Whether they’re making a work of art, or using their inventions to help others—Daisies, Brownies, and Juniors all have the opportunity to unlock nine new badges and show off their self-expression.
Encourage your Girl Scout troops to unleash their creativity and bring their ideas to life, while reminding them that they have everything it takes to build a better world!
Makers create art and design objects that are useful and beautiful. Anyone can be an artist or designer! All you need is your imagination. With so many different mediums to choose from, you’ll find one that sparks your creativity. Earning the Girl Scout Art and Design badge will teach you how to find inspiration all around, different ways to create your own artistic masterpiece and ways to share your work with others.
Paintings! Statues! Posters! Art and design are all around. Find out about the art of making. Use art and design to create new things and solve problems. With the Daisy Art and Design badge, you’ll get a chance to:
When you’ve earned this badge, you’ll know how makers create art and designs.
Do you like coloring or making things? Have you ever tried designing something digitally? Art and design uses colors, shapes, and lines to share messages. It can solve problems, too. With the Brownie Art and Design badge, you’ll get a chance to:
When you've earned this badge, you’ll know how makers turn ideas into art and design projects.
Art can share a message, express emotion, and inspire others. Design is making something to solve a problem. Explore everything from drawing and painting to architecture and 3-D-printing with this badge. With the Junior Art and Design badge, you'll get a chance to:
When you’ve earned this badge, you’ll know how to turn your ideas into art and design projects.
Every great invention started with a bright idea. Makers know how to bring these ideas to life. Then, they share their creations with others. When you earn the Girl Scout Create and Innovate badge, you’ll use your imagination and creativity to solve different problems. You’ll use the design thinking process to brainstorm solutions, create something for a specific user, and learn how to start a business to sell your innovations.
Makers build things to help people, animals, and the planet. They also find new ways to do things. Sometimes they fail, but that’s okay because they can learn something new! With the Daisy Create and Innovate badge, you’ll get a chance to:
When you’ve earned this badge, you’ll know how to create and innovate objects that help others.
When makers create and innovate, they make the world better. They can help people, animals, and even the planet!
When you've earned this badge, you will know how to create objects that help others.
Somebody invented the seat belt. Other people created the hammer and the bicycle. Makers use their imaginations to solve problems and build new things. They innovate or find new ways to solve problems. They change the world, and now you can, too! With the Junior Create and Innovate badge, you’ll get a chance to:
1. Create a solution
2. Make it a function
3. Create
for a community
4. Think bigger
5. Share your creation
When you’ve earned this badge, you’ll know how to use the design thinking process to improve things you create for others.
When makers tap into their creativity, they can craft objects that help others. Then, they ask others for feedback to modify and improve their creation. The Girl Scout Craft and Tinker badge will teach you how your crafts can help out your friends, family and even the world. You’ll have the chance to use different tools and materials, make a craft for someone you know, and brainstorm ways to make it even better.
Do you like making things with clay? Building with wood? Jewelry-making? That means you're a maker! You can craft to solve problems and tinker with your creations to make them even better. With the Daisy Craft and Tinker badge, you’ll get a chance to:
1. Learn the basics
2. Craft with purpose
3. Tinker
with your craft
When you’ve earned this badge, you’ll know how to craft and tinker to make useful objects.
Makers are problem solvers. They craft objects people can use. All it takes are tools, materials, and some imagination! Make pottery or jewelry, try woodworking or sewing, or tinker with circuits for this badge. The option are endless for what to make! With the Brownie Craft and Tinker badge, you’ll get a chance to:
1. Explore making
2. Learn the basics
3. Figure
out the function
4. Discover form and fit
5. Tinker
with your craft
When you've earned this badge, you'll know how to craft and tinker to solve a problem.
When you craft, you make something with care, skill, and imagination. You can craft with anything from clay or fabric to a computer or 3-D printer. You can craft with recycled materials to help the planet. Tinkering helps you fix problems and make your creations even better. With the Junior Craft and Tinker badge, you’ll get a chance to:
1. Explore crafting and tinkering
2. Tinker with a
craft
3. Learn about users
4. Craft for form, fit, and
function
5. Tinker with your project
When you’ve earned this badge, you’ll know how to craft and tinker to solve problems.
