Penguins
Bears
Pigs
Awesome Aussie Adventure
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Penguins
- patrols list a way for each law to be kept in regard to birds (1 part of Faith 1)
- light a fire in the rain and cook something on it (Outdoors 35)
- penguin wide game (Outdoors 46)
- write a coded message to describe penguin paradise
- go to a "nest" (nearby location) and back using Scouts Pace
- make an origami boat (suitable for fishing) and try to float it
- make a penguin suit (tuxedo) out of newspaper
- make a miniature umbrella out of natural materials
- share or write "wet" jokes
- What's worse than raining cats and dogs? Hailing Taxis
- Who designed the first raincoat? Anna Rack
- When do you get musical water? When it's piping hot
- Why do people carry umbrellas when it rains? Because umbrellas can't walk
- do a survey to find out what Guides would like best and least if they were a Penguin?
- start an interest badge that Penguins would enjoy
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Bears
- name favourite/famous bears and how they keep the Guide law (1 part of Faith 1)
- hold a Winnie the Pooh picnic and invite friends (Leisure 29 or 50)
- make up a mealtime grace that bears might say (Faith 20)
- cook some bear treats
- lemon honey as a gift (Leisure 48)
- honey carrots (1 part of Lifeskills 17)
- fish chowder (Fitness 37)
- make something using a pattern: camphat bear or cross-stitch bear (Leisure 47)
- share or write bear jokes
- Who is the sweetest bear ghost? Winnie-the-Boo
- What do you get when baby bears stay out in the cold too long? Ice cubs
- How is a teddy bear like a person with a cold? They both have stuffed noses
- What cuddly little bear complains all the time? Whine-y-the-Pooh
- draw a pawprint and beside write your name
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Pigs
- many of these ideas came from Te Rama (NZ magazine for Guide leaders)
- pig out!
- food interest badges
- Fun Food patrol patch
- recipe party/unit recipe book (Lifeskills 44)
- pig movies
- be responsible for hiring and returning a video cassette (Leisure 28)
- present a review of a movie, concert (Leisure 25)
- piggy bank
- plan your own budget and follow it for at least 2 months (Lifeskills 49)
- plan a wardrobe for summer/winter and cost it (Lifeskills 25)
- plan how you would redecorate your room and cost it (Lifeskills 16)
- work out the cost of running a car for a year (Technology 14)
- use your snout - what is the nicest smell your snout ever came across?
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Awesome Aussie Adventure
- inspired by a Lone Leaders training I attended in Sydney at Easter 1996
- speak Australian (match the pairs)
- doona - judder bars
- thongs - togs
- port - chilly bin
- textas - duvet
- swimmers - suitcase
- speed humps - jandals
- esky - felt pens
- Aussie animal Kim's game (1 part of Fitness 41)
- create an "Outback Dunny" (Leisure 7)
- make a promise boomerang and test it (1 part of Faith 1)
- find out the things Girl Guides and Girl Scouts have in common around the world (Heritage 11)
- explain the symbolism of the Asia-Pacific emblem and locate countries on a map (Heritage 2)
- encourage guides to get penpals from the Postbox and write for a year (Heritage 8)
- prayer - God bless the Guides of this land and those across the sea, be very near and dear to them wherever they may be.
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