'm not the only leader blogging out there.  So many other awesome leaders have shared their own resources with us (that's what Girl Scouting is all about, sharing!).

Hope that helps!