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Fun craft ideas to do with your troop!!! Apply some of them towards Try-its, Patches, and Badges!!! Be creative!!!

"Edible Fire"

Materials Needed:

cotton candy (dryer lint--fire starter)

M&M's or type of hard candy (rocks for fire ring)

chow mein noodles (kindling/ashes from previous fires)

small pretzel sticks (kindling to start fire)

candy corn (flames)

paper plates (small & large, small for "fire ring", large to put "supplies" on)

paper cup with water (beaver bucket)

Directions:

Place "rocks" in a ring on the small paper plate. Sprinkle "ashes" inside circle. Place "fire starter" on top of "ashes". Place "kindling" on top of "ashes", place "flames" on top of "kindling", CAREFUL...DON'T BURN YOURSELF!!! Enjoy eating your "fire" once you've talked about fire safety, etc. What a fun idea!!!!

(A fun craft to do for Fire Safety, Girl Scout Ways, Camping, etc. Use afterwards as the snack!!!)

Tissue Paper Flowers

These flowers are quick to make and the children enjoy making them. Younger children may need some help with accordion-pleating the tissue paper.

This project is rated EASY to do.

What You Need

e Pastel colored tissue paper

e Chenille stem

e Scissors

e Ruler

How To Make It

Cut tissue paper into rectangles of desired size (5x7" is the size pictured).
Stack 4-6 pieces of tissue paper. Use the same color or different colors.
Accordion pleat the tissue paper working from the long side.
Wind one end of the chenille stem around the middle of the accordion pleated tissue paper.
Gently separate each layer pulling upwards toward the middle of the flower.
Let the children make a couple of flowers and put them in a May Basket.
Early on the morning of May 1st hang on your mother's door, a neighbor's door, a friend's, or anyone special to you.
Remember, it's supposed to be a surprise!

Homemade Sidewalk Chalk

MATERIALS NEEDED:

1 cardboard toilet paper tube

Waxed paper

Cookie sheet or flat pan to set chalk tube on

Plastic, disposable container (empty whipped topping or butter bowls work great!!)

Plaster of Paris

Liquid tempera paint, your choice of colors

Water

Plastic spoons

INSTRUCTIONS:

Roll a piece of waxed paper to form a tube, place inside the toilet paper tube and spread out so that it fits tight against the inside of the tube, letting wax paper overlap its edges. Set tube upright on another sheet of waxed paper on cookie sheet.

For plaster mixture, combine 1 1/4 cups Plaster of Paris (POP) with 1/2 cup water in plastic container. Mix together until it resembles cake batter (add small amounts of water if too thick or small amounts of POP if too thin) DO NOT DISPOSE OF PLASTER MIXTURE IN SINKS...WILL CLOG DRAINS!!!!

Quickly stir in 2 spoonfuls of tempera paint. Mix until all of plaster is colored. may take a few minutes. Pour mixture into lined tube and tap sides gently to get rid of any air bubbles. Let chalk dry overnight. Remove tube and waxed paper. Place chalk on another piece of waxed paper and let dry for at least 48 hours.

(Ideas courtesy of ZOOM)

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