April is cookies season, so we decided to start the month off with a meeting to complete our annual Cookies Rising badge and take part in cookie-themed activities.
As the girls arrived they completed their physical fitness logs for the week. We then had our usual opening and an active game.
Our first activity was to design cookie costumes. Each girl had paper and markers to create a costume, clothing, or wearable display board for selling cookies.
Next, we played a 'fruit salad' game using cookie flavours - chocolate, vanilla and mint. Each girl is given the name of a type of cookies. One player stands in the centre and the others stand on mats or sit on chairs in a circle. The game leader calls out one or more types of cookies and those players have to change places. The girl in the centre tries to get a chair regardless of what type of cookie is called. When 'Cookie Box' is called, all players get up and try to find a new seat.
The rest of the meeting was spent creating cookie marketing campaigns. Some girls worked alone, others in pairs or small groups. Each girl or group had a series of questions to guide them and help them become more knowledgeable about Girl Guide Cookies. The end results included posters, songs, commercials, and skits.
We ended the meeting with a new game - Romeo & Juliet. For this game, players stand in two lines, on opposite sides of the playing area, facing their partner. The game leader calls out the actions and the last pair to perform the action is out. Play until only one couple is left. The actions are: Romeo & Juliet (One partner sits on the others knee), Wheelbarrow (Players form a wheelbarrow with one player holding the other players legs), and Siamese Twins (Players stand back to back and bend over to clasp hands between their legs).
