Bright Ideas - Celebrations

• Share Ideas that you have had for camps, games, crafts, activities, program with Guiders and receive this crest

• Send all original ideas to the Alberta provincial web coordinator - webcoordinator[at]albertagirlguides.com.

Informal Awards - by the Alphabet

Saying thank you means so much to the recipient. Formal recognition can be done by ordering awards through your awards committee.

Informal awards can also be done and can be done at any time of the year. They will only take a moment, and can be done in fun, inexpensive ways to highlight the individual contributions of our volunteers. Try some of the following ideas for informal recognition:

Angel pins, cards - you are a Guiding Angel!

Abacus - you are someone I can count on

Toy airplane - you are flying high in Guiding

Band Aid - you are a healer for our team

Battery - you keep us charged

Ball - you add some bounce to our team; you were right on the ball!

Bubble Gum - you are the stick that holds us together

Bubble Bath - to compliment your bubbly personality

Braid (in all the Guiding colours) - we are Guiding sisters

Butterfly - your contributions have helped us to open up and become a bright and colourful team

Box - your ideas always take us out of the box!

Sail boat toy - you help us to sail smoothly along

Balloon (in the appropriate unit colour) - you have given us a lift

Bell - ring this when you need a Guiding friend

Ribbon Bow - you tie the team together

Candle - you are the light of our team; you are a shining example for all of us

Crayons - You add colour to our world (team)

Chalk - chalk one up for volunteers like you!

Coca-Cola - you are the real thing!

Can - You can do it award!

Clothespin - You make me want to hang around in Guiding!

Clown - you make us laugh!

Drum - you walk to the Guiding beat!

Dice - the roll of the dice is always double sixes with you on the team

Dart - you always hit the bullseye

Eyes - all eyes are on you for a a job well done

Eraser - you remove all obstacles

Ear - you are a great listener!

Fortune Cookie - your fortune will always be wonderful

Flowers - Nothing blooms like you

Fairy wand - you add sparkle to Guiding

Candle - you set Guiding on fire

Gum - you help us stick together

Green Light - You Go Girl!

Green Frog - You Go Girl!

Hershey's Kisses - Kisses (and hugs) to you

Heart - you are the heart of Guiding

Horn - You deserve to have a horn blown for you

Highlighter - you are the highlight of our meetings

Honey - you are a "honey" of a leader

Ice Cream - you are cool to work with!

"Jewels" - you are a Guiding jewel!

Jam - your quick thinking got us out of a jam

Key - you are the key to Guiding's success

Kite - with you we can soar to great heights

Knot - you tie us togehter

Life Savers - you are a real life saver

Light bulb - you light up our lives!; you have great ideas!

Lego - we can build anything with you on the team

Ladder - you will lead us onwards and upwards

Link - you are a link in the Guiding chain

Magnets - you attract all the best in us

Mask - you add mystery and intrigue; you make everyday a party

Moon - you are over the moon!

Map - you show us the way

Nuts - you are a real Guiding nut

Needle - you sew us together as a team; you keep us in stitches

Nail - you nailed that _____ (event, camp)

One - you are number one!

Owl - for any Brownie leader

Pad of paper - you are noteworthy

Plane - we fly with you on the team

Penny - a penny is well spent on your thoughts!

Puzzle - you are the piece that makes everything fit together

Patch - you cover up the rought spots

Paint - you add colour to everything we do

Pillow - you deserve a rest after that (event, camp); I can rest easy knowing you are on the team

Polish - you add shine to Guiding

Party Favour - you add life to the Guiding party

Peach - you are a peach to work with

Popcorn - things pop when you are around

Plunger - thanks for taking the plunge on (whatever they did)

Present - people like you deserve presents all the time

Ruler - you keep us on the straight and narrow

Rubber bands - you hold us together; you stretch us to the limit; your ideas stretch the imagination

Right arm - you are our right arm

Rock - you are as solid as a rock; you make Guiding rock

Rainbow - you light up any storm; you make rainy days fun

Rose - you rose to the occasion; you are as perfect as a rose

Sparkler - you add spark to Guiding

Star - you are a Guiding star

Smiley Face - you make us a smile

Sandpaper - you smooth all the rough edges

Spices - you add spice to Guiding

Snowflake - you are truly one of a kind

Staples - you are a staple; you hold us together

Stick to Paperwork By Terri Bouvier (You are welcome to use the poem if you include Terry Bouvier's name)

• coloured paper or cards to print the poem on
• Halloween sized packages of chewing gum, or sticks of gum
• glue gun and glue sticks
  Poem -
  When the paperwork seems endless,
  And you're feeling glum,
  This will help you stick to it,
  A pack of chewing gum!

Stress Balloon By Terri Bouvier (You are welcome to use the poem if you include Terry Bouvier's name)

• one good quality balloon (I used the "You Go Girl" balloons)
• a large chopstick, pencil, or other long blunt ended object (to push the flour in)
• a funnel
• push the neck of the balloon over the end of the funnel
• fill the funnel about half full of flour and push it into the balloon with the chopstick
• repeat until the balloon feels full, pushing the flour down into the ballon with the chopstick to get the air out (the more air you can get out the better because the balloon will feel firmer and hold it's shape when it is squeezed) once it is as full as you want to make it, tie a knot in the neck and squeeze your stress away!

Poem -
Under lots of stress?
Life getting you down?
Have I got a gift for you!
It will soon turn those feelings around!
It may look like a balloon,
But just put it in your hand,
Then squeeze the "heck" out of it,
And you'll soon be feeling grand!

Tea bag - you have made things brew

Tape - you make us stick together

Top - you put the spin on things; you are tops in my eyes

Toy Drum - you set the beat for us

Treat (candy, dessert)- you are a real treat to work with!

Unicorn - You are a rare find

Weaving - you weave us together

Wishing Well - you made our wishes come true when you joined our team

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