Girl Scout Bridging 2014

Our Bridging Ceremony was a little late this year but we finally had it last week! We had a GS weekend at the end of May(pictures to come)  but we didn't have time to plan the Bridging due to Summer break. So, without  further due here are the details of our Ceremony!

My oldest daughter made this beautiful cake for the girls!

The girls helped set up for the Ceremony by decorating the outdoors, getting the snacks ready and making lemonade for our guests.

Our ceremony was divided in 3 parts.

We started with the Flag Ceremony.

The second part of the ceremony was a presentation of the GS levels represented by a Daisy Flower. Daisy was the nickname of Juliette Low, the founder of Girl Scouts.

The seed represents the Daisy level, roots the Brownies, Stem the Juniors, leaves the Cadettes and the center and petals of the flower represents the Seniors and Ambassador Girl Scouts. You can find more detailed information about this presentation HERE.

Our 3rd part of the ceremony was the cross of the bridge. Each girl  crossed the bridge one by one and received their Bridging Certificate. I made the "bridge" using yard picked fence found at Home Depot. ;)

This is their last picture as Juniors!! 

Cadette Girl Scouting here they come!!

I made scrapbook albums for each one of them with photos of our last year adventures.

This ceremony was a little bit sad for me since 

this is the last year I will be their leader. 

My family and I will be moving to Brazil in November. 

I will definitely miss this great group of sweet young ladies! 

Girl Scouts Italian Night - Simple Meals Badge

Recently my Junior troop worked on their Simple Meals badge. They learned how to make healthy snacks, desserts and a main meal. Throughout the meetings, girls collected their recipes and made their own Simple Meals cookbook to take home. The last step to earn the badge was to cook a meal for their families. The girls decided to host an Italian Night to celebrate their new skill! They served a complete dinner that included appetizers, green salad, Baked Ziti and dessert.

I found the prefect Italian Party Printable from Casos e Coisa da Bonfa and party supplies on Oriental Trading web site.

The desserts were simple since we had to concentrate on the main dish! We served no bake cheesecakes, mustache chocolate pops, store bought mini cheesecakes, bonbons and chocolate covered strawberries.

The girls created unique centerpieces using a variety of pastas. 

Each girl scout received their own Chef's Hat favor made by Crafts by Rosa with all the badges they have earned until this dinner.

While our guests were waiting for their dinner to be ready, they nibbled on bread sticks, olives, dinner roll/butter and garlic bread.

The girls were busy cooking, setting up and decorating our "La Dolce Italia Restaurant"

The girls welcomed their parents at the front door where they posed for a family photo before entering the "restaurant".

 The parents enjoyed their dinner cooked and served by their daughters! It was a success!!

The girls were so proud of their accomplishment!

Vendors Credit:

 Photography and styling Crissy's Crafts

Italian Night printable by Casos e Coisa da Bonfa

Italian party supplies, Personalized Banner, aprons, paper fans and candy from Oriental Trading

Chef's Hat by Crafts by Rosa

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Gingerbread House Party

Our Girl Scout Troop celebrated the Holiday Season with a gingerbread house decorating party filled with fun and sweets!

I pre-built the houses ahead of time to save on the frustration of building them at the party so the girls could go straight to the fun part - decorating them!

I got the cutest Gingerbread Aprons  for the girls from Oriental Trading and assembled them prior to the party, each girl had a personalized heart shaped pin  and  Chef Hats. The girls had a blast decorating the gingerbread houses! The table was set up as a “decoration station.” The girls got so creative and use so many different goodies that was available to decorate the house as well as to nibble on!

After the decorating, the girls had pizza, made gingerbread ornaments and dessert.  I found the cutest paper plates shaped as Gingerbread Houses to serve the goodies to the girls. The desserts were simple but cute! My oldest daughter decorated the Gingerbread House that was displayed in the center of the dessert table. The backdrop was made by covering 2 foam boards using wrapping paper. The cutest Gingerbread figures were displayed on the table along with some Candy Spindles. The girls enjoyed some gingerbread swirl pops, cupcakes, mini brownies,  jello and an assortment of candy that they filled their Gingerbread House Treat boxes with. It was a great way to get everyone into the holiday spirit!

Styling and Photography: Crissy's Crafts                                                                            

Gingerbread Printable: Bird's Party                                                                                                  

Candy, paper goods, crafts, aprons, favors and decorations: Oriental Trading

This is a sponsored post for ORIENTAL TRADING. All opinion are 100% my own. Others may have a different opinion or experience with the product. Crissy's Crafts may have received payment, trade and/or products in exchange for promoting.

Girl Scouts Investiture Ceremony

Investiture and Re-Dedication Ceremony is a big part of Girl Scouts. The Ceremony is held to welcome new girls into Girl Scouting and for the girls that are already invested to reaffirm their belief in the Girl Scout Promise and Law. Because of the importance of these events, I wanted to give the girls a beautiful but meaningful ceremony. 

We started the ceremony with a Flag Ceremony, welcomed the new girls with a Candle Light Ceremony, played a skit about Stereotype(current patch they are working on it) and closed the ceremony singing "Make New Friends".After the ceremony, the girls and their family enjoyed some light refreshments that included cake pops, trail mix, cake balls, brigadeiros de copinho(Brazilian chocolate dessert), sweet popcorn and lemonade.

As favors, the guests took home s'mores favors and each Girl Scouts received a Butterfly necklace. Since now they are Juniors, the butterfly necklace has a special meaning for them. As they get older, they are growing their wings to fly to higher places on their own. Scouting is a fun way to teach young ladies on how to make the world a better place.

Party Credits:

Photography and Styling: Crissy’s Crafts

Printables: Bird’s Party

Lanterns, favor bags, take out boxes, popcorn container, silk flowers, candy & butterfly necklace supplies: Oriental Trading

Ribbon Garland: A to Zebra Celebrations

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